Judge, 1911-09-16 · page 4 of 28
Judge — September 16, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a six-panel German comic strip titled "Over the garden wall, The sweetest girl of all"—but—" The humor appears to involve a romantic scenario where a young man repeatedly attempts to court a girl over a garden wall, with escalating slapstick consequences. Each panel shows him getting knocked down or falling, suggesting the "sweetest girl" is actually quite aggressive or the wall itself proves problematic. The strip satirizes sentimental German romantic poetry and courtship customs by subverting expectations: instead of tender romance, physical comedy ensues. The final panel is labeled "Morgendärfer Blätter" (a German humor magazine). The remaining page content consists primarily of period advertisements for beer, champagne, clothing, and whiskey—typical Judge magazine revenue sources from this era.
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