Judge, 1911-12-02 · page 13 of 24
Judge — December 2, 1911 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Muck-raker"**: A poem attacking investigative journalists ("muckrakers") who expose corruption. The cartoon depicts a figure obsessively seeking scandal, manufacturing outrage, and spreading negativity. A judge issues an injunction against him—Judge magazine's editorial position that aggressive reform journalism should be legally restrained. **"A Lady in the Days of Rameses"**: A lighthearted observation that ancient Egyptian fashion (shown in a statue) mirrors modern women's styles, suggesting nothing is truly new. **"Who Will Ride the Donkey?"**: Political commentary on the 1912 Democratic presidential race. Multiple potential candidates (Underwood, Clark, Wilson, Bryan) publicly deny seeking nomination while maneuvering for it. Only Governor Harmon remains openly uncommitted. The "donkey" is the Democratic Party symbol—the satire suggests everyone wants to "ride" it (lead it) despite their denials. **"Set at Rest"**: A brief joke about euphemism—a wife taking "boarders" versus a "roomer" (sexual innuendo implied).
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Muck-raker. By J. WILEY OWEN. UCK RAKER, onacloudy day, Raked where the world was making hay. Beneath his slouch hat gleamed the light Of malice and envy and craft and spite. And, as he raked, he sighed, ‘‘Ah, me! That I jmore dirt and filth might see!"’ And ever he passed the mown hay sweet, Seeking for muck beneath his feet. He brought his odorous find to light And magnified it to human sight. And when he had shouted it o’er and o'er, He eagerly manufactured more. The judge came slowly riding by, And looked at the raker with keen gray eye. And then, with a mien both grave and grim, An injunction issued restraining him, OOR ideas are often clothed in a wealth of words. ‘That there ‘s nothing new Is very, very true, And it's plain enough to me In the ages B. C., A LADY IN THE DAYS OF RAMESES. (Egyptian bronze portrait statue—B. C.) This lady of the Nile Wore just our style, Curls and puffs of hair; Was slim and debonair ! Who Will Ride the Donkey? ALTHOUGH put forward by his friends, Congressman Underwood avows that he is not seeking the Democratic nomination for President. Speaker Champ Clark has asserted that Missouri is committed to another and that he will not solicit the honor for him- self, The peripatetic Dr. Wilson went away out to the Ozarks of Arkansas to say that he is ‘‘not now a candidate for anything.’’ Bryan is out of it. Unless these distinguished gentlemen are dis- sembling, Governor Harmon, of Ohio, is left as the only declared candidate, and he is not on the road making speeches, but is holding down a chair in his office in the capitol building at Colum- bus. Set at Rest. 6s] HEAR that your wife takes boarders. Is there truth in the report?’’ quoth she. “No truth whatever, dear madam; "Tis only a roomer,”’ said he. comicbooks.com