Judge, 1912-07-20 · page 19 of 26
Judge — July 20, 1912 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous anecdotes from British and European publications, republished for American readers. The cartoons mock everyday social situations and marital dynamics: **The opening cartoon** shows a German train compartment where a man smokes cabbage leaves instead of tobacco—a joke about resourcefulness or desperation, likely referencing post-WWI German economic hardship. **The jokes** target familiar themes: a woman's shrewdness ("Mary is a sharp girl" — she knows her boyfriend never smoked), class humor (a prize-fighter praising a schoolmaster for disciplining his unruly son), and domestic wit (husbands feigning ignorance about their wives' appearance; servants dismissed frequently). **The "Insurance Act" joke** references Britain's new National Insurance system (1911), mocking working-class anxieties about wage deductions for stamps. The humor relies on stereotypes: nervous schoolmasters, working-class dialect, marital tension, and social anxiety — reflecting early 20th-century attitudes about class and gender relations.
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LAUGHS ACROSS THE SEA | In the Ladies’ Compartment. “Entschuldigen Sie, hier ist das Tabakrauchen verboten!"* x an~i' rauch’ Erdiipfel-kraut.”” tobacco here “Ah dés geht mi “Excuse me! allowea!"’ Smoking “That does not affect me. I smoke jeaves !""—Fliegende Blaetter, Sallow Faces OFTEN CAUSED BY TEA AND COFFEE DRINKING. How many persons realize that tea and coffee so disturb digestion that they produce a muddy, yellow complexion? A ten days’ trial of Postum has proven eans, in thousands of cases, of clear- ing up a bad complexion. ‘A Washn. young lady tells her experi- ence: “All of us—father, mother, sister and brother—had used tea and coffee for many years until finally we all had stomach troubles more or less. “We all were sallow and troubled with pimples, breath bad, disagreeable taste in the mouth, and all of us simply 80 many bundles of nerves. “We didn’t realize that tea and coffee caused the trouble until one day we ran out of coffee and went to borrow some from a neighbor. She gave us some Postum and told us to try that. “Although we started to make it, we all felt sure we would be sick if we missed our strong coffee, but we tried Postum and were surprised to find it delicious. “We read the statements on the pack- age, got more and in a month and a half you wouldn't have known us. We all were able to digest our food without any trouble, each one’s skin became clear, tongues cleaned off, and nerves in fine fondition, We never use anything now bat Postum. There is nothing like it.’” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. “There's a reason,’’ and it is ex- plained in the little book, ‘‘The Road to Wellville,”’ in packages. Ever read the above letter? A Rew one appears from time to . Ume. They are genuine, true, and “full of human interest. cabbage She Knew.—‘' Mary is a sharp girl."’ ‘What has she done now?”” “Told Harold he might kiss her if he would stop smoking.’’ “‘What is there sharp about that?" “She knew he never smol:- ed."’—Tit-Bits (London). He Knew How. — Groom — ‘Now, Master Jack, if we was to meet any of the royal family, how would you salute ’em?”” Little boy—*Same as the soldiers do — hold my hand up to my hat and look as if 1 was going to burst.’’—Punch (London). Oh, Yes, She Had ! — She — “This is anice place you've brought me to! We've been here four months, and I haven't seen anew face!"’ is not He—"*No new face! Why, in three weeks we've changed our servant eight times!” —London Opinion. He Didn't Know.—She—‘* Would you love me better, dearest, if my hair were a different color?’’ He—‘*Well, I don’t know, darling. What other colors have you?"’—London Sketch. A Champion.—Prize-fighter (entering school with his son)—'You give this boy o’ mine a thrashin’ yesterday, didn’t yer?” Schoolmaster (very nervous)—‘ Well —1—er--perhaps’’—— Prize-fighter—Well, give us your ‘and; you're a champion. I can’t do nothin’ with 'im myself.""—Punch (Lon- don). An Unexpected Economy.—McAndrews the chemist (at two a. m.)—‘*Two penn’orth of bicarbonate of soda for the wife's indigestion at this time o’ night when a glass of hot water does just as well’ —— Sandy (hastily) —‘‘Weel! Weel! Thanks for the advice, I'll no bother ye afterall. Good nicht."’"—The Bystander. To Meet the Tax.—Mistress (inter- ested in Insurance Act)—'‘Mary, I shall soon have to take so much a week off your wages for stamps.’’ Mary—"‘Off my wages, mum?’ Mistress —‘*Yes, Mary. It seems’’ Mary—‘‘Might I make so bold as to arsk, mum, ’ow you knows it’s me as takes 'em?'’—Punch (London). 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