Judge, 1912-07-20 · page 9 of 26
Judge — July 20, 1912 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several light satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor: **"The Little Church at the Seaside"** (top illustration): A poem mocking fashionable beachgoers who attend church more for social display than genuine piety. The engraving shows an overdressed congregation; the satire targets their superficial religiosity and preoccupation with appearance over spiritual devotion. **"Two Able Stanzas on the Fly"**: A brief, gentle joke about a Kansas schoolboy's deliberately minimal two-line poem about a fly—poking fun at lazy student writing. **"Hungry for It"**: A pun-based joke about a publicity-hungry citizen whose favorite hymn is "I'm Glad There's a Mention in the Skies"—mocking people obsessed with public attention. **"The Unit Rule"**: Political satire explaining how state delegates vote as a bloc. The joke uses a henpecked husband as metaphor—illustrating the unit rule by noting he can't go fishing because his wife's "vote" controls him, satirizing both political rigidity and domestic subordination. **"They'll Not Believe It"**: A regional joke suggesting Kentuckians would find it shocking that humans contain 75% water—a mild stereotype about Southern skepticism.
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THE LITTLE CHURCH AT THE SEASIDE. And piety, in bumble guise, Sits quite alone with wond'ring face While those about her scrutinize A figure that seems out of place. The summer throng that gathers there ‘The hymns to sing, the lessons read, With fashion's show and beauty's stare But little of the day can heed Two Able Stanzas on the Fly. KANSAS school teacher asked the pupils to write a short poem of two verses re- cently and to read it in class. One of the boys got off the following: “y Spy A Fly! “Gee! He Sees Me!"" Hungry for It. “Isn't Windleigh the most pablicity - hungry citizen you ever met?’ “Just about. Why, do you know, his favorite hymn is ‘I’m Glad There's a Mention in the Skies.'"" Respectfully submi Query. itted to the authorities: If an effeminate man is a mollycoddle, is a masculine woman a jonnicoddle? a rs “ Fly, and the world flies with Walk, and you walk alone."" you; The Unit Rule. Mrs, Henpeck—‘‘What is this unit rule they talk so much about in the political conventions, Hi- ram?"" Henpeck—“‘Why, my dear, it’s where delegates from one State vote to- gether, as aunit, you know. I can illustrate it by a request. I'd like to go fishing to-morrow. If you vote with me on the proposition"’—— Mrs. Henpeck—“But you can’t go fishing, Hi- ram!"" They'll Not Believe It. A scientist informs us that man’s make-up con- tains at least seventy-five per cent. of water. This will come with a terrible sense of shock to some of our good friends down in Kentucky. comicbooks.com