Judge, 1912-08-17 · page 6 of 24
Judge — August 17, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief humorous sketches typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. Key satirical targets include: **"Embracing Opportunity"** mocks the suffragette movement, suggesting women seeking political office want to escape men rather than pursue genuine reform. **"The Difference"** uses dark humor about medical treatment—a woman cured by lightning is compared favorably to surgical operations, implying many doctors' claimed successes are exaggerated or result in patient deaths. **"No Climber"** jokes about laziness and opportunism: Jones wants an elevator to board the bandwagon (join a popular cause without effort). **"The Summer Vacation"** satirizes urban workers' holiday expectations: weeks of anticipation collapse into one moment of actual realization. **"Turn About Is Fair Play"** presents rural humor—a farmer preferred his difficult summer boarder guest to city waiters during a strike. **"Technical"** mocks wealthy motorists using lawyers to escape traffic fines on technicalities. The page reflects period attitudes toward suffrage, class divisions, and urban-rural contrasts, with humor relying on cynicism about human nature and social hypocrisy.
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<ay DID THIS EVER OCCUR TO YOU? Miles from shore, after a hard row, he finds too late that he forgot to fasten the rope's end Embracing Opportunity. RAY do not chide the suffragette, Whose plot and plan Is how she muy each office get Away from man. "Mong men he should be named a dunce Who owns him loth To face the task how he at once May hold them both! Lewis Schneider. The Difference. Bings—‘‘I see’ a woman has been cured of rheumatism by a stroke of lightning.”” Jings—*Yes. And the case dif- fers from so many surgical opera- tions announced as perfectly success- ful in that the patient is still ali Slow Courtship. Bings—'‘Funny, isn’t it, how a city’s atmosphere and habits leave marks on its inhabitants?"’ Jings—‘Yes. Of course you con- nect Pittsburgh and smoke? Bings—‘‘Oh, no! A Philadelphian, aged eighty, has just been jilted by a spinster in that city, aged seventy-five.’’ Ask the Unsuccessful. Which is the easier—popping the question or questioning pop? All fishing off, and a day's sport spoiled. No Climber. Knicker—‘‘Is Jones lazy?"" Bocker—‘Yes; he wants an elevator to get on a bandwagon.” Not Entered. Bings—‘‘There was one rather smart A WILLING RESCUER Fair bather—* Help! American vaulter not entered for the high jump at Stockholm—a potential winner, too."’ Jings—‘‘And that was'’——— Bings—'The cost of living.”” Spare the broom and spoil the carpet. There 's a mouse in here!’ The Al Fresco Bather. The man who in the water goes Close watch should keep on his apparel, There is no fun to lose one’s clothes And have to walk home in a barrel. Pay and Promise. Willis—‘Then you don't think an in- vestment that pays over six per cent. is safe?” Gillis — ‘Oh, yes! But I don’t think one that promises to pay over six per cent. is.’" The Summer Vacation. 40 weeks’ anticipation. 10 of bustling preparation. 1 to pack and reach the station. 1 of final realization. 52 Turn About Is Fair Play. Farmer Beetroot (back from the metropolis)—‘'I had a bully time, I tell ye.” Si Perkins—‘‘Didn't the waiter’s strike make trouble at meal times?” Farmer Beetroot—Not for me. 1 put up with one o’ my summer boarders."’ Technical. Autoist—‘' How did you escape a fine?’’ Motorist—‘‘Our attorney proved the constable’s watch was fast.’” “WHEN A MAN MARRIES." comicbooks.com