Judge, 1912-08-31 · page 12 of 24
Judge — August 31, 1912 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humorous anecdotes typical of early-20th-century satirical magazines, plus one editorial cartoon at top. **The Cartoon:** Shows a child feeding an elephant marked "DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS" — a straightforward visual gag about rule-breaking. **The Jokes' Themes:** The anecdotes mock contemporary attitudes toward gender, class, and marriage. "Changed His Drink" plays on nostalgia marketing. "An Example" jokes about women's social embarrassment over clothing. "His Fear" references courtship anxiety around wealthy fathers. "A Speculative Term" contains cynicism about marriage success (12-to-1 odds). "Lucky" satirizes women's narrow domestic concerns. "A Fleeting Shade" makes dark humor about rapid remarriage after mourning. The dialect pieces mock Irish immigrants' speech patterns while joking about their financial priorities and old age. These reflect period attitudes: skepticism toward advertising, anxiety about female propriety, mockery of immigrants, and cynicism about marriage as economic transaction rather than romantic ideal.
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tts “FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.” Changed His Drink. RESTAURANT keeper hung out this sign: “Coffee: Such as Mother Used To Make.” One morninga man entered the cafe, and as the waiter approached him he inquired, pointing to the sign, “Is your coffee really such as mother used to make?"’ “Tt is, sure!"’ replied the waiter convincingly. “Then,’’ said the man, with a reminiscent look, “‘give me a cup of tea,’” An Example. “Mamma, teacher says we must bring an example of an ‘awful predicament’ to- morrow. Can you give me one?”? “Yes, dearie. Going into a shoe store with a hole in one stocking, and not being certain as to which one."’ His Fear. Maude—*But father is very approachable.”’ Cholly—'‘I know it. The —er—difficulty will be in A Speculative Term. First bachelor—'* Why do they say ‘high noon’ when applied to the time of a wedding?” Second bachelor—‘* Another way of saying a 12-to-1-chance.’"" LUCKY. Polly—"‘ Isn't it lucky, Miss Blake, that the new baby is a girl! We haven't getting away from him."” any boy's clothes in the bouse."’ A Fleeting Shade. “By jove, I am glad to see you looking so gay and festive!" said Mr. Olde Frend. ‘‘You were all in black the last time I saw you."” “Yes,"" demurely replied Mrs. Brown, who had just taken a second husband; “but it wasn’t a fast black.’’ Prefers a Horse. Mrs. Flynn—They do be afther sayin’ thot old man Kelly has got locomothor ataxy.’’ Mr. Flynn—"‘Well, he's got the money to run wan av thim if he wants ter, but fer my par-rt I'd rayther have a good horse anny day."* Different Now. Little girl (reading about Cornelia)—‘ Mother, are we children jewels?” Modern mother —‘No, darling. If you were, I'd pawn you all and go abroad."” As Usual. ‘‘Did she tell her age?"’ “Partly."* comicbooks.com