Judge, 1912-10-05 · page 6 of 26
Judge — October 5, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief humorous sketches reflecting turn-of-the-century American social attitudes: **"Childish Curiosity"** plays on a child's innocent misunderstanding of ship terminology (stays, ribs, lacings) as corset parts—humor derived from the Victorian preoccupation with women's undergarments. **"How to Scatter Them"** presents a Scottish policeman's practical solution to dispersing a street preacher's hecklers: pass the collection hat. The joke relies on ethnic Scottish stereotype (frugality) and anti-religious sentiment. **"Every Jack to His Trade"** shows absurdist humor: a gardener waters a horse as instructed, literally rather than intelligently—mocking working-class literalism. **"The Modern Child"** depicts a child claiming ignorance of swearing while knowing "all the words"—satirizing children's precocious knowledge and hypocrisy. **"Shop Talk"** and other sketches mock urban inventions and marital dynamics typical of period light comedy. The page represents *Judge's* accessible, class-conscious humor targeting middle-class readers through relatable domestic and social scenarios.
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CHILDISH CURIOSITY. ** Pa, ships have main stays, don’t they?" ** An’ ribs?’ ** Yes, yes.'" ** An’ lacings?"’ “Yes, certainly; but why so many questions ?”” “ Well, I been huntin’ all over an’ I can’t find th’ corset!’ How to Scatter Them. T would appear that it takes a canny Scot to disperses turbulent crowd without reading the riot act. An American in Eng- land tells of a street preacher in a Scottish town who called a passing policeman and complained of being annoyed by a certain portion of his au- dience. He asked to have the objectionable persons removed. “Weel, ye see,”’ said the officer thoughtfully, “‘it would be deefficult for me tae spot them; but I'll tell ye what I'd dae if 1 were you."’ “*What?”’ eagerly asked the preacher. “Just gang roun’ wi th’ hat!"" Naming the Boat. **We've named our mo- tor boat True Love."" “Yes, Bob.” EVERY JACK TO HIS TRADE. What the gardener did when told to water the horse. MAN who cannot reform himself offers a sorry task to THE MODERN CHILD. the woman who would reform him. Shop Talk. The Inventor was talk- ing to himself. “What with my Heat- less Light, my Leakless Fixture, my Invisible Ashcan and my Disap- pearing Bed, I have made the life of the urbanite well worth the living.”” “Wrong!” corrected the downweighed Bene- dict. ‘*You hav+ yet to perfect the Footless Me- ter and the Vanishing Gas Bill."” Her Hit. It must be confessed that in the chorus Miss Yvette Kayplumpe has rivals, but at the seashore she outstripped them all. The Awakening. The cooler days bring rea- son, The past is all forgot; Now oysters are in season, **What’s the idea?’’ And summer girls are “*Never runs smooth.’’ Uncle Ed—" Why, Jobanie, you don't swear, do you?" Johkunic—* No, I don't swear, but I know ail the words."* not. comicbooks.com