Judge, 1912-10-26 · page 7 of 24
Judge — October 26, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical vignettes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"The Morning After Halloween"** (top): A domestic scene where a husband hints at inviting a guest, suggesting the wife's Halloween party overextended hospitality. **"Habit Brings Ease"**: Contrasts a distracted club-writing mother who demands silence with a cheerful newspaper editor who welcomes interruptions while working—satirizing different professional temperaments. **"Figuring On It"**: A young man considers chauffeur school primarily to elope with a wealthy employer's daughter—mocking fortune-hunting schemes. **"Didn't See Them"**: Dark humor: a child at a football game expects injuries, disappointed the game hasn't yet produced casualties. **"Just the Same"** and **"Still Hopeful"**: Brief comic dialogues about hunting season and romantic fortune-telling superstitions. The page satirizes domestic life, class dynamics, and courtship customs of the era through relatable situations rather than specific political figures.
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THE rs. Sightleigh (after all hints have failed) —* James, will you set an extra place for breakfast? Habit Brings Ease. HEN ma writes papers for her club, The house is awful still! We don’t get any fancy grub, We don’t speak to her till It's mealtime; if we do, she'll say, “Now, I can't think at all Unless you children run away! Hope no one comes to call !’" The Weekly Journal editor, He looks real pleasant when Folks call—he doesn't mind what for. His pencil or his pen Keeps on; but he says, smiling, ‘‘Well? What news? Crops pretty fair? How do you like this rainy spell? Wife well now? Take a chair.” Grace M:Kinitry Figuring On It. First young man—"Then you think you may join a school for chauffeurs?”” I'm Second young man—‘* Uncertain, figuring out the chances for eloping with the daughter of a millionaire in that vocation." (loam AN AR Mone rn MORNING AFTER HALLOWEEN. T IS a strange freak of nature to clothe limbs of trees in hot weather and expose them naked to the winter frosts. FROG_FACED Bo GREATEST Futan owey honissvom 10 cents DID SHE MEAN JUST THAT? Leo—"' Why, it doesn't look any more like a frog than I do!” Cleo (agreeably) —'‘ No, not s* uuch."” I think Mr. Stikker will be here."” Didn't See Them. Small girl at a football match scans the scene with eagerness; then in dis- appointed tones, ‘‘Mother, I don’t see any cripples!’’ “Of course not yet, my dear; the game is young. What did you expect?”’ “Well, where are the quarterbacks and halfbacks who were to play?” Just the Same. Knicker—‘But you can’t shoot before the season opens.’” Bocker—It makes no difference; I never hit anything, anyway."” Still Hopeful. “What's that noise in the cellar?” “Some one told Miss Unwed, at our Halloween party, that if she would walk down the cellar stairs backward and stand looking over her left shoul- der, she would see the face of the man she is to marry.” “But this is the first of December!" “I know it. She’s down there yet."” comicbooks.com