Judge, 1912-11-02 · page 7 of 24
Judge — November 2, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon, "The French and the American Napoleons of Art," compares museum acquisition practices. The upper panel shows classical statuary being displayed (labeled "LOUVRE"), while the lower panel depicts a greedy figure with a money bag surrounded by cherubs and artworks—satirizing wealthy American collectors who aggressively purchased European art treasures for private museums, mirroring how Napoleon once looted them. Below are brief humorous vignettes typical of Judge's humor: - **"Memory"** and **"A New Angle"**: Mock domestic situations and marital dynamics - **"One on Him"**: A joke about mind-reading pretense - **"Repartee"**: A racial dialect joke about burning meadow grass (reflecting period attitudes) - **"All in the Draw"**: A card-playing pun - **"Cause and Effect"**: References the Hungarian Parliament's violent session, linking political chaos to radical legislation The page blends satirical commentary on art collecting with lighter social humor typical of early 20th-century American magazines.
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= oe q » \\; 2 OUT TT SaT Te 4 7 THE FRENCH AND THE AMERICAN NAPOLEONS OF ART. Filling museums with art treasures one hundred years ago and to-day. Memory. T COST me some thousands to set off her face, For naught but the finest pleased Mabel; With aigrettes above, and below Irish lace, Gems, flowery scarfs, floating gowns full of grace, And girdles of ermine (oh, she set the pace !)— And I gave her a rare stole of sable. For the pleasure of seeing her eyes flash like stars, I really did all I was able; But soon came demands for more up-to- date cars. The sad scenes which followed a dear memory mars, As I gaze through my window (oh, con- found those bars !)— For they found out that I stole the sable! 1. W, Quinton. A New Angle. “‘What are his politics?”” “His wife’s."”” ONE ON HIM. Mr. Deepthinker— 1 need to know a young lady only five minutes, and I can read her in- nermost thoughts."" Debutante (ingenvously)—'* Ob bow horri- bly unpleasant for you."” Repartee. A perspicacious young man, passing where an old colored man was busy set- ting fire to the dead grass in a meadow, accosted him thug: “Don't do that, Uncle Eb, don’t do that!"’ “Why so, sah, why so?”” “You will make that meadow as black as you are.’’ “Never mind dat, sah, never mind dat! Dat grass will all grow out an* be as green as you is!"’ All in the Draw. “A spade is a spade,’’ sages say; But I’ve found, when it comes to a rub, When just one is needed to finish a flush, That a spade is more often a club. Cause and Effect. “I see the Hungarian Parliament opened with a free fight, which nearly wrecked the chambers and left police interference futile.’’ **Well, I suppose some radical legis- lation will follow.’” comicbooks.com