Judge, 1913-04-12 · page 7 of 24
Judge — April 12, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several spring-themed satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor circa early 1900s. **"Same Old Moon"** mocks romantic poetry by having the moon defend its appeal to lovers despite being dimmer than electric lights—a jab at both sentimental verse and technological progress. **"After Tennyson"** satirizes lazy poets who, afflicted by spring influenza, resort to derivative imitations rather than original work. It's a direct critique of uninspired literary hack work. **"A Long Wait"** cartoon shows a groom avoiding his fiancée's phone calls, claiming busyness—social commentary on modern courtship etiquette and male avoidance. The **"Spring Fancies"** section offers lighthearted social observations: expensive Easter bonnets bankrupting men, fashionable bird-adorned hats, wealthy New Yorkers hunting apartments rather than game, and the jarring contrast between Wagner's music and construction noise in apartment buildings. Overall, these pieces blend nostalgia for romanticized spring with contemporary urban complaints about modern life's absurdities.
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Same Old Moon S4ip the moon, ‘‘You may sneer at my glimmering crescent. It isn’t so bright as a lamp incandescent; But lovers in spring Still deem it the thing To choose for their rambles my light evanescent !"" Thinks for Himself The man who makes a small noise is better than the one who is but a big echo. S pr After Tennyson N THE spring the influenzy paints the mortal nose, With the gorgeous tints suggestive of the loudly blushing rose; softly BOWEVER HIGH A BIRD MAY SOAR IT SEEKS ITS POOD ON EARTH A LONG WAIT The groom—Yes, dear, I'm just 9s lonely as when you phoned at 9.15, and I''m very busy this morning. n g Fain And the spine and knees grow slimpsey as a piece of cotton string, And the poet gets so lazy he can’t think of anything— Which is why, instead of verses from real inspiration won, He falls back on dinky drivel labeled “After Tennyson.” Tenants of rented houses are advised that now is the time to ask hitherto reluctant landlords for new wall paper for the par- lor and various other attributes of The House Beautiful. While birds as decorations for spring hats are now pretty gen- erally frowned upon, milliners’ bills resembling those of the stork, the dodo and the toucan are still very much in vogue. A sporting correspondent over here from Great Britain after big game is respectfully in- formed that the leading Nimrods of the hour are out hunting seven-room-and-a-bath flats and easy jobs under the new adminis- tration. If neither of these diversions appeals to him, he can still put in a pleasant week So please don't call up again before 10 o'clock. c 1 ¢e€ S$ luring fresh lobsters and Hudson River shad at any of the leading fisheries along the Great White Way. [a] Now the oyster views vacation with a glad eye from afar, For the month will soon be with us that’s devoid of any ‘*r’’; And for purely shell fish reasons he re- tires for a rest— He is tactful, though not tasteful, when he’s hardly at his best. Music lovers are rejoicing, these soft spring days, in the mel us mixture of Wagnerian sounds floating in through the open windows from the steel riveters at work on the new building across the street and the automatic pianos and talk- ing machines of the flat-dwellers above and below. New meaning is imparted to the poet's lines, unfortunately maltreated by the compositor, to the effect that In the spring, despite our sorrows and a prospect weft of wrong, Life becomes in fullest measure— A grand, Sweet Gong! The easter bonnet has caused many a rise in man’s temperature at sight of the milliner’s bill. comicbooks.com