Judge, 1913-04-26 · page 22 of 24
Judge — April 26, 1913 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page reprints brief comedic sketches from satirical magazines across Europe and Latin America—Spanish, French, German, and British sources. The humor relies on universal themes: **"Cheap by Comparison"**: A couple debates the cost of luxury items (a "Bird of Paradise" artwork), with the husband noting he once paid even more for something worse—satire on wealthy people's frivolous spending and poor judgment. **"The Stupid Waiter"**: A French restaurant joke about a waiter's condescension toward a customer asking about price differences, mocking working-class assumptions about the patron's mathematical abilities. **Other sketches** mock: a shopkeeper's dark humor about a dead employee, a wealthy man's ironic complaint that people call him "poor," and absurdly unhelpful directions to an elevator. The page's concept—celebrating "laughs from other lands"—suggests Judge's audience appreciated international humor and cosmopolitan sophistication, though the jokes are generally accessible: satire of class pretension, miscommunication, and human folly transcending borders.
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Cheap by Comparison E:la—100 pesos por una “ave del paraiso,” noes caro, queridot Ei.~ Cuando pienso que yo he dado trescientos mil francos por un inferno como éste She—One hundred and ates dollars for a‘‘Bird of Paradise’ is not expensive, dearest! He—Not when I think that I gave three hundred thousand francs for an in- ferno like this!—Sucesos (Santiago, Chili). The Stupid Waiter “Monsieur dine 4 2 fr. 60 0u & 3 francs?” “Quel est la différence 7” “Oh! Monsieur veut rire; Jusqu’a 60 centimes !” “Does monsieur dine at two francs fifty centimes or at three francs?"” **What is the difference “*Monsieur wants to joke. You know how to count up to fifty centimes!""—Le Sourire (Paris). fl sait bien compter Some Hope Held “Out Customer—But I particularly wish to see the young man who served me in this department last week. Shopwalker—I'm sorry, he'’s—er—dead just at present!—. (London). madam, but ‘Sketch “Unbegreiflich! Ich bin doch steinreich, und trotzdem, wenn von mir die Rede ist, sagen die Leute immer: ‘Dieser arme ker!’ !’° “Incomprehensible! I am as rich as Croesus, and yet, when people are speak- ing of me, they always say, ‘This poor fellow’ !""—Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). Encouraging Proud owner—Of course this is only village work, old chap. You wait till we get out into the open.—Punch (London). Thank Goodness! It looked like an ultra-fashionable head- dress, but it was only an optical illusion, after all.—Bystander (London). Information “* Dites-nous done od se trouve I'ascenseur? Descendes six étages ; c’est A gauche, au bas ce Je Fee calier !” “Say, where is the elevator?"’ “*Go down six floors. It is at the left, at the bottom of the stairs.""—Le Rire (Paris). comicbooks.com