Judge, 1913-05-17 · page 13 of 24
Judge — May 17, 1913 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents a silent-film-style comic strip about "Percy," apparently a city slicker or salesman who travels to "Wild Wolf City." The sequential panels show Percy's suitcase being investigated, suggest a substitution of cactus for its contents, and depict Percy's subsequent "revenge" or comeuppance. The humor relies on slapstick Western tropes—the naive tenderfoot deceived by frontier folk, leading to physical comedy. The title "Cactus is not a Pickle" suggests the practical joke: someone replaced Percy's belongings with a cactus. Below are three prose humor sections typical of Judge magazine: vacation tips using oxymoronic advice ("Sailing close to the wind," "Hunting trouble"), an office anecdote about a wife extracting payment for kisses to save for a limousine, and a joke about an employee extending his vacation by claiming exhaustion. The satire targets leisure-class pretension and marital dynamics of the era.
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JUDGE'S MOTION PICTURES pul 1 JINKS PI SALESMAN COMES TO WILD:WOLF CITY MEANWHILE PERCYS. SUITCASE IS SEEN [| nvEstiGhte Mean E:! J o paavel dO d 3 fee ‘Bx : pl =] Las a § Pu | TMM CACTUS AND RETURN THE SUITCASE Ey JOLLY SEND-OFF PERCY ADMITS The Tenderfoot’s Revenge; or, Cactus is not a Pickle. How To Spend a Vacation Overheard at the Club PADDLING your own canoe. Collecting your thoughts. ‘TeMA2ZIE GAYWAY says she makes her husband pay her a Sailing close to the wind. Traveling in a circle. dollar every time he kisses her. She’s saving for a Floating with the current. Running through your cash. limousine.’’ Fishing for compliments. Wading through books. “Now, if she’d only adopted a similar plan before she met Hunting trouble. Dipping into a magazine. Gayway, she might have had a whole garage.” Chasing rainbows. Climbing into society. Drawing the long bow. Scaling down expenses. As Usual! Practising patience. Driving a hard bargain. Boss—Where’s Jones? His vacation was up this morning. Walking into your victuals. Riding your hobby. Fellow-clerk—It was, sir; but he telephoned that he would Wandering from your point. Flying in the face of the have to ask for a few days to rest up before he could possibly Rambling in your speech. public. —Gee, B. Merrweede go to work. comicbooks.com