Judge, 1913-07-12 · page 16 of 24
Judge — July 12, 1913 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humor reprinted from international satirical magazines (German, Japanese, French, British). The cartoons mock everyday absurdities: **Key jokes:** - A suitor in German East Africa haggling over bride-price, proposing to marry fewer daughters for less dowry - A film actor shouting at a bystander, revealing cinema's self-importance - A distracted doctor examining a patient while apparently hallucinating ("Hello! Who is it?") - A farmer preferring to drink beer directly from a tap rather than use a glass - A curate so small he can only buy ready-made umbrellas - A woman's oversized hat blocking theatergoers' views **The satire targets:** pompous professionals, modern technology's disruptions, physical peculiarities, and social pretension. The page's framing as "foreign" humor suggests American editors presenting European wit as sophisticated entertainment for readers. These are gentle, observational jokes—not overtly political, but reflecting early 20th-century class consciousness and urban anxieties.
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Getting Even; or, the Robber Robbed —Tokyo Puck. A Polygamous P-oposition Suitor (in German East Africa) each of your ten daughters will receive thirty thousand marks as dowry? H'm! Suppose I marry the eight youngest of *em?—Heitere Welt. am An Uurehearsed Incident Cinema actor (to exceedingly startled old gentleman)—Out of the way, you blockhead! You'll spoil the film!—By- stander (London). Absentminded "Ulso, liebe Mina, sla willst Du Dir statt deg alten Sanititsrates einen andern Havsarzt net *Jawobl, er ist mir zu zerstreut. Neulich unter: suchte er mich mit dem Stetho joakop—— wie er so horchte, rief er plklich * Hallo, Wer dort 2°" “Then, Minnie, you are going to get another physician instead of the old health inspector?"" “Yes; he is too absentminded. Re- cently, as he examined me with the stethoscope, he suddenly called out, ‘Hello! Who is it?’''—Fliegende Blaet- ter (Munich). Simplified Bawer—Was, ich soll las Bier erst in das Glas lau- fen Iassen—a halt’ ich lieder gleich ‘s Maul drunter! Farmer—Why should I first let the beer run into the glass? I'd rather hold my mouth right under the faucet.—Meg- gendorfer Blaetter (Munich). Domesticated Ragtime —Punch (London). What He Was Like Lady — What's the new curate John? John—The queerest figure o’ a little man you ever saw. They tells me as ‘ow the only wearin’ apparel ’e can buy ready- made is his umberelly.—Sketch (London). like, Or His Hair? Le Monsieur—J'entends quelques murmures der- rire, de quoi ve plaignent- L’Ouvreuse “Crest le chal empeche de voir. Gentleman—I hear some murmurs be- 1a de Madame qui les hind us. What are they complaining about? Lady usher—It is the lady's hat that prevents them from seeing.—Le Sourire (Paris). comicbooks.com