Judge, 1913-08-23 · page 14 of 24
Judge — August 23, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page presents a comic strip adaptation of the nursery rhyme "The Queen of Hearts," presented as satirical "motion pictures." The strip follows the familiar tale: the Queen of Hearts bakes tarts, the Knave steals them, gets caught, and faces punishment—being forced to bake and eat tarts alone as penance. The satire lies in the subtitle: "Make the Punishment Fit the Crime"—likely a jab at contemporary criminal justice, suggesting that real courts fail to match consequences appropriately to offenses, unlike this fairy-tale justice. Below are unrelated satirical quips mocking settlement workers (who help the poor), the unreliability of trains, government workers who mysteriously become wealthy after leaving office, and women's "slit skirts" as fashion. The cartoon assumes reader familiarity with both the nursery rhyme and American social debates of the era.
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JUDGE'S MOTION PICTURES THE QUEEN OF HEARTS ~ SHE MADE SOME TARTS, AND SET THEM THE KNAYE, OF COURSE, SOON FELT REMORSE, AND ALSO INDIGESTION. HIS THEFT REVEALED, HIS DOOM 1S SEALED FOUND OUT THE TRUTH, FROM CLUES THE THIEF HAD LEFT wt THE QUEEN SHALL BAKE, THE KNAVE SHALL MAKE HIS MEALS OF TARTS ALONE! THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, SOON MISSED THE TARTS AND ADVERTISED THE CRIME HE MUST ATONE! ow) The Queen of Hearts: or, Make the Punishment Fit the Crime Defined Tommy—What’s a settlement worker, dad? Dad—One who finds the silver lining to the other fellow’s clouds. The bare truth is not in any danger of arrest for indecent exposure in the evi- dence given at trials in criminal cases. Torn About From praising country life with energy He couldn’t refrain, And oft I've heard him boast how easily He caught the train. But once he had to run quite hard for it, And—sequel grim!— The fast two-thirty mussed him up a bit— The train caught him!—Nathan M. Levy. Where Did They Get It? Hobson—I understand that Uncle Sam doesn’t pay living wages. Dobson—That’s funny! Most of the office-holders seem to be rich when they get out. The slit skirt uncovers a multitude of slims. comicbooks.com f= Be et e