Judge, 1913-09-13 · page 14 of 24
Judge — September 13, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents three separate comic strips satirizing early 20th-century American life. **"Superstitious Sidney"** mocks superstitious beliefs through sequential panels showing a man experiencing increasingly exaggerated "bad omens"—a black cat, broken mirror, spilled salt—that escalate into absurd consequences. The satire targets people who blame minor coincidences for misfortune. **"The Lynx-eyed Sleuth"** jokes about a rural constable's incompetence: he prides himself on detective skills but couldn't identify a circus clown, suggesting small-town law enforcement was seen as inferior to city police. **"His Chief Concern"** offers dark humor about marriage: when asked if he'd sue a rival who won his wife, the husband says yes "just for spite"—satirizing loveless marriages and litigious attitudes rather than genuine emotional attachment. The page uses period vernacular and stock character types typical of Judge's satirical approach to everyday American social pretensions and failures.
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JUDGE'S MOTION PICTURES HE SEES THE NEW KOON OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER HE STARTS FOR HIS HE HAS A NARROW BREAKING A MIRROR, ETC- Superstitious Sidney; or; Every Little Omen Has a Meaning All Its Own Dry Guzzler—My life was a desert until I met you. Miss Caustique—Ah! at last I have an explanaton of your marvelous thirst. Mere popularity seldom payson the in- vestment. The Lynx-eyed Sleuth ‘What's them fellers joshing constable Sam Slackputter about?’’ “Aw, you know he prides himself on being just as good a detective as any of them city cops. Well, he went to the circus yesterday and couldn't pick out the clown!"" His Chief Concern Mrs. Hemmandhaw—If another man should win me would you sue him for my Hemmandhaw—Yes—just for spite. The small boy looks sadly toward the September home-coming. comicbooks.com TIN Dp alage