Judge, 1914-05-16 · page 11 of 24
Judge — May 16, 1914 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines: **Top cartoons**: Four panels depicting what appears to be a "coon" character (using period racist terminology) in water-related situations with minstrel-show dialect. The humor relies on crude stereotyping. **"The Successful Chicken Business"**: A poem mocking the back-to-the-land farming craze, where city people invested in chicken farms expecting easy profits but found hens refused to lay eggs and died constantly—a commentary on naive entrepreneurial optimism. **"Couldn't Fool Him"**: A brief joke about a child deducing a baby arrived via stork rather than angel because his father complained about "the bill"—a pun on hospital/delivery costs. **"Apartment-house Ethics"**: Satirizes urban apartment dwellers' social hypocrisy—borrowing neighbors' furniture without reciprocating invitations. **"According to Prescription"**: A joke about a patient who must consume bitter medicine immediately rather than have it delivered—implying the taste is so bad he won't survive waiting. The page reflects early 1900s middle-class anxieties and humor conventions.
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t coon boy that skinned my big b wid his clothes on. Now for “*Great smokin’ mackerel! Mah garments The Successful Chicken Business OU CAUGHT the fever in the spring And knew the luring charm; You felt a fortune could be made Upon a chicken farm, spent your cash for eggs and fowls And coops and grub and fence, Then sat to watch your dollars grow Into a pile immense. Ye The hens, of course, refused to lay, When price of eggs was high; They stayed up nights to get the roup And simply loved to die. Cheer up! There's cash in chickens yet; Let faith to that be pinned. The cock upon the weathervane Will always raise the wind. —MeLaudhurgh Wilson The Reason **Henpeckke hasn't spoken to his wife in over a year. ‘Doesn't like to interrupt her, eh?” brother in swituming e fun.’ are seperatin’ !"* ** How do you like being skinned ? REPRISAL Couldn't Fool Him OW do you know it was a stork and not an angel that brought your little brother?’” “Well, I heard pa complaining about the size of the bill, and I guess angels don’t have bills!” “ Apartment-house Ethics “Lady? She ain't no lady!’ declared the chatelaine of the fourth floor front. “No. She'll borrow your card table, and then not invite you to the party. That ain’t etiquette in my circle."* Egg View Note Ambrose Crosslots says: ‘When Gabrie! blows his horn, the one next dcor will be forgotten."’ “ Glory! ain't dis fine—nice a1# cool an’ bully!"’ Just my size, too."” ACCGRDING TO PRESCRIPTION Clerk—Will you have the tonic sent ? Patron—No ; I've got to take it, comicbooks.com