Judge, 1914-06-13 · page 16 of 24
Judge — June 13, 1914 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief comedic anecdotes translated from European satirical magazines, presented as cultural humor. **Key sketches:** - **"Enfant Terrible"** (Munich): A child innocently reveals his mother's hypocrisy—she calls the slow maid a "snail," which the father uses as a pet name, implying he knew about her slowness. - **"A Poor Alibi"** (Paris): A wife catches her husband in an affair; he claims he was at a restaurant, but she was there that evening—an ironically airtight trap. - **"Her Provision"** (Munich): A wife leaves her husband, taking only travel fare home, but the money isn't enough for the return trip—dark humor about marital discord and dependency. - **"The Baby Cult"** and **"Corroborative Evidence"**: Domestic humor about modern parenting trends and widows excusing dead husbands' clumsiness. - **"A False Alarm"** (Punch): A bank's security measure backfires when an honest cashier accidentally triggers the alarm, embarrassing a respectable local official. The page emphasizes marital conflict, class observation, and practical ironies typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines.
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Copyright, Pliegente Riartter Enfant Terrible Beauch—Wan {Gr ein liebes hUbsches Dienst? miidchen Sie haben. . Hawsfrau—Ja, aie ist echt nett, nu langnam, flusserst ine Prite—Ah, darum sagt Papa zu the jo lieber Sehneck Visitor—What o dear, pretty servant you have! Lady— Yes, she is very neat, only aw- fully slow. Little Fritz— apa al- ways calls her “you dear snail !"’—Flic~ gende Blaetter (Munich), The Baby Cult A contemporary recently stated that society women are n about much more with their children now. The above is what we may expect in the park.—Lon- don Opinion. FOREIGN FUN my dear, you do wreng to be angry with him, Your husband could very well have p th ing at Gas- ton’s and not have deceived you."? “That's just what was impossible, for Gaston passed the evening with me!''- Pages Folles (Paris). Corroborative Evidence Unbeliever (after the spiritualist se- ance)—Surely you don’t believe that the spirit of your dead husband upset all that furniture? Widow—Well, I don't know. George was dreadfully clumsy!—Bulletin (Syd- ney). MAKERS 1 pate Copyright, Meggendorter Mwetter Her Provision Junge Frau—tch bleibe nich mehr bei dir, leh reife heim zu if Mutter! Jun nn—Hier int das Reisegeld! u—Aber das reicht ja nicht fOr die Jaan Ruek al Young w: I won't stay with you any longer! Lam going home to mother! Husband—Here's the fare. Young wife—But that is not enough for the return trip!—Meggendorjer Blaetter (Munich). A False Alarm (Circular from head office of a London bank to its branches: ‘‘Suggested that the cashier should drop his cash scoop as a warning to the remainder of the staff that a forged check is being presented and that they are to detain the presenter.’’] The cashier at our Goldstead branch has the misfortune to drop his scoop acciden- tally when cashing a check for the worthy mayor of our select suburb,— Punch (Lon- don). comicbooks.com