Judge, 1914-06-27 · page 14 of 25
Judge — June 27, 1914 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts a confrontation between a man and a bear, likely representing a political standoff. The dialect and crude illustration suggest this is racial caricature—a common (and offensive) feature of early Judge satire. The joke appears to be about mutual threats and bluffing: each party warns they'll "shoot" the other, but neither actually can or will, creating a stalemate. The political meaning is unclear without knowing the specific date, but it may reference labor disputes, political conflicts, or tensions between political figures of the era. The lower section contains unrelated short humor pieces and anecdotes typical of Judge's miscellaneous content, including jokes about blindness, marriage, begging, and rural life ("Egg View Notes").
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FOOLING MISTER BEAR “* Ise gwine ter light dis in de fire an’ shoot u Mister Bear."* “You're goin’ to shoot me up, are you? Suppose I light it an’ shoot you “ Say, hol’ on! By Proxy ITY the blind!’ wailed the professional beggar. “But you are not blind,” said the passerby, paus- ing. “No, sir; but my old grandmother is,” replied the professional beggar. “I'm doing this for her.’ A Condition Geraldine—I will marry you on one condition. Gerald—And what is that? Geraldine—That our marriage shall not be allowed to interrupt our friendship. A Witch “T just got a letter from Jack with fif- teen mistakes in it!” . “Evidently you hold him spellbound.”’ Dat ain't no gun, honest !"" Cause and Effect? By LOIS WILLOUGHBY E WAS aman with a mission; She was a girl with a cause. His—to undo what had been done; Hers—to prevent future flaws, Uplift they spread o'er the nation, lavingly worked day and night; Saw in the blest consummation Miracles wrought for the right. Married —still upward they hurry, Filling life’s wrongs full of crimps. Happy—the neighbors should worry— The uplifters junior are imps! A Bull Moose Cucumber “And what,’’ asked a visitor at the North Dakota State fair, ‘do you call that kind of a cucumber?"’ “That,” replied a Fargo politician, ‘‘is the insurgent cucumber. It doesn’t agree with a party.”’ “« My word! but the bloomin’ chap was right!" Egg View Notes HE Fourth of July celebration here was a miserable failure. Early in the day Ote Gimber brushed his horse off, causing rain to fall in torrents for hours, Lem Bushnell rung the bell on the church the night of the third, then backed off of the roof. He will have the law of gravitation repealed. In the evening Witt Larcom made a tub of lemonade to sell to a crowd near the grocery. It was emptied in no time, a large leak springing in the bottom. During the fireworks display Truman Bilge’s whiskers burst forth in flame, burning to the ground. Shortly before midnight a mammoth skyrocket crashed down on Cylindra Ber- ger’s stoop, whiffing out the life of one of her cats. Twenty-seven remain to console her. —Lestie Van Every. comicbooks.com