Judge, 1914-07-04 · page 9 of 24
Judge — July 4, 1914 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This is a humor page containing multiple unrelated jokes and satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. The top cartoon depicts a London hackman (cab driver) commanding his horse "Emma" to stop making "Maxikes" (likely a mispronunciation or reference to some behavior)—satirizing working-class dialect and horse-drawn cab culture. The jokes below mock various social pretensions and ironies: - **"They All Have It"** and **"Excellent Progress"** play on class aspiration—farmers want to be engineers and vice versa; a doctor becomes successful enough to abandon the appearance of hard work ("civil-engineer whiskers"). - **"Sport and Coin"** satirizes boxing culture and corrupt fight promoters focused on gate receipts rather than the sport. - **"The Proper Order of Big Leagues"** appears to rank professional baseball leagues, likely commentary on the short-lived Federal League (1914-1915). - Later pieces joke about modern social dancing replacing singing ability, golf etiquette, and operatic decline—all targeting upper-middle-class pretension and hypocrisy.
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STILL ANOTHER PRONUNCIATION Hackman (to horse)—Naa, then, Emma! cut aout the Maxikes! They All Have It "THE farmer lad who stood at gaze Had one ambition clear: “Some day I'll quit this job, I bet, An’ be an engineer!”’ The engineer half saw and thought, “Some time perhaps I'll be In luck myself. A little farm Is what looks good to me!"’ Sport and Coin “Why didn’t you get up before the ref- eree counted ten?”’ asked the disappointed backer. “I was a little confused,’’ confessed the vanquished pu- gilist. ‘‘I thought he was counting up the gate receipts, and I was waiting for bigger figures.” The Proper Order of Big Leagues ? Federal League. American League. National League. Excellent Progress ‘ “How is your nephew, who graduated from the medical college last year, getting along now?"’ “Fine!’’ triumphantly replied honest Farmer Hornbeak. ‘‘He has established such a good practice that he doesn’t con- sider it necessary to raise civil-engineer whiskers !"" People who live in glass houses should take out insurance. THREE REASONS WHY A MAN SHOULD NOT MARRY ON SIX DOLLARS A WEEK Song and Dance I CANNOT sing the old songs, But that don’t hurt my chances For social prestige, since I’m great At all the modern dances. Principle and Practice Brassey—No more golf for me with Puttings! Bunker—Why the ukase? Brassey—Played with him to-day. He is a left-hander with the clubs, but writes with his right. And he kept the card. Bunker—Well? Brassey—Well, it’s against his principles to let his right hand know what his left hand doeth. For Us, Yes Hokus—It must be a terrible thing for an opera singer to realize he is losing his voice. Pokus—It's more terrible when he doesn’t realize it. comicbooks.com