Judge, 1914-09-19 · page 13 of 24
Judge — September 19, 1914 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humorous anecdotes and sketches typical of early 20th-century American satirical humor. **"A Complaint"** (top) mocks wealthy diners complaining that fancy restaurants now attract "hoi polloi" (common people). The satire targets snobbish upper-class attitudes about exclusivity. **"More Convenient"** jokes about a railroad station's placement near a village store, with a farmer's folksy wisdom suggesting practicality over aesthetics. **"Her Apprenticeship"** contrasts a girl's fashionable hairstyle with her humble background as a pretzel-tier in a bakery—satirizing social climbing and appearance. **"Fashionable Penmanship"** mocks a fad for ostentatiously large handwriting, with the ironic detail that a young woman wasted expensive stationery thanking a man for providing it. **Other brief jokes** target marital relationships, travel, and urban etiquette. The bottom illustration shows a street scene of ordinary city life. The overall humor relies on class contrasts, pretension, and observational comedy about contemporary social behaviors.
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Hh, f Sl A COMPLAINT Lady with toothpick—Ain't it awful the way these swell restaurants is gettin’ overrun by them awful hoi polloi ? It's gettin’ so you don't meet no really refined people no more. More Convenient Her Apprenticeship Fashionable Penmanship THEY were having a talk around the Tall blonde—Gerty Giddygad’s coiffure “Looks like a futile transaction all village store about the new railroad is the envy of every girl in the store. I round.” station. The town had grownup amile wonder where she learned to make a knot “‘What are you kicking about now?"’ or so from the railroad, like that. “This fad for large handwriting. My and the new building was Short brunette—Before she came here, daughter got a box of expensive paper to be a sightly one. It she was chief pretzel tier ina wholesale from a young man and used it all up writ- seemed too bad it couldn't — bakery. ing him a note of thanks.’’ be placed in the town. : When the talk died down an instant, an old 7 farmer got up, and, slipping his quid to the other side of his mouth, drawled, “Wa-al, friends, it’s jest this way. I've allus heard it said that the daypo should be alongside the railroad.’” A Cherub “T do admire your husband, Nun! He seems to me a heavenly man!"’ “True; but that’s scarcely an excuse For being of no earthly use.’’ Hadn't Used One Uncle Ezra—Eph Hoskins must have had some time down in New York. Uncle Eben—Yep. Reckon he trav- eled a mighty swift pace. Eph’s wife said that when Eph got back and went into his room, he looked at the bed, kicked it, and said, ‘‘What’s that durn thing for?” Unnecessary Query Customer—How are your salted alm- onds? Fresh? The sensitive young man going West should provide himself with a wardrobe which will not render him Clerk—No'm; salted. conspicuous in his new surroundings comicbooks.com