Judge, 1914-09-26 · page 20 of 24
Judge — September 26, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with humor pieces, typical of early 20th-century magazines. **The main humor pieces** are two brief anecdotes titled "Stories with Smiles": 1. **"Zeke's Reformation"** satirizes religious conversion hypocrisy. A farmer's son, Zeke, experiences a camp-meeting conversion and vows to speak only truth. When his father tests this immediately—asking where he's going—Zeke truthfully admits he's stealing chickens. The joke exposes how revival-meeting sincerity evaporates instantly when tested. 2. **"Not a Direct Answer"** presents a courtroom witness being cross-examined about a defendant's laziness. The witness frustratingly refuses to give a simple yes/no answer, instead offering rambling explanations. The lawyer demands directness, but the witness continues evasively. This mocks verbose, evasive courtroom testimony. Both pieces represent common Judge humor: satirizing human weakness (religious hypocrisy, lawyerly obstruction) through rural or everyday scenarios. The cartoons are period advertisements for champagne, hotels, ale, cigars, and WWI war records.
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