Judge, 1914-09-26 · page 5 of 24
Judge — September 26, 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration depicts a farmer's market or produce stand in Wilmington, Delaware, with well-dressed early 20th-century shoppers examining baskets of peaches. The caption "CROP REPORT: Delaware's peach crop is reported very fine this year" suggests this is satirizing agricultural commerce or market conditions of that era. The lower section contains unrelated humorous sketches and short comedic pieces about domestic life—including jokes about women's behavior, dating customs, and shopping. These appear to be typical light satirical content Judge magazine regularly published, poking fun at social conventions and gender dynamics of the period rather than addressing specific political events or figures.
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r aVu// CROP REPORT Delaware's peach crop is reported very fine this year Worth Knowing F THERE is aught I yearn to know, It is the way of womankind— The secret of the smiles which glow, The passing thoughts within her mind; Why fads and follies surely find A welcome warm, yet bring distress, And, asked for kisses when we've dined, Why she says No, when she means Yes. 1 Walter CUtting Safety Appliance Lacking “Didn't you say,’ demanded the young man of the captain, ‘‘that this ship was equipped with all appliances for human safety?"’ “Tdid.”” “Then how does it happen that I now find myself engaged to a lady I did not know when the vessel left her pier?” Her Excuse “Susie Bumkum is very fond of out- she offered that as an excuse for going out riding with Mrs. Jenks’s husband last Sunday !"* A Plausible Theory “Why is a man’s skull made in sec- tions, instead of all in one piec asked Johnny, who had just taken up physiology. “So that it will stretch at the seams and not burst when he gets the ‘swell- head,’ ’’ answered father. Waived “Tommy, how often must I tell you to wash your hands?”” “*You needn’t do it at all, mother.’" u hata, “* Tomkins, come and hold me up while I try that new tango step "’ “If She Knows How To Wear Her Clothes !” CRDE'S features may be all mismates— Too large her mouth—too small her nose; But these are veiled by gentle fates, If she knows how to wear her clothes! Her figure’s beauty may not be Such as the armless Venus shows; But that she’s lovely all agree, If she knows how to wear her clothes! A slender purse may put fine gear Beyond her reach; yet will her pose Be opulent, because the dear, Sweet girl knows how to wear her clothes! She may not have the slightest ken Of things a college maiden knows; But she will win the hearts of men, If she knows how to wear her clothes! Lida Keck Wiggins. A Loophole “Here is a preparation of my own,”” said the druggist. ‘‘It will cure you when everything else fails.”” “But I haven’t tried everything else yet,’’ remonstrated the customer. Life is real, but some of its perform- ances are only vaudeville. comicbooks.com