Judge, 1915-01-23 · page 7 of 24
Judge — January 23, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains satirical humor typical of early 20th-century American comedy: **"He Who Laughs Last"** is a cautionary tale mocking materialism: Bill Jackson buys an expensive new machine ($3,000) to impress his neighbor Jones, but crashes it, creating a lawsuit that forces him to sell it. Ironically, Jones ends up enjoying the machine while Jackson walks in poverty. The satire targets vanity and one-upmanship. **"Lazytown Local News"** is a humorous rural gossip column with absurdist jokes about small-town characters—a fiddling band stealing sweet potatoes, a teacher planning a lecture using 100 pounds of ice as a prop, and various eccentric locals with ridiculous schemes. The humor relies on exaggeration and rustic character types. **"Distinction"** is a brief joke about a constable proud of his new jail's first prisoner. The tone throughout is gentle mockery of rural life, greed, and human foibles—typical *Judge* magazine fare mixing moral lessons with absurdist humor.
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DISTINCTION Constable—Instead 0° complainin’ ye ought t' be proud o° bein’ th’ first prisoner in our new lockup. He Who Laughs Last ILL JACKSON bought a new machine; Three thousand dollars cash he paid. Said he, **’ Twill make my hbor green With jealousy when I parad He dashed along the boulevard; He did not see his neighbor Jones. Collision! Damage suit! 'Twas hard— Three thousand, cold, for broken bones! $0 Jackson sold his new machine, To pay the damages to Jones; And now Jones burns the gasoline, While Jackson tramps the cobble- stones. —W. Hendricks, Lazytown Local News f HE sior Fiddling Band, while out serenading Wednesday night, | mixed business with pleasure and |’ brought home the bass fiddle full of nice sweet potatoes, The Wild Onion school teacher will deliver an interesting lecture on | 4 hundred pounds of ice to stand on during his discourse. Slim Pickens, who got hung under the Wild Onion schoolhouse last summer while hunting for hen eggs, was a social visitor at Rye Straw this week. Yam Sims has got up a patent hen roost, which he will start out selling in a short time. The patent consists of a sessafras pole, about fifteen feet long, which is flat on one side, so that the hens may sit down and rest when they get tired during the night. a Dock Hocks says he would not mind go- ing to church occasionally, if the preacher wouldn't try to get him to join. is] The depity constable, to keep in practice for his official duties, went rabbit hunting last week and was about to surround one, when the latter got wind of the officer’s approach and made good his escape. Raz Barlow was over at Tickville the other day and examined some win- dowglass. He says the reason glass breaks so easily is because it is stretched so tight when it is made. The engineer on the train that arrived at Tickville a few days ago informed several persons on the plat- the South Pole at the schoolhouse next Saturday evening. He will wear his ear muffs and has ordered a Plumber—A bathtub side car may not be very comfortable, but it’s all right in a rain. form that he would not wash his face until he got good and ready. —George Bingham. comicbooks.com