Judge, 1915-07-03 · page 18 of 32
Judge — July 3, 1915 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains light domestic and social humor typical of early 20th-century American satire. **"With a Difference"** depicts a husband excusing himself from an evening at home by claiming he must attend a "chicken show" with a friend. The wife's cheerful acceptance—claiming to remember seeing the poster—suggests she's either oblivious or deliberately playing along, likely implying the "chicken show" is a euphemism for something else (a bar, gambling, or time with questionable company). The humor relies on the audience recognizing this as an obvious lie the wife pretends to believe. **Other pieces** include "The Bud Letters" (handwritten correspondence), "Done For" (a poem mocking parental warnings about fireworks), "Fatherly Advice" (cynical observations about counterfeiting, politics, and marriage), and "A Definition" (defining endurance contests as arguments). The cartoons and text represent genteel, domestic comedy aimed at middle-class readers—poking fun at marital dynamics, parental anxiety, and social pretense rather than addressing serious political issues.
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WITH A DIFFERENCE Hubby—Sorry, Nell, but | won't be home until late this evening. Friend wants me to go to the chicken show with him Wifey—Oh, yes! I remember seeing the poster the other day. Hope you'll enjoy it. The Bud Letters By BURGES JOHNSON Done For HEY said 'twould be the end of him If he a pinwheel dared to handle; They said he'd join the seraphim If he played with a Roman candle. They told him he would surely die With toy torpedoes in his pockets; That Satan always hovered nigh To snatch the kid who sent up rockets. They told him if he showed desire For Chinese crackers, they would kill him; They said that if he used Greek fire, Straight into Hades it would spill him. “*There’s no use wondering, certainly, If they are right,” d little Freddy. “T have no life to lose,'’ said he; ** They've scared it out of me already !"" —Nathon M. Levy. Judging by War Correspondence Lowbrow—Wot's dat gink’s name they calls the god of war? Bilton—Ananias. Fatherly Advice BE NOT a counterfeiter, my boy. Coun- terfeiters don’t make good. Seek public office if you will; but where many things occur, few take place. My daughter, always give the census taker your present husband's name. Why confuse him with a recital of past divorce or future alimony? Ability, my children, is not all of one kind. One man gets what he wants because we like his amiability; another, because we fear his irritability. Some professors are accounted wise because of their incom- ptehensibility; and I know a man who draws a pension for total disability. My boy, I hope they'll call you ‘‘the salt of the earth'’; but have some ginger and pepper on your mental premises, too. A Definition Robert—Pop, what is an endurance con- test? Father—The average argument. comichooks.cehm