Judge, 1915-08-21 · page 25 of 28
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This page from *Judge* contains several brief humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons. The jokes rely on wordplay and misunderstanding: **"Pat's Conversation"**: An Irish immigrant (identified by dialect as "Pat") testifies in court but misunderstands the lawyer's question about what he discussed with a defendant. He literally answers "fifteen minutes" of conversation occurred, then reveals they talked "over the telephone"—missing the point entirely. The humor derives from Irish stereotype humor popular in early 20th-century American magazines. **"Informed"**: A botanist cannot identify a pale pink flower and asks a country boy. The boy's answer—"Higginses!"—reveals the plant is actually in the yard of people named Higgins, not a botanical specimen. The joke plays on literal versus expected interpretation. The remaining anecdotes follow similar patterns of miscommunication or anticlimactic reveals. These are gentle, populist humor pieces typical of *Judge*'s lighter content, interspersed with period advertisements for cocktails, hotels, and Coca-Cola.
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