Judge, 1916-04-08 · page 9 of 28
Judge — April 8, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top sketch is a visual riddle: a well-dressed gentleman has purchased something to be delivered soon. The answer appears to be an **automobile**—a luxury item of the era requiring advance ordering. This reflects the early 1900s fascination with cars as novel, expensive purchases. The bottom cartoon, titled "Foiled," depicts two boys caught in mischief. One was apparently about to borrow a nickel from the other when the borrower's mother unexpectedly arrives, thwarting the plan. The humor centers on a common childhood scenario: attempting petty theft disguised as borrowing, foiled by parental supervision. Both pieces are lighthearted satirical observations of everyday life—one mocking the aspirational materialism of car-ownership, the other poking fun at juvenile delinquency and the universal childhood experience of being caught by a parent at an awkward moment.
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PUZZLE P The gentleman in this sketch has bought something which is to be delivered in a few days. Daffodil Time T IS daffodil time, so the robins all cry, For the sun’s a big daffodil up in the sky; And when down the midnight the owl calls p»-whoo!”” Why then the round moon is a daffodil too. Now sheer to the bough-top the sap starts to climb, So, merry my masters, it’s daffodil time! Itis time for the song; it is time for the sonnet; It is time for Belinda to have a new bonnet, All fashioned and furbished with things that are fair, To rest like a crown on her daffodil hair. Love beats in the heart like the pulse of a rhyme, So, merry my masters, it's daffodil time! It is time when the hills and the vales ery, “Away! Come join in the joy of the daffodil day!” or somewhere one waits, with a glow on her face With her daffodil smile, and her daffodi There's a lilt in the air, there’s a cheer, there's a chime, So, merry my masters, it’s daffodil ti Clinton Scollard. Egg View Notes INK NITZ is pls garden very close together this spring, so nobody will expect him to get in between them with a hoe. ting the rows in his Evening services were held in the schoolhouse Sunday, at which Muley Cannon mistook a nickel for a cent when the collection-plate come round, and remained very wide awake through- out the sermon. Truman Bilge, who won an Erny Neff barber-shop hair-cut at a rafiling- match last week, has fallen off cons erably in height Myrt Spoor claims that every time she sees Corny Paine trying to crank up his second-hand Pollywog automo- bile, she can’t help but think of how much perfectly good washwringer energy is going to waste. Some dried beef was stolen off of the counter in Bill Waite’s grocery carly this morning, and Lem Bushnell our marshal has hid himself for the day near the town pump to pounce upon all suspicious-acting persons. —Leslie Van Lexicography Mr. Popp—Her Kansas where every an automobile. Johnny Popp—Oh, Dad, is that what they mean by the submerged tenth? ‘S$ & county out in ninth man has ICTURE Can you guess what it is? FOILED “Aw, darn it! here comes his mother! Iwas just goin’ to borrow a nickel from him.” comicbooks.com