Judge, 1916-08-12 · page 8 of 28
Judge — August 12, 1916 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short literary pieces and illustrations typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. **The main cartoon** ("The Girl He Left Behind Him") depicts a romantic reversal: a man meets an attractive woman at Narragansett pier during summer. They share intellectual conversation (Gibson Girl-esque, referencing artist Charles Dana Gibson's idealized women). After parting without exchanging contact information, he encounters her again in town—but she now treats him coldly, having "personified the winter" instead of summer. The joke satirizes romantic disappointment and how women's affections can shift. **The bottom two illustrations** appear to show related scenes from the narrative, though the exact story connection is unclear from the image alone. The page also includes brief humorous prose pieces about small-town life ("Egg View Notes") and light poetry about Coney Island children and romantic mishaps. The humor is gentle, domestic satire aimed at middle-class readers—no overt political content is evident on this particular page.
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Personification MET her down beside the pier, I The famous pier of Narragan- sett; The dreew she wore was just a “de: Wit. rainbow ribbons to enhance it. She ha: some kinship to the bee, Becaue I heard her called “a hum- mer,” Her eves were blue as was the sea, And she personified the summer. \e walked and talked of many things, (She might have been a girl by Gibson!) yt futurists and futurings, Of Maeterlinck and Shaw and Ibsen. Our rapt discourse ran into art When I discovered that she painted. I fancied that she had a heart; In fact we got quite well acquainted. We parted. I was somewhat vexed— To call I got no invitation. it was in town I saw her next, And rushed to greet her with lation Then I received a sudden shock; An icy coldness seemed to tint her; She wore the same sweet summer frock But she personified the winter! Clinton Scollard. Egg View Notes NE TAH KNOBRICK attended a first-class, masterpiece, three-reel thriller of a moving picture play in Spring Ledge, the first of the week, and he can’t just hit onto the reason why the photo- plays end up like they do. He firmly believes that if more film was allowed near the finish for the punishing of the treach- erous villains, there'd be fewer crimes committed in the moving pictures. A hard-collared stranget who got off the Friday morning train from Pollywog to sell miraculous rods for hunting pre- cious metals, quickly located some silver in Muley Cannon’s pocket. Sherm Spoor, who believes in being prepared, finished picking his cherries Monday afternoon, and left the ladder in the tree, so it will be all ready for next year’s crop. Ambrose Crosslots si “Mebbe Truth travels in disguise because she’s a fugitive from Injustice. A soliloquy is a Millennial after-dinner speech.” Leslie Van Every. On Coney’s Beach 2D head, white head, Children of the sands! Freckle mug, pudgy mug Out of many lands! Bloused kids, doused kids Dancing in the brine! Fat kids, thin kids, With noses all a-shine! Laughing babies, cr} With sashes all a-tr Happy babies, baby bal With shovel and with pail! —Benjamin De Casseres. Topsy-Turvy Cupid Hokus—1 tell you, there's nothing like falling in love to upset a fellow. Pokus—That’s right. Since I met Polly Peaches I’m not only head over heels in love, but up to my ears in debt. According to the Sign Flora—Why did you get the seats so far to the left at the theater to-night? Edward—Didn't you see the words on the program—All Rights Reserved? THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM