Judge, 1916-09-16 · page 13 of 28
Judge — September 16, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early-20th-century Judge humor: **Top cartoon:** A golf club scene referencing "Teddy" (likely Theodore Roosevelt), joking that score-keeping depends on whether he or his opponent controls it—mocking Roosevelt's reputation for aggressive competitiveness. **"Birds' Nests" essay:** A humorous nostalgic piece by K.L. Roberts contrasting robin nests' unchanging simplicity with human fashion's ridiculous evolution. It critiques the vanity of preserving memories through outdated photographs of homes and particularly clothing (referencing the 1880s–1890s fashion of enormous bustles and oversleeves). **Three short jokes:** - A critic complains music is "violent"; a professional humorist deflects the complaint - A farmer overcharges stranded motorists for a tow, illustrating rural shrewdness - A puzzle magazine editor applies for a fashion design job, absurdly unqualified—satirizing either overconfidence or the supposed simplicity of fashion design The page exemplifies Judge's genteel satire targeting fashion, social pretension, and small hypocrisies of American life.
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AT THE OLD ELM GOLF CLUB, Teddy—Depends on whether he or his opponent keeps the score. Betty—What does Jack do the course in ? BIRDS’ ESTS IRDS’ nests are among the few inanimate objects in exist- ence whose architectural features and landscape garden- ing retain their pristine simplicity and beauty. A photograph of a robin’s nest, taken 10,000 years ago, when the armor-plated dinosaur haunted the kitchen doors of our prehistoric ancestors and chirped plaintively for a pailful of potato peelings, would be found to differ in ential point from the nest in the old ap- ple tree behind the garage. Any robin on earth could look at this 10,000-year-old photograph without suffer- ing from a hot flush, and ejaculating plaintively: “Good heavens! Did I ever live in a thing like that ‘Thus the robin is more fortunate than the human who gazes upon a photograph which shows the condition of the old homestead in 1882. before the picket fence was torn down and replaced by a privet hedge, or the fashionable dress in which the belle of the family went to the croquet match in 1889, when the sleeves fitted like meal sacks and the bustles were so large that a whole flock of hens could have hidden in them, or the natty straw hat with the child's size brim and the fire-alarm hatband which the eldest son wore during the summer of 1802 Persons who are thinking of perpetuating their memories through houses or. through clothes should remember the rebin and his nest. K.L. Roberts. War is what General Sherman said and then Somme, NEAR CHICAGO PEACE HATH HER ATROCITIES 66LJIS MUSIC is so violent!” complained the critic with a shudder. “Well, I suppose it is possible for even violent music to be composed,” replied the professional jokesmith, making a note on his cuff. Business “Why did you tell that stalled auto party that you hadn’t see, my son,” replied the old farmer, “they wanted only six shillings’ worth of gas, while I got a five-spot off them for towing them to the station.” The meck shall inherit body will lend him the the carth and maybe some- inheritance tax. Boss—So you would like a position as woman's clothing de- signer. Are you competent ? Applicant—Me? Why, | was editor of a puzzle magazine for ten years. comicbooks.com