Judge, 1916-09-30 · page 11 of 28
Judge — September 30, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor: **Top cartoon**: Shows a man (likely Jewish, based on the name Markowitz) receiving letters from people requesting theater passes he distributed. Each correspondent seeks favors in return—skirts for charity, theater passes, etc. The satire targets social obligation and manipulation: people feign gratitude while making escalating demands. The joke is that Markowitz's generosity becomes a liability. **"His Abysmal Meanness"**: A wife examines her drunk husband exhaustively, finding nothing wrong, then cries anyway. The satire mocks female irrationality and nagging—a common trope of the era. **Other brief pieces** mock workplace dynamics ("Union Hours"), changing social customs (women no longer keeping parrots), and romantic predicament. The page reflects period attitudes toward immigration, gender, and workplace relations. The ethnic humor relies on stereotyping common in Judge's satirical approach.
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but before he could continue, 1” cried Henry, Markowitz read another letter: Miss Fannie Kantrowitz informed me that it was for you I got a pass at theatre, and T hope you had the time of your life. As we are giving a charity bazaar in the Bronx, will you e a skirt to be sold to the highest bidder? Thanking you in advance for your good heart, Tam Very truly yours. Ri Greren.’ ” May Markowits Dear S. “What, another one?” exclaimed Henry. ats Markowitz started to read another letter “You ought to thank God it’s the last one.” said Marko- witz, reading— ‘Dear Sir. Twas informed by my friend Billy Geffen of Max schonbeng & Co, that you are a manufacturer of skirts and it was for that £ obtained a pass. May Task you kindly to send on 1 il the latest model serge skirt (length 34, belt 24, hips « to my lady friend, May Benson, at the Hotel iMecAtpin’ Hoping that you enjoyed my acting last night, Fam Sincerely yours, Jous Stosny Carew. Henry, don’t forget to charge to your account eleven dollars with sixty cents, which you will please take off from your weck’s wages.” “Gott in himmel! how much will there be left?” moaned Henry. “Notting, notting,” replied Markowitz chuck- ling. “for wanting something—for notting.”” His Abysmal Meanness A CERTAIN man came home one night: in an absolutely proper and immaculate condition from an extended session with friends of his boyhood. His wife fell upon him, glared like a basilisk at his raiment, smelled his breath, made him pronounce “Walla Walla,” “Simon Swizzle, the thistle sifter,” and so forth, and otherwise gave him the once over rral times in succes Having found not the least thing amiss with him she burst into a flood of tears. “You monster! You brute!” she sobbed. ** is there for me to find fault about?” What Union Hours The boss (sententiously)—Time ties! Star employee—Sure, if you say so—but won't the flies demand overtime? Their Absence Makes Our Hearts Grow Fonder The women who sued to insist. on keeping parrots scem to have gone the way of the men who used gold toothpicks. The Cause of Murder WAS looking for my latch-key. It had slipped through a tiny hole in my pocket. The discovery of the hole and the loss of the key had been made simultancously. I retraced my steps slowly. It was a scorching hot day. The sun beat down upon the sidewalk with relentless fury. Back, ack with measured tread I moved ... my eyes burning into every inch of that sizzling asphalt. Suddenly T heard an- other foot-step near m id the cheery voice of a neighbor broke the stillness. “Looking for something?” he said. William Sanford. Following Instructions The dyspeptic wooer had just been heiress. “Oh, well,” he mused, philosophically, “the ordered me to give up rich things, anyhow.” refused by the doctor has A VERY RESTIVE STEED comicbooks.com