Judge, 1916-11-25 · page 13 of 32
Judge — November 25, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** "The Same Old Complaint" depicts a turkey exploding outward, scattering kitchen implements and food. The caption describes it as a gobbler suffering "indigestion" with "black spots before the eyes"—a satirical visual metaphor for the digestive distress caused by Thanksgiving overindulgence. **Surrounding Content:** The page offers humorous commentary on Thanksgiving excess and related social matters: - "Thanksgiving Thoughts" ironically advocates restraint while requesting "a bit more turkey" - "At Andrew Jackson's Church" recounts a child admitting her parents spank her when misbehaving - "The Bachelor's Thanksgiving" is a tongue-in-cheek poem thanking women for various charms while ultimately expressing relief that none have married him - "Lazytown Local Note" provides a brief anecdote about a cow interrupting church service The overall theme satirizes American excess, hypocrisy, and bachelor attitudes circa the early 20th century. The satire assumes readers will recognize the humor in contradictions between stated values and actual behavior.
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THE SAME OLD COMPLAINT Gobbler—Attack of indigestion. black spots before the eyes. Thanksgiving Thoughts HANKSGIVING comes but once a yveur And so we act when it is here As if we had to stuff and pack Enough tolast ull it hack What virtue lies in’ ghat- tony Or belts let out exten- sively? Is eating ull you're in distress: The truest proof of thankfulness? \h for a better, nobler mood With minds fixed less on thoughts of food \nd more on lasting verities. Meanwhile, a bit more turkey, please! a wter G. Doty \ man will die for the woman he loves but some would rather give her the ali- mony than the legacy. At Andrew Jackson's Church SV. MR. LEIPER is pastor of the historic Andrew Jackson church at the Hermita with a manse near by He has an attractive little daughter four years of age. Recently a visitor at the manse noticed the child’s good behavior and said to her: “Are you always such a good little girl?” In answer to the query she reflected a moment and replied very seriously: “No, sir, sometimes am very bad.” “Indeed!” responded the visitor. “And what do your parents do when you are very bad?” “They spank me—they hehine my tummy!” spank me Lazytown Local Note A brindle cow appeared at the front door of the Hog Ford church last Sun- day while preaching was in progress, but soon walked on off. —George Bingham. I have it every fall about this time. The Bachelor's Thanksgiving H pretty girls, and plain girls, And girls grave, gay, and tender, To you to-night with all my heart My grateful thanks [ render 1 thank you for each dear caress, Arch look, and gentle token, 1 thank you for each pretty word To me your lips have spoken, I thank you for the pretty hats That have enhanced your faces; I thank you for the dainty boots I've seen you wear, and laces I thank you for the charming way In which you've shared my dinners; I thank you that no moral judge Could ere have called us sinners. L thank you for the lectures hard Which some of you have But oh, my dears, I thank you more That none of you has wed me! —D. E. P. Harding. Bricks without straw is a cinch com- pared to straw votes without gold bricks. comicbooks.com