Judge, 1916-12-02 · page 9 of 36
Judge — December 2, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple unrelated satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor magazines. **"That Santa Claus Gag"** shows a father admitting his son has caught onto the Santa Claus deception—a common domestic comedy theme reflecting changing attitudes about childhood innocence. **"His Deduction"** satirizes a miserly neighbor who borrows books at Christmas, implying he won't return them, and the Old Codger's shrewd anticipation of this behavior. **"A Two-Colored Christmas"** uses a pun: the narrator's wife demands expensive gifts (fur coat, party gown, dress suit) totaling "five hundred bones" (dollars), leaving him financially "green"—but the "yellow back" (slang for money) he must provide makes it green in a different sense. **"Being Good"** jokes about New Year's resolutions. **"A Nut Sundae at Home"** appears to show a family gathering. The overall theme is Christmas spending and family dynamics among the middle class, with gentle mockery of domestic greed and self-deception.
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— THAT SANTA CLAUS GAG Young hopeful—Well, dad, it’s up to me to hand it to you His Deduction a | SHREWDLY suspect.” remarked the Old Codger, just’ before the glad holiday time, “that Neighbor Mooch is fig- gerin’? on bor- rowing the books I get for Christmas. At any rate, he has just returned those he bor- rowed from me last: Christ- mas.” For a Christmas Card No treacly sentiment [ send, No lines of merry mush. You won't spend more than T would spend So why, then, need [ gush? If some of our ancestors were Lo sce us going after a Yule log with a scuttle, what would they say? A Two-Colored Christmas Y WIFE wants a new fur coat Yants a new party gown, Wants a new dress suit. The total cost, the rest of it, Will reach five hundred bones. It looks very much Like a green Christmas For me. Green, With @ yellow back! William Sanford. Being Good Crawford —Did you always turn over a new leaf at the beginning of the year? Crabshaw—Oh, no. A NUT SUNDAE AT HOME You've put one over on me every Christmas for five years now. When I was a kid I found that the best time to do it was about two weeks before Christmas, comicbooks.com