Judge, 1916-12-16 · page 5 of 28
Judge — December 16, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous pieces about Christmas gift-giving and holiday themes, typical of Judge's satirical approach. The main cartoon shows a frustrated man by a fireplace with the caption "The book you intended to read and then give as a Christmas present—'Devil take these uncut editions!'" This jokes about a common holiday gift problem: receiving unread books with pages still uncut (standard before modern binding), making them unsuitable as gifts. Below are brief humorous pieces: "Let Us Abolish Space" satirizes space as wasteful; "No Pleasing Her" presents marital discord over gift-selection; "Her Mistake" plays on romantic miscommunication; and "A Christmas Vision" is sentimental verse about nostalgic holidays. The final illustration shows a child asking "How will Santa Claus get down our chimney?"—poking fun at housing modernization concerns. These pieces reflect early 20th-century middle-class anxieties about gift-giving, domesticity, and changing home life.
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The book you intended to read and then give as a Christmas present—* Devil take these uncut editions!” Let Us Abolish Space nuisance and_ therefore GPAce isa should be abolished. Without space airships would have no place to fly, thus re- ducing accidents and mitigating the hor- rors of warfare. Without space transportation prob- lems would be solved by not existing. Without space as- tronomers might be put to some useful employment, such as. chopping wood, selling soap or manu- facturing soupspoons. Without space writers would write to express and not to fill. Without space heads would simply have to contain something. nuisance and should be abolished. —Stuart W. Knight. Space is a therefore No Pleasing Her 66C)H. DEAR! I don’t know what to do about giving Cousin Clessa- phine a Christmas present! hed little Mrs. Goodsoul. “If I don't give her one she won't like it, and if 1 do give her one she won't like it.” A Christmas Vision VER the years that stretch like an isthmus Back to the ¢ of long ago, T have dreams of an eve of Christmas, Dreams of holly and mistletoe! recall how the drear December's doleful s crimson embers light, le Winds without m And how the back Gleamed, with a shimmering within Just for a moment the veil is rifted, And I can see, in the radiant glow, \ lovely: maid, with her lips uplifted, Under the holly and mistletoe! —Clinton Scollard. Her Mistake He—I'm half inclined to kiss you. She—How stupid of me; I thought you were merely round-shouldered. How will Santa Claus get down our chimney ?” comicbooks.com