Judge, 1918-03-02 · page 11 of 36
Judge — March 2, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor: **"Pride Goeth"** mocks a working-class African American man ("Eph") who loses his wages in a crap game, then claims he's not "downcasted" but merely "subdued"—humor derived from his self-deception and malapropism. **"A Belle"** is a romantic poem with no satirical content—simply sentimental verse about an idealized woman. **"Modern"** jokes about a speaker arriving late to a dinner, with the chairman quipping that two preliminary speakers will provide "barrage fire" (rapid-fire entertainment)—a mild observation about after-dinner speech conventions. **"Just Ornery Foolishness"** presents absurdist wordplay about how a pharmacist, farmer, and farmer's sister help each other depending on seasons, culminating in confused kissing arrangements—nonsensical humor. The cartoons at top and bottom appear unrelated to the text stories. Overall, the page reflects period humor conventions: racial caricature, sentimental romance, mild professional satire, and verbal silliness.
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picked up the letter again. For several minutes he gazed at it with blinded eyes. All at once he raised himself in his chair, squared his thin shoul- ders and as if addressing some one before him said, “I did what I thought was right and it was right”! His face brightened and with a smile that caused a thousand tiny wrinkles to appear at the cor- ners of his eyes he followed the young couple into the next room. Pride Goeth By Eart G. Curmis. EPH, who works in a tobacco factory in Richmond, left his home one Saturday just after noon, all dressed up in loud checks, tan shoes, and be- ribboned straw hat. His week’s wages reposed com- fortably inhis pocket. Eph swaggered vainly into an alley nearby where the in- evitable crap game was in progress. An hour later Eph shuffled from the alley, shocless, coatless, hatless—and penniless. Ar the mouth of the alley Eph encountered a friend. “What's matter, Eph?” inquired the friend. “You looks downcasted.” “Naw, I ain’t downcasted a bit,” Eph answered glumly, “but I suttingly does feel subdued!” Drawn by Joseru Davis Tae Parser, witn A Buster “Horrors, Hiram, what will these suffragettes do next?” ‘Tne Puarsacist, wit a Visrror Tw A Belle By Cutxtox ScoutarD ORE fair a belle than Claribel Was ne'er a belle, 1 vow; Her hair is incomparable, Like gold upon the bough. The tribute of a triolet Or ballads I would bring To her with eyes inviolate, Like violets in spring Persistent and perdurable The rose upon her cheeks; It gave me an incurable Desire for many weeks To dream of her so kissable, If kissably inclined; I thought—were it permissible? I wondered—would she mind? Her grace is like a miracle,— Too wonderful for words! Her voice is sweetly lyrical As any singing birds. I hope her love is sharable; I know that it would be Unbearable if Claribel Were not the belle for me! Modern “SEVEN if you cannot reach the banquet room until 10 0’clock,” says the chairman of the com- mittee to the eminent after dinner orator, “I can assure you that the audience will be waiting, for we will have two good speakers to deliver addresses to them until you arrive.” “Ah!” murmurs the after-dinner speaker, with his legendary quickness, ‘‘a barrage fire.” Faraer’s Sister, with a Doster Just Ornery Foolishness Perpetrated by Orson Lowe. =N Drugs don’t pay, the Pharmacist assists the ‘armer with his hay, also the Farmer’s Sister; in Winter when the Fields are friz the Farmer assists the Pharmacist, so does the Farmer’s Sister; when Drugs are dull and Farming too, the Farmer and the Pharmacist assist the Farmer’s Sister. When the Phar- macist had not been Kissed and the Farmer’d Blisters on his Fist, The Sister, how they missed her; so while he dressed the Farmer’s Fist and Sister kissed the Phar- macist the Pharmacist kissed Sister.