Judge, 1919-02-08 · page 6 of 32
Judge — February 8, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two unrelated sections: **Upper section ("Egg View News-Notes"):** Humorous anecdotes about local characters—Burton Edgin, Sherm Spoor, and others—making observations about human behavior (vanity, social climbing, courtship). These are brief jokes without political significance. **Lower cartoon ("Maybe He Has the Courage to Speak Now!"):** A winter scene showing a woman watching from a house window as a uniformed soldier approaches. The caption suggests the woman is hoping the soldier will finally declare his feelings. This appears to be a romantic/domestic joke about wartime, likely referencing WWI (based on the uniform style), playing on the anxiety of women waiting for soldiers to return and express their emotions. Neither section contains obvious political satire or caricature of public figures.
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ctyme locomotives, or the cloak and suit business. Give an exhaustive review of it. Do not expect answers or permit them. Tell all you know. There is no trouble about ending a conversation of this kind. It terminates with sudden—and_ merciful—pre- cision Egg View News-Notes By Leste Vax Every UTTON EDGIN says that when a fellow is disgasted with himself and the rest of the world, and doesn’t care much of a hang what happens, a few halts in front of a cheap looking-glass will show him that he could be lots worse off than he really i Sherm Spoor thinks that Bill Wa ply of crackers is getting altogether too low. Sherm now has to reach so far into the barrel after a handful, that Droee by Dossy MeK en Dra “€ by JK. Buy ays Harold! If y suppose so, I didn’t have y is. ¢, our grocer’s, sup- “Mayse He Has tue Courace to Speak Now I never went any place ye it for you.” He—Just think, darling! s afraid it looks like he’s trying to steal something. Erny Neff, our barber, al- ways likes to shave a * stranger, because Erny never can tell, ahead of time, how the stranger is going to an- swer certain questions. Muley Cannon announces that none of the almanacs or calendars are figuring on the world’s coming to an end this year. The next time Tink Nitz goes hunting, he expects to tie a tin can to the tail of his dog before allowing him to take after a rabbit. Tink believes it will assist the dog in running down and capturing the rabbit, if he keeps his mind on only the rabbit. Something Else Again I can love you all the time now She—What were you doing when you were in France? 1 comicbooks.com