Judge, 1919-03-29 · page 9 of 32
Judge — March 29, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers **The Main Cartoon** (top): A domestic scene where a man claims he forgot he was supposed to stay in town on business—implying he'd made plans to go out instead. His wife's cutting response suggests she sees through the excuse, implying he was actually pursuing an affair or other illicit activity. The satire targets marital infidelity and male dishonesty. **"Uncle Jass Says"** and **"Egg View News-Notes"**: These are humor columns using folksy wisdom and small-town gossip. The jokes are gentle observations about human nature (wives' thoughts, idol-smashing, school teachers' intelligence) and local characters in a fictional town called Egg View—featuring names like Plato Prouty and Corny Paine engaged in minor comic misadventures like collecting dollar bills or trying to resell low-grade prunes. The page represents Judge's typical mix of domestic satire and Americana humor common to early 20th-century American magazines.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Draen by Warren Die Monts “Great Scott! I had forgotten I was to stay in town tonight on important business “I’m so sorry, dear. This must have been business, or you wouldn't have forgotten it.” Uncle Jass Says: By Extis Parker Butter F fish was as wise as men they'd be easier to catch. Great oaks from little acorns grow, but they don’t make such good squirrel food. : You can find anything printed in books except what your wife is thinkin’ just afore she goes to sleep. People don’t object to laws near as much as they do to havin’ to obey them. , When a feller starts out to smash idols he most gen- erally takes along a couple of his own done up in cotton. There ain’t anything quite so unpleasant as Philadel- phia scrapple except bein’ so hungry you want to eat it. The last dollar in a ten-dollar bill is a heap bigger than the first one. Outside of High Schools some teachers has almost human intelligence. ‘The best way is to agree with your wife because if you agree hard, enough she'll think she’s mistaken. Egg View News-Notes By Lysue Vax Every LATO PROUTY has decided to start a collection of P one-dollar bills. Just at this time, he is anxious to fill in the numbers between B20661695A and X45630903D. Corny Paine, who got hold of one of them there Fourth Liberty Bonds last week, has clipped the cou- pons off, so they'll be all ready to cash the same day they come due. A very tall stranger sat next to Muley Cannon during the weekly picture play Saturday night, and a high board-fence appeared on the screen so often during the third reel that Muley finally asked the stranger if he could see over it. Bill Waite, our grocer, who got in a box of low-grade prunes yesterday, offers them for sale at an extra high price, hoping that maybe Plato Prouty, his clerk, will grow fond of them and eat less of something more valuable. comicbooks.com