Judge, 1920-04-24 · page 5 of 36
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# Spring Stuff by Chet Shafer This page contains a humorous essay about spring activities rather than political satire. The main cartoon ("Spring Practice") depicts a young person practicing violin while an adult watches—likely satirizing how spring's arrival brings renewed focus on domestic activities and self-improvement routines after winter. The accompanying text celebrates spring's return: budding nature, children's outdoor games (jackstones, tag), robin songs, and school performances. Two comic vignettes mock small domestic scenarios: one about a missing missus and hair restorer advertisement, another about a union laborer demanding wage increases. The overall tone is gentle social humor about middle-class spring rituals rather than sharp political commentary. The dog illustrations by Lou Campbell add whimsical accompaniment to the seasonal, domestic theme.
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a Sprinc Practict Spring Stuff By Cnet ie is the dulcet season of the year when both the poet and peasant get busy and take up the lines. The croak of the crocus and the budding frog is heard and freshets are frequent. Heavies are retired in good order, and around the corner where the gang is playing miggles, some youth objects stridently to “eye drops.” ‘The hens of the land-begin to lay with some degree of fairness. The peach crop is ruined again Tonics trickle. And automobile salesmen are thicker than red ants at a Sunday school picnic. In spring the milliner asks all she can for a hat with- out encroaching on the limitations set forth in the charges covering grand larceny. Advertisements for dog and pony shows appear, as well as johnny-jump-ups. It is the time when all the world loves a lover and the lover Joves all of the world that will permit it. The disinvestitured trees hide their naked limbs. Moth-balls are popular. The standing of the big leagues makes the daily paper worth three cents. Botany classes go forth to seek speci-* mens for herbariums. The ruddy, illustrations in the seed cata- logs induce the suburbanite to change his mind and trv it again. The fire is liberated in the furnace. Soda fountains fizz cheerfully. The fleas on the family dog dig up a new hiding place. The golfer gets out his clubs and kisses his wife good- s SHAFER bye with the assurance that he will return before snow flies. All Canadian towns remain on the lucky side. The robin sings. Exercises for Arbor Day are held in the school yard while little bespectacled Elmer Schnoor recites—The Planting of the Apple Tree.” April Fools’ Day hooks a few. Decoration Day brings the respect for, and homage to, the blue and the Girls play at jackstones. Winds blow the feminine draperies, and the traffic cop at the busy street intersection is repaid for his sufferings during the winter. Bobolinks come. Woodpeckers peck on the trunk of the dead tree high up on the bank of the old mill pond. The sexton begins to give some service on the deposits for perpetual care. And the man whe home to take a nap on the lounge in the parlor b the nap off the rugs in the back yard, instead. (and thunder) Gentle Sp Out of Luck Is Mrs. Palmy at home?” ‘ Hired Man (answering bell) I'm sorry, ma’am, but the missus is taking a bath. I’'m—sorry.”” Well, ma’am, it can’t be helped You might come around every day for a year and nevercatchherat it again.” Hard Labor Pity the poor union laborer. Every two months he’s got to go to the trouble of demanding ancther increase in wages. comicbooks.com