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# "A Regular Santa Claus" - Judge Magazine This page contains a humorous short story about Santa Claus visiting a household on Christmas Eve. The narrative follows Santa's encounter with a young boy named Edward who stays awake to catch him, then Santa's awkward meeting with Edward's father, who questions what Santa does for a living—a joke playing on Santa as an actual profession rather than mythology. The accompanying illustrations and comic scenarios satirize Victorian-era domestic life: a section titled "You Can't Beat the Machine" depicts a husband discovering his wife's infidelity through a phonograph recording, and "The Henpecked Motto" mocks marriages where husbands lack authority. The humor relies on period-specific anxieties about technology (phonographs as evidence), marital power dynamics, and the collision between childhood wonder and adult skepticism. The tone is lighthearted rather than biting social commentary.
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Draven by B.D douse | A Regular Santa Claus “Well,” ventured the h wager th By Hunky Fisuer Dalen oplane. His bright cheeks were numb from the biting — present you with a 1900 winds and his nose shone a deep crmson. Down the chimney he sauntered and inte the parlor where the bare Evergreen stood silently awaiting its annual decorator Kris Kingle had no sooner opened his huge bag of goodies than he was greeted by lithe Edward, who h staved up all night to allay his sus picions. Santa returned the saluta removed a bob-sled from presenung it to Edward upon exclaimed in de thank you, sir! Just w Tell me, Santa. where do vou get all these nice t But Santa bade him retire test he awake the household N the stillness of the chilly night Santa arrived in his deer “You sure do!” laughed Santa “Dapby, prease TAKE pOWS THAT ste’ Sawra Chaus snout se ArRAtD oF Docs.” ead of the house, “this morning | laid a jack-in-the-box that says opened with a corkscrew! ‘op? wh t your nose bore the same hue the whole year ‘round. “And to prove it, 1 will en “Oh, thank you, sir! Just what 1 wanted! Tell me, S. you get it?” But Santa bade him ret awake the houschold. You Can't Beat the Ma He tipped the ha listened. A tenor voi He remembere love s the the the devil in his wife's room! pocket he drew a blue ste and i He smiled gri ed his key, silen need stealthily to. the where ire lest allway de ttw mly. Th Out of hi «el thy ew pl hust he hine nd revelled ina vice of the man they had met at it, lung open the door and stepped ir Edward had not been gone but two His wife was trving out her minutes when Santa encountered Iu ro we uarniep pt nograph another unexpected visitor in the ING THE GLADSOME YUL person of Edward's father. My bear, you ARE AWFULLY The Henpecked Motto | “And pray, what can I do for you?” yousc. Do you Tutsw you ARE rirteD FoR Motto for henpecked i MARRIED LipE? queried the jolly old gentleman, strok Cladys—l'u meine sivven’ xow; Gaaxnus \ thing of beauty is a ing his long white beard SEVENTEEN 66 ever