Judge, 1921-08-13 · page 31 of 36
Judge — August 13, 1921 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate children's poems/verses with accompanying illustrations, typical of early 20th-century family magazines: **"Nature Puzzles"** presents a child's curious observations about animal behavior—bears hibernating without eating, bats resembling both birds and mice, ostriches burying their heads. It's gentle educational verse teaching natural facts through whimsical questions. **"Now and Then"** contrasts old and new fashions for girls. The grandmother wore restrictive clothing (multiple skirts, tight gloves, bonnets), while the modern girl wears practical rompers without ornamentation. This reflects early 20th-century women's liberation and changing fashion norms. **"My Family"** humorously catalogs family members through a child's perspective—a baby brother, smiling mother, loud father, vain sister, and the narrator with a dog named Dutch. The illustration showing "The Hippo Kid" at movies appears to show an animal character resistant to appearing on film—likely satirizing either children's reluctance or the growing film industry's attempt to capitalize on youth appeal.
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in lo h, 1e er t, it. on cy = Nature Puzzles By Oscar H. ROESNER +:"DHE world is full of curi- ous things,” Said puzzled little Ned. “Now in the winter, half a year, A bear will lie abed, “And will not eat a single thing, Just sleep might— How does he ever satisfy That six-months’ appetite? with all his “A bird is not a mouse, I know, Nor is a mouse a bird; And yet the bat resembles both— A fact that seems absurd. “An ostrich is a handsome chap, But foolish, oh, my land! He thinks he’s buried out of sight With only head in sand. And though he’s mous bird, He kicks but cannot soar; Yet when he kicks ’tis not behind But always out before.” Now and Then By ETHEL MARJORIE KNAPP an enor- Y grandmamma, when | M little, | Wore skirts, and skirts, ) and skirts, And tight kid gloves, and bonnet strings, And everything that hurts. But I—I dress in rompers cool, Without a bow or curl, And nobody could ever guess That I’m a little girl. Drawn by Cuartes A. HvGHes. The Hippo Kid—Boo-100! aes Drawn by R. B. FuLter. Tue First TIME LittLe ELsizg WANDERED INTO THE Woops ALONE. My Family By May A. FEEHAN UNNY little wriggley toes With a button for a nose, Hardly fits at all in clothes, That’s brother! Sweet and smiling all the day. Fine at kissing hurts away; Says that being mean won’t pay. That’s mother! Big and loud and lots of fun. Calls me “Kid”; calls mother, “Hon.” When I’m bad? Well, gee, I run. That’s father! Smarty! Thinks sh. knows it all. Dr s like a baby doll. Kissed her fella in the hall. That’s sister! Then there’s me. Well, I ain’t much Got a dog, his name is Dutch. Fine at chasing cats and such, That’s me! I DON’T WANNA GET IN THE MOVIES! 31 comicbooks.com