Judge, 1881-11-26 · page 2 of 16
Judge — November 26, 1881 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation of Judge Magazine Page Content This page contains satirical commentary on contemporary American political and social issues, rather than illustrated cartoons. The main articles attack: **"The Star-Route"**: Criticizes Philadelphia lawyer and Attorney-General Wayne MacVeagh for his handling of the Star Route fraud scandal (involving postal contracts). The piece mocks his compromised performance, suggesting he's now "humiliated and disgraced." **"The Penalty of Riches"**: Comments on blackmail schemes targeting wealthy figures like Jay Gould, noting that riches create vulnerability to criminals and grave-robbers. **"Imitation English"**: Satirizes wealthy Americans' affectation of English customs, particularly fox hunting. The author mocks these pretentious "Anglomaniacs" who abandon dignified American pursuits to ape English gentry. The page appears to be from an era of significant political scandal and class satire, likely the 1880s based on references. The tone reflects Judge's consistent critique of political corruption, wealthy excess, and false gentility.
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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO, Nos. 13 & 15 PARK ROW, N. Y. PUBLISHED ONCE A WE TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. RK. “opy py, for 13 wee STAGE FER. “EO. ese Tate Jena Peaticnise Co. 13.8 15 Park Row, 8. Y The Star-Route. Does Attorney: fee! that life i people long to fix: the him? Has he taken his hornets now that he h court with the la Ingersoll, the atfectionate razor-edged Brady ri he now think he mi; Widow Oliver Cami seed from his ha The people had a right! to expect better things of this Philadelphia lawyer than his conduct in the Star Route, They hoped that when Postmaster-Gene James tripped up Dorsey and Brady plunges into the country’s treasury, tha’ th prosecuting officer of the gi would do bis whe y have been a bright one in Way as been blackened. having a fearless, compe r| nt Attorney-General | has been made so apparent, that with head neral Wayne } 1 burden to him now that the at in tter of boune Dor in hi be more comfortable ron’s barn, picking hay- rernment history cast down, humiliated and disgraced, ne may return to Pennsylvania, never again to display himself to public gaze. The Penalty of Riches. ‘Tue recent black-matling scheme instigated inst Jay Gould is only another illustra- tion of how dangerous it is to be rich. The late A. T. Stewart saw it not only in his life- time, but his body was not allowed to rest in | its tomb, and was taken thence and held for | apr Indeed, it is a terrible thing to be a | millionaire, for ifthe general ghoul does fasten upon you, your relations are sun afer you have passed in your chips. BI , for then you can it in pe pmfort that extracted not todo ed can be Seriously, however, Tue Jepce: trusts that this latest pha as it deserv down alt with | nity plea will not go eof Welles, any more than it ¢ of the abject wretch who mur- | nd the President of the United States. So- weeding, and its cranks should be the first to be banished to the insane asylum, | Ward was wont to su THE JUDGE. the prison, or the gallows, Neither will the plea of ¢ ul standin vail, Il weeds row 9 nd the attention of the autho: iti «1 to them constantly until erankis is wholly banished or ceases oe ae hould be Circe » police hav r pert, but the t "1 : | aad let us hope that they will be atebin y “crank x this man Welle: bags Imitation English. the hhave obt AxoTHER phi fox hunts whi of the Anglomania is the Vin cer the ¥ ever in parts untry duri ter nonsen tobe the px And yet, thank He: tors of En the ors of cot ven, the » Anglomani of the nts this being so, and mon - in lish custom are not numerous. T American p it would their idiotic up in the ridiculous 1 pencil has sense them too much to notice their doings not shown, ht which Mr. Worth’s pin this issue. But, though the busin of imitating the English sport of fox huntin; ridiculous enough, we often hear of these valiant hunt- following ‘the ‘ounds, know,” in “full cry" upon the scent of an d bag! nk of wh it must be to have a seent trai a stretch of country alow, and ey in turn followed by m pupy We JUDGE is in favor of all field sports, from antics wer iven the as was not ers who are ta manly sport i over r dogs to ante’ » Anglo- indulg 7 y held in contempt by all manly American: the poor farmers who sutfer by the one ph A few wellemployed might check this nuisance Our Annual Feed “TaeRE will be plenty of stuf next wei Tue June, as Hi ing-House Squa for a street car, with enlya comfortal) ofhomeward-bound Gothami queried Slug 8, Be will fill up our forms,” sponse. It was, as the Honor loitered in FP int. | p the other eveni: technical re ed A. | . a mild witti- Jail jest, but the laug eas the br ibly an ivy came in all th 3 lit out, and 1 his meditations, One where in this paper, and it art own st e next Thursday's twilight has shadowes nd of thirst and appetite, Aw + fall supplement of national bird will have been largely transported to the internal regions of Gourmandy, ‘The have gone forth, in bad sy nd Turkey is doomed, Behold the sin the declining sunshine of with y tells its ric umations metaphor allegory hi | squabble over the wish:bones of his his life, awaits the inevit Fate to him is Perehed on his ultimate roost, ple that what is tival to millions who will izin cies, Cranks. ‘They are making their to the ark in the world, mnt in the majority of Now they shoot a Presi- hen they ' + strike or dead—and tell th that they have by Lord to put at ame down Ih Phey come dent or rich mi the st noon en em: th ad ploye mm (unle and in various oth themselves felt. on ly), are makin, But, come to think of it, why should not society turn on these eranks a Jersey nidsc r ways they sn $ A person turns upon a van or mosquito ? The fear of hanging somebody who is not actly compos mentis has heen a bugaboo itselt, few of 1 with menta Dut elve: enough. if it lows who are angularity, it will not only be thing for the world at lang thing also for the eranks the Society must protect and hangs or incarcerates a these troubl a good Now doth the gentle turkey Improve each shining hour, i nare meals | ing. in a golden showe And when killing « ts a doub! G doth come, i, rs thinking corn well sold At cighteen cents per pound, re Ture is a nuisance—more properly an —to which patrons of theaters on oceasions are subjected, and which should be done away with, We refer to the check business. Not taking drip- ping umbrellas into a theater is supposed to he for the benefit of the managers; and yet, i of that fact, they charge you ten cents ping it when it will not injure their They charge enough for their ven knows, without this petty ten- penny outrage. Reform it, ple outrag rainy umbrel HORACE MODERN T1oaTHe the Cockney “swell,” O lad, ‘This Anglo-maniae dr mad— Away from him, I'm over o spend a night, And with my maiden at my Eat tripe with onions nicely fr 23 off a br By native $ “"1— well shied THE sciences their gations Only a few Sun that he one now come that he ones Brooklyn divine mitte appear to be con- , and one by one rtling by st and Talma ission u >with ay “1 tobac pit ad Nest! Dosestic troubles come bunched, like celery. comicbooks.com