Judge — March 18, 1882 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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ch ur er ad at be- ey ms | on, ates yrus fer: dis ing. 2BER qna- e to Nop- oper MOTHER SHIPTON. Revised Oxford Btition, Wires bank cashiers no longer steal But conduct affairs for the people’ When New York's streets are kept half-eh th-trap buildings no to rant will When U.S. And the Tritune When the "Sta Re We can all conclude that the end is near, swindlers have cause to When the “ Reo And Conkli Whe And Ing When charity Finds its way without bein When a railroad to t You can “het v1 it most publed oF To who ni When Spui The elevated railroads charge five- When the cops” let up on * mashin Perform their duty, keep out of nooks; much tempt Anil prizo-tights cease to diszrace the nation When R. B. Hayes gives a “Tis time to think the end has cor smash-ups become tno: at fa rare, When for virtue there is not § When politicians cease to lie and plunder, the obelisk ceases to be a wonder; 0 the Brooklyn Brislze is all complete, sud monopoly-grabbins meets with pry’s” not exi ns around Salt Lake, That the end is near there is no When Vennor’s predictions all come true, And (xix teh When Beceher his charge And our legislators not bo When Aeiress and groom no mi And Guitean escapes ** Jack K When Garfiold is mentioned without T will come—and on it bet can all uphold, egret Anthony Comstock’s Lecture. ANTHONY Comstock, Who claims to be en- gaged in the laudable work of suppressing vice, rolled his eyes ina saintly way, and gave vent to his pent-up feelings the other evening in the lecture hall of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association building in this city. Com- stock is pretty well known throughout the country by this time. He has established himself as the censor of the press, and while pretending to destroy obscene prints and ives, has been responsible for the dissem. tion of more of this objectionable matter than any man in the country, As a hypo- crite, he stands without a rival in publie life. In the course of his lecture, he denounced the he had ever inveigled any one into the commission of a crime as unqualifiedly false. He denied that he had the right, or that he ever did tamper with the mails. And vainted himself as an angel without wings, He said that the officers of the society—mean- ing presumably those who do its dirty work— could neither be ‘* bought off nor fought off” by the criminal classes. He had more faith in prayer than in men, and assured those who contemplated taking Ins life that the good work of the society would go on when the pansie orously who obj bloom above his grave, applauded when he described those ct to his methods as long-haired men and short-haired women, and when he read a He was vig- | 1 | Our comic artist, while ri No wonder he f ing home in the Is sick. ] | most ridiculous string of incidents purportin to show that boys and girls were transformed into bankrobbers and gipsies by reat story papers. As a Sunday-school oration, it was no doubt considered a brilliant effort by the long-faced men and women who listened te it. He spoke | for two hours, and probably would yet be on the platform, rattling off disconnceted sen- tences, had he not in an unguarded moment, perhaps, called upon each per ence to contribute somethi: the expenses of his societ nis appeal for shekels brought his hearers to their feet, and they marched quickly out into the rain storm, When Comstock says that he never inveigled | any one into the commission of a crime he es behind the returns, The writer of this remembers one ease in point. A vender of photographs of eclebrities, who was endeay- oring to carn an honest living, one fine sum mer’s day strayed into Comstock’s office, and | exhibited his pictures, none of whieh were in the slightest degree obscene. Comstock roll- cd his eyes in heavenly delight. Business in his office had been dull for some time, and the ning. Here | society's members were comp ance to entrap a man into the com- | mission of a crime, Tle asked the vender whether he had any objectionable pictures, The vender replied that he did not deal in them, and turned to go. “ But stay,” said the wily Comstock, “can't you get some for me?” ‘The vender hesitated. Such a propo- | sition had never been made to him befo Ie was poor, and in need of money to support himself and family. Comstock offered him a gool price for such pictures, and succeeded in persuading the vender to procure some for him, was | When next the vender appeared in Com- stock's office with the objectionable pictures, the man who declares that he «le persons into the commission of crimes ized the vender as his prisoner, and this poor wretch, who had, perhaps, never dream- ed of wrong-doing until he had listened tothe | pe ¢ voice of the secretary of the Society | | for the Suppression of Vice, was soon thereat. does not in- Heeated, gets among a party who are perusing his new book, just He cones hell give up his furiny business and pass it for serious work A PAINFUL SITUATION, | ter in the g Island. story? th rb of a convict on Blackwell’s Will Comstock deny the truth of this Of course he will, but itis true, nev , and it shows that Comstock m But this is not the only case in which Comstock transformed a would- be honest man into a law-breaker, and the Recording Angel will have many p cred with like misdeeds ps If the seizure of new Comstock «leat ast one cr ges cov: yetrated by him, papers and lett decides are not fit to be sent through the post-oflices is not tampering with the mails, then Comstock ty of that cha Whether the criminal classes can fight off or buy off the officers of his society, is a question that can be better answered by such criminals tl astock. Did the New York dare open their mouths and tell what they know concernit rs which an by Ce tery and policy dealers Comstock’s officers, the probabili- ty is that everybody would know more than they now do about the latter part of the questig whether officers of 1 be “bought off.” neiety can Sea of political trouble: Roscoe C,—See? We om ‘ancis Tr: nes sans tubs George | police conrt re- porter, Gerrive a man “ where the hair is short” Getting him into the pen A PEN th sey sword: The Penn, R. B.C. tis mightier than any New Jer- “ A PLAGUE on al/ your houses": The city inspector, A wist: joker, truly, who knows his own joke after it has gone the rounds of the pre For the special benefit and relish ofwsthe gourmands, considerate heas are now conte 1. plating the laying of lily, swnglower, and placque-shaped Faster eggs. | — J comicbooks.com