Judge, 1883-01-27 · page 3 of 16
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# Understanding This Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge satirizes New York City's social pretensions and financial anxieties. **"The Ride to the Ball"** mocks the anxious rush of New Yorkers traveling to an Academy ball, with repeated mentions of "Academy only five blocks away"—suggesting breathless social climbing and fear of being late to fashionable events. **"Our Card Receiver"** contains satirical advice columns. One question about Miss Kate Field (a real journalist and women's rights activist) reveals gender controversies; another mocks Brooklyn roughnecks; a third advises becoming "popular with the masses" through buying rounds of drinks for years until your funeral draws crowds. **"Preparing for a Masquerade"** and other brief items continue the theme of social pretense and New York's obsession with appearances and status. The overall satire targets the anxiety, debt, and performative nature of Gilded Age urban society—where people spend beyond means for social acceptance and where appearances matter more than substance.
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THE RIDE TO THE BALL. Ur from tho stre Came the loud summoi Tho quivering air with a shu Like w herald in haste to the maiden's door, Tho call of her escort, the rumble and roar, ‘Telling the French ball was on one And th’ Ac y blocks a t close of day ake no delay more, Jemy tw And louder still the ring a ina hurry, "ow No time for thinking With th’ Al y blocks awa mm Murray HL wer part of town, ugh the clustering shades of night, riage In rapid Might drivers awe Irving BP ery is "Ont he maklen with hearts #0 ¢ y only ton blocks away, Under thet ap fe Like the road, an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the tea offleers far behind, On his hi For ho hiv And th’ Aca: ad then upr ‘Lenough thera ular hale, 10 pay, emy only five blocks away, rew up at th’ Academy door, of the youth ro er ‘Tho crowd ut the entrance In search of a friend a twenty to lend, smile so bland, bill did a ty In And never that lit » his ha the friend in new t hurrah for each maiden without I twenty t h for the tailor Hurrah for the ba That brought y Prom Murray Hill fa aM. AL € OUR CARD RECEIVER. Mx. Eorron,—Is Miss Kate Field really a man? Vreven. Ob, ain't you a’ Miss Field must not be tr Until recently she was the head ve Dress Associ of this xls on eredit, and when her became due, and real men, in a business-like fell in a tit and the Ci tive Dress Association wa . with in that manner, and front of the Co: city. She pure “I her to pay up, #hi ed about by a ploye, what should I do? Brooxiyy Heid an bullied and browbeaten by a Fulton ferr} The unoffending citizen of Brooklyn knock rufflan flat upon bis back, and then washed the nwa and wiped the decks of the boat with bis al- t inanimate form. Anything more you want to know? oat employe Eprrox or Tne Jepoe,—How can f become popatar with the masses? Saunt Freque liquids an distance the gorgeons esi for sal lishment where flery Invite everybody within gun- to take a drink at your expense. act from a I sunset, and until long afer dark. Do this every day for two years, at all tim and in all places, and when at length you fall ina of apoplexy and expire, ycur faneral will be larzely tended by the masses, and everybody will say of yo + He was a good fellow.” Repeat this ise un To Tne JepoR,—If a married woman asked you to elope with ber, what would sou do? Maney. Hash! Not quite so loud. would do. I Don't ask us what we ther ask us what you should do. We PREPARING FOR Costewmn. srhat kind of Youxe Vas would not advise y AN ber hushand, Australia would In ato at be sul Go West It you ntly far away a3 a p nd grow up with the us WINDSOR HOTEL, Horrok ov Tine Jepar ment with Ji Recause | fatledt to Keep an appoint my Lynch ty attend a dog-tght, has be the right Raa, This is a very de it to some of the tiqnet sto J not the honor of Mr. I the and Mr. £ not boon companions. If Mr, Lynch invited you to attend a dog-fight, and you accepted the invitation, then you wer ps criminis with Mr. 1) you sustained your moral character by failing to keep ment with him, W ate question, at learned ji in this metropolis, an are not clear ater, We neh's acquaintance, bat pre amy Lynch's rights in the not inclined, how. you, bnt we think that you st to Mr. Bergh A Sure Cure. Tire other day a yentleman was so amused at a little incident that occurred, that he was taken with a hye terical fit of lauzhing, and laughed so hearty that he lowed his false down hair all over the bs In the side, doubled up so convul his biled shirt front, burst the top button off his flopped his watch-fob up against his nose, and b the leather center piece of his suspenders, all at one motion. He kept on laughing and doubling up att rate until his friends momentarily expected to see hi split bis wearing apparel into shreds and fall into a fit of blind staggers. They tried everything possible to stop bis merriment. They started an alarm of fire, told him a cop was coming for bim, told him his mother-in-law had been burned to death, and t of bis creditors were on the other aw teeth, shook the p: spot on his bi just Hlickest- | | ly that he cracked A MASQUERADE, Nihilist had placed a dynamite cartridge in his pocket. «I, however, and his friends b ugh himself to death before they him, when suddenly an idea struck one of 1, he bought a copy of ran back, opened it, and commenced to read with the hysterics shuddered; ‘ow quiet, hs form became rigid, his ta and in two tninutes be w: The cure had been efte them. Puck, The ma an to Rashing to a news-sta pivly he be- ht ceased, groaning for them to stop. od. n. 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