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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of late 19th-century American humor magazine *Judge*: **"Saratoga"** (left column): A social satire about a man meeting a woman on a train who lectures him about his appearance, assuming he's a swindler based on his shabby satchel. The joke relies on class-based assumptions and the woman's aggressive, judgmental nature—satirizing both pretentious social climbing and hasty character judgments. **"The Tribune's Crazy Aesthete"**: Mocks the *Chicago Tribune* for employing an eccentric aesthete critic who admired an actress (Mary Anderson) and absurdly compares other women to her. The satire targets both the aestheticism movement and newspaper critics' overwrought, subjective opinions. **"Muscular Christianity"**: A brief anecdote about a reformed boxer donating only two buttons to a church collection, satirizing both the "muscular Christianity" movement (promoting physical vigor alongside faith) and reformed criminals' questionable sincerity. The remaining short items are brief jokes about everyday absurdities—automaton toys, geography, and talkativeness. These pieces exemplify *Judge's* social criticism through humor targeting pretension, foolishness, and hypocrisy among Americans.
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