Judge, 1884-03-01 · page 3 of 16
Judge — March 1, 1884 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains satirical commentary on American society and politics, circa late 19th century. **Main Cartoon ("A Boon for the Millions"):** The illustration depicts a chaotic street scene with people using absurd "expansive heel supporters" (exaggerated devices) to prevent falling on ice. This is mock-advertisement satire—Judge ridicules consumer products claiming to solve everyday problems. **"A Dissertation on Hogs":** The lengthy text uses hog-breeding as a metaphor for critiquing German immigrants flooding America. The piece complains that German hogs (literal animals) imported for breeding are inferior to American-raised pigs, then pivots to lamenting German human immigrants, calling them undesirable additions to American society. The satire equates imported livestock with unwanted foreign populations. **Minor Poems:** "The Reason Why," "The Ward Candidate," and others appear to be typical Judge filler—light satirical verse about romance, politics, and social foibles. The overarching theme reflects late-19th-century anti-immigration sentiment disguised as agricultural critique.
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“A BOON FOR THE MILLIONS.” IF YOU DO NOT WISI TO FALL ON THE ICE AND BREAK SOMETHING, USE “JUDGE'S” PATENT EXPANSIVE RIEL SUPPORTER A Dissertation on Hogs. of a shapely piece of flesh and blood, shown The Reason Why. off to the best advantage. A lady with a — wee waOSE Lisaseseen dazzling row of tecth will smile more fre- Tt may not be—at least not yet, 2 ; ‘Tis no slight cause that bids me own it, . . ‘ Think not my promise I'd forget, TueERe has been a great cry in foreign lady with a tall and graceful But, for a time, I must postpone it. countries of late about the hog—the genuine figure is at her best on the archery ground, | American hog I mean—and though he re- quently and persistently than her less fortu- Think not I've ceased to love the whirl joices in bristling in his own defence, it is generally admitted that there is little wool about him. That there are different species of hog in frequently to a girl with a pretty foot and Nay, teach not those sweet lips to pout, this free and enlightened country may not ankle than to one less unexceptionable as to Nor at my pleadings make wry faces, be generally Fuown, sod itis of the different the pedal extremities Canst still thy faithful Edwin déubt? varieties that J propose (0. speak, ; i F F Know then the truth, I've broke my braces, ___NoW, those porcine animals that have filled But why multiply examples? If a thing : arr. not only the stomachs but the pockets of of beauty is a joy forever, a woman of beauty = western pork packers, and about which some is a joy for quite a considerable fraction of Iv Buffalo dwells a young girl | foreign countries are raising such a on of her existence, unless she be so unfortunate Whose front hair no mortal could curl; condemnation, ure to my mind the hogs . Rit ae cAsawunes ain All loosely it hangs | above all others to be desired. as tocatch the emall-pox. And while a git In horrid straight bangs; Now, with the two legged animals, of the is yonng, pretty, and attractive, she will Even bandoline can’t make it curl. above species, with which our country is so instinctively dance, or skate, or ride, or play, = sadly overrun, it is widely different. They or do whatever she looks best at, and spec- The Ward Candidate. |eannot be butchered, being protected by a tators are pleased and made better by the — | lamsthee Should have; bash abolished ia5, the - z - ‘i iti blew; time tho German nation began exportin, sight, and Tar JupGr. settles his spectacles My friends political my trumpet blag; hee Berahia; loada to thin seeutey tec ‘The drinks I set up by the score, them by ship loads to this country to be fed Till all my greenbacks quickly flew, and housed by our generous uncle, Asarti- and fearlessly prints his address right under ‘And then, by Jove, they blew no more. | 168 of food, one look at the imported animal his portrait, though this is leap year—for osorm | is sufficient to assure tho gastronomer—in PHETGRGH treakly awie! babeifi he hasta . 3 = search of ‘tit bits” for the table—that they Ed p frankly 8 ‘ Wuat advice does the name of Dr. John- | would be neither tender nor sweet to the weakness, it is for female loveliness, however tons biographer convey to tho head of the | taste, and so ship load after shipload enters displayed. |honse? Boss-well? | our ports, mingling with our own large in- and every one must have observed that those Of giddy waltz, or polka mazy; little accidents which disarrange the lower Nor that thy hair is out of curl, portion of the female draperies occur more Nor that thy Edwin's getting lazy. down on his nose and looks on and applauds, comicbooks.com