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This page contains domestic satire centered on the cartoon "He Did Not See the Point." The humor depicts a henpecked husband named Plant being literally beaten into submission by his domineering wife during a social visit from an old friend, Cusby. **The Satire:** The wife's physical abuse of her cowering husband—hitting him with books, paper cutters, and other objects whenever he attempts to speak—satirizes the Victorian ideal of the "master mind" husband. The joke inverts gender power dynamics: despite pretensions to authority, Plant is completely subordinate and fearful. His repeated protests ("But, my dear Mrs. Plant") are met with violence, making their marriage a comic inversion of expected male dominance. **The Point:** When Plant accidentally drops butter on the floor and the wife steps on it, her response—"Nobody will get it"—misses his actual concern (waste), highlighting her obliviousness despite her control. The satire mocks both domineering spouses and the false authority of henpecked husbands. The surrounding text contains unrelated humorous verse and anecdotes typical of *Judge*'s miscellaneous content.

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THE JUDGE. aantest memories are con- | ustus. Ihave known him ever so long, but [ haven't seen him since I married that—” she pointed to the man with the master mind. “But, my dear Mrs. Plant—” came in feeble protest from the object in the co} Shut up, Plant. yu are bound t disobedient, I 8 Get under that table di- rectly, and don’t you presume to utter an- other word to-night. And, sce here, Plant, if you so much as put out your head,” she continued fiercely, as the man with the com- manding eye crawled on his hands and knees under the article of furniture indicated— | “if you so much as put out your head, Vl} thump it for you, Do you understand ? “And now,” she went on, turning to Cusby, “tell me where you have been all these years, Aro you married I'm so glad. [should hate awfully to have you marry.” “ But, my dear Mrs. Plant—” came from under the table. A heavy book correctly disciplined wife had the effect of promptly checking the protest of the stern husband, Sas ae and a whimper was all that came after the | HE DID NOT SE missile struck. —_ And so it went on, A paper cutter, a S1F book, or some other object was sh man of mind by his intimidated spouse when- ever a murmur was heard and eve arly proving that Mrs. Plant was in good practice, As the flattering things said tf to Cusby were many, so also were the objec- (PAPER) SERVICE AT RA. | abou tions of the undertaker quite numerous, and ‘The mariner on the number of missiles equalled the latter to Can have no lack a dot. Tis certainly funny how this Finally we arose to leave. Dut we Kuaw Uuaceleh Mrs, Plant kindly invited Josh and me to marry a shopews call again and We two then bowed ETERNAL. “Oh, T gue our way into the hall. ‘Towards Cusby the. ; This * cash lay was so demonstrative that the man un. Suns may set, and tiles may flow, der the table could not refrain from poking States m out his head and in was heard the fa- miliar: ** But my dear Mrs, Plant—” ed by the well You awkward brute! You have dropped your bread at's all right, my dear, — Nobody will get it; 1 hae too— cousin Aw What news? | he has married 4 thousand in her sink from want of sticking, yl nen Men may cor g0. But a mule is always alive and kicking. THE POINT. 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