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This page from *Judge* magazine contains satirical commentary on contemporary public figures and social issues, likely from the 1880s based on references. **Main cartoons/content:** The "Inside Home" section features a sketch mocking **Mrs. Robling** (widow of bridge engineer Washington Robling), who reportedly worried about losing her £20,000 widow's entitlement until reassured by her lawyer—satirizing mercenary widow stereotypes. **Political/social satire includes:** - Mockery of **Ben Butler** (controversial Union general/politician) - Criticism of the **Bell Telephone Company** monopoly and Mr. Garland's involvement - Comments on **Charles Dilke** (British politician involved in scandal) - Jibes at **John Sherman** and **William Evarts** (appearance-based insults) - Attacks on **the Kaiser** for imperial pretension - Criticism of **Paris journalists** as agitators The tone is irreverent, personal, and focuses on mocking public figures' appearances, moral character, and perceived hypocrisy. "At the Ball" poem appears unrelated to main satirical content.

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INSIDE HOME. IypiGNayt Mrs. SwiTit night.” PLavsinie Mr. Sartit (bland]y was two hours before I got out You are he “T wonder question whether the chastening intluence of political humiliation has led Mr. Conklin have alittle more respect for t of others and a little less honest a his imperial self Pip JUDGs KUNE. The Bell Telephone Company is such monopoly that we look upon Mr. Garl innocence as half established. “Tt will be warm Sun. Itisa th so far as the Sin is concerned. some great t and a r have confidence in the Florida | thereof in- | New York We can ne land swindle serts his advertisements in t Herald. “Where asks an exch familiar with Philadelphia this is the pertluous of all questions, “ What do you think of Ben Butler: correspondent. Dear sir, there are s subjects for I ate thought that we think of Ben Butler at all Somebody says John Sherman's face is like parchiment—it scems to have dried up; and by the way we have been half inclined to make the same remark about William Evarts A daily paper says G twinkle like little stars. After his unsuey ful prosecution of Mr, Dorse: oth we should think they would blaze like Bliss's and sor very late. JUDGK. Iwonder that you got here at all to too, my dear, The snow driftsare terrible. It n kindly assisted me at last.” resplenden onge Bliss as of asummer sun whose al in rless in the lamina to opt Miss Nellie Gahan panion of the late Mrs. Roebling, gets % r which she wanted This is a combination of loss and Gahan which is not often reached. servant to and for services Justin MeCurthy says Mr. Parnell holds the destiny of the government in th hand, That is such a small plu destiny that we suggest the extension of it to the thumb and fore-finger. The friends of § Mrs. Crawford was not quite in her Mow of his for so big a ¢ Charles Dilke declare that fession wh atmind. Thi tshe was not quite in her ne and therefore felt uneasy. 1 she trouble was, we suspect, tH habitual wror Acontemporary tells of a theatrical man ager who thinks pretty women in. ti not the only thing that will fill a th indeed; we have seen pretty men in t a large part of it—and deucedly ug! them were too. An excha A whisky search brow trouble, That's always the w these temperance men take sold to others and pay for it i When Lydia Th England. into Why can't © kind that is nen? npson's husband died, in the other day, the lady wept pro- fusely. It appeared that she was wouldn't get the £20,000 to which x widow she thought herself entitled, and until her lawyer reassured her she was almost heart broken, The Kaiser attended a grand ball recently, refused to retire until e ny then supper, then went to bed, and tea hearty up early in We don't ppen to be; but majesty were arth: cot w fresh paint may ks very much as if his on his second or third or says it is her opin public wants to flirt, This is so. trus of both sexes of the public, that w she didn't blush herself half to death The sh Jess creature! does she want to tur itor to the in that dreadful way Nil when she said it What public Th lists are so act on rs his crown . >in his majesty’s place we should do as the woman with a new bonnet did. 1 found,” she said, “that the bonnet was driving me down to hell, and so I took it off and gave it to my. sister.” A Paris journalist fou who has nothi art of villainous pout an exbibiti as loafer, and the jourt turned his sutlici it with a titled per song x to do but the bring: an armed list for one littl nist. W ntly condemn the Paris journalist the first place hould not in such bad « and i been forced into a tight, Ih killed his man, along with th pany, including his di worthy self ment annot In ve been caught the next, havin have entire ¢ should and wholly un AT THE BALL. with old time grace. k and la ly trifled with her As thought and conversation ran To simpler times passed on ing archly in my 1, recalled that trystir 1 the dell a brooklet ra She sighed, “Ah, me!” h, what in a de s wrought in mar Anil since that early ph And and place B.C. LEWIS, comicbooks.com