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This page satirizes poverty and urban street musicians in the Gilded Age. The six cartoon panels mock a fictional "protector" device—essentially an umbrella-like contraption—designed to shield organ-grinders (poor musicians who played mechanical street instruments for coins) from rain, hail, and other street hazards while they worked. The satire targets both the grinding poverty of these street performers and the absurdity of "solutions" to their plight. The captions ("Business done here rain or shine," "He can gather them in") suggest the device allows the musician to continue performing in any weather while collecting coins, implying their desperation to earn money regardless of conditions. The lower section contains unrelated gossip and commentary, typical of Judge's "Letters" section, discussing figures like President Cleveland, General Sherman, and various newspaper editors—standard satirical fare for the 1880s-90s era.

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