Judge, 1886-04-03 · page 15 of 16
Judge — April 3, 1886 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with a small cartoon at the top titled "The Dancing Man." The cartoon depicts a man and woman in Victorian dress; the woman wears an elaborate fan-shaped dress. The dialogue reads: "A fully nice dance at Mrs. Mashem's last night?" / "Yes. Were you there?" / "No—Why I danced with you three times." / "Really? So Glad!" **The joke**: The man claims he danced with the woman three times at a party he didn't attend—an obvious absurdity highlighting the social pretense and false claims common in Victorian society. The woman's polite acceptance ("So Glad!") satirizes how people accept obvious lies to maintain social courtesy. The surrounding text contains brief humorous anecdotes about newspapers' absurd announcements and Helen Dauvray's theatrical excuses—all mocking Victorian society's tolerance for obvious falsehoods in public discourse. The rest of the page consists entirely of period advertising for patent medicines, flour sacks, railroad schedules, and printing inks.
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