Judge, 1886-06-12 · page 14 of 18
Judge — June 12, 1886 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small cartoon titled "Art and Love" in the upper right. The cartoon depicts a domestic scene: a man leans toward a seated woman (Miss Clara), declaring his affection while asking if her mother can hear. Clara's reply—"Mamma sleeps very soundly"—is the joke's punchline, suggesting she's willing to receive his romantic advances without parental interference. The humor is gentle Victorian-era courtship satire: it mocks the social convention of chaperoning (mothers supervising unmarried women) and plays on the tension between propriety and desire. The cartoon suggests that young women were constrained by strict maternal oversight, making private moments with suitors rare and precious. The page otherwise consists of period advertisements for toilet soap, hotels, shirts, cocoa, bicycles, printing services, and other goods—typical of Judge's revenue model. The publication promoted itself (via quoted praise) as witty, well-illustrated, and sound on the tariff question.
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[Eirer Booremes ON Towet Soaps: “Vou have demonstrated that afer/ectly pure soap may be made, 1, therefore, cordially eom- mead to ladies and t6 the community in general the employment of your pare’ La toilet soap over any adulterated article.” Is made from the choicest quelity of stock, and contains a LARGE PERCENTAGE of GLYCERINE; therefore it is specially adapted fcr Toilet, Bath and Infants, PARLORS of the De os Broadway ai VICTORIA ‘HOTEL, BROADWAY, %TH AND UTI STS. CaraLoouE ited 9 “GORMULLY & MEFFERY. HICAGO, ILLS9~ E. A. NEWELL, MENS’ OUTFITTER, 859 BROADWAY (one door above 17th St.) Superior Fitting Shirts to Measure FINE UNDERWEAR, HALF HOSE, SCARFS, GLOVES, <—Josern P. FELT & CO. ELECTROTYPERS, No. 26 Rose Sraccr, NEW YORK. MevAL Pare ron Emonavens a Srcciacry. ART AND LOVE. * Ah! Miss Clara, how long I have sought foran opportunity to express my affection for you—I trust your mother does not hear ?” “Oh, do not let that disturb you. | support to such m td PERRY'S PATENT = The Washington gas is so poor that the avera, | citizen has to light a lantern to see where it is to | swear at it.—{Washington Herald. The JupoE comes smilingly to the front each week, and all in all is the best illustrated politi- cal journal in this or any other country. It is sound upon the tariff, and vigorously. yi ures as promote American jabor and industries.—{Mt. Vernon (O.) Republi- an, If you want a good, hearty, intelligent laugh send for the JupaE—[Hillsdale (Mich.) Lead The brightest exchange that comes to our table isthe Jubak. It is without doubt the wittiest and also one of the best illustrated papers in the country.— [Danbury ( (Ct.) Democrat. Mamma sleeps very soundly.” Mancini ss easily assimilated food hundreds of, Physicians, nurses and moth A. predigested, non-irritating, nl by” est of all prepared foods. It meeven in'the worst casea. INF! VALIDS relish 3 cta., 0 cts., $1.00. Sead thes, corrects and nou STS thrive a when on mother's milk, oh ve sles for circulars an pial WELLS HICHARDSON & CO., Burlington, Vt__ CURE" DEAF wr tHE Conmoxen | rt Dacua Fev Era ‘Hencore,th the ett pertorma the Praga pation,” Ail crvorstion gialaet'y tis, FREE. Address F, ention this Paper IM. EZ. GREEW, | FINE PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 324, 326, 328 & 330 Peart St., N.Y. comicbooks.com