Judge, 1886-08-14 · page 7 of 16
Judge — August 14, 1886 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces mocking theatrical and social pretensions of the 1880s-90s era: **"HE CHANGED HIS MIND"**: A man (Dosson) arrives to horsewhip an editor over a published article but backs down upon seeing the editor's intimidating size—satirizing hollow threats and bluster. **"A NOVEL THEATRICAL BUREAU"**: Colonel Abe Jacobs advertises a fake "Diplomatic Bureau" offering absurd services: hiring burglars to rob clients' homes and gentlemen to be publicly beaten by ladies—mocking theatrical self-promotion and ridiculous publicity stunts. **"A DUDE'S VACATION"**: A wealthy socialite describes his Newport vacation as "doing nothing" except attending to women and picking fruit, contradicting the tennis player's suggestion he should work—satirizing the idle, parasitic lifestyle of the leisure class. The humor targets theatrical charlatans, social climbing, and upper-class pretension through exaggeration and irony.
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HE CHANGED HIS MIND. we recommend them to each and all of our |trons. N. B.—Parties |luring them must pay their fines, The bureau has also Jan org. nized stall of gentlemen w ride | around all day in pub- | vehicles and discuss | in loud tones the mer- its of our patrons. La- s or gentlemen de- | ng to have their} | names placed upon this | list can do so at the low figure of $1 per week. Special brands of vertising on applica i |tion. Respectfully, P. ABRAHAM Jacobs. Colonel Jacobs also —— —s forms me that he has ‘A DUDE'S VACATION. a large number of con- | . tracts upon his books, | DETONES (rapturously)——"T saay, chappie : WALTER 8 MenpHy, had an awful jolly time. Just got back from : \Newport, you know. I did nothing but row THE CoRREcT THING, _| the gals about, swing the scups for them, climb w fe _,, trees for cherries, and lots of other things. It , WESTERN AMATEUR | was q most awful nice vacation, my boy.” Dosson (who has come hither to horsewhip the editor, but is somewhat | TENNIS PLAYE 1!) Mernirr (lightly)—* You are somewhat of a appalled at his size)—* Are you the editor that wrote the article about J. | Suppose to do this in | ps radox, I see.” style, Miss Pease, we |" pejoxes (surprised)— Paradox | How is jought to have tennis |io¢ chappie ?” MERRITT (summing up)—‘* Why, you have ee a great novelty and _THE WT. The merry mot goes cheerily Around the circle gay, Until the rafters echo back The badinage at play. The clinking goblets clini: anew, The wine is free as air ; They drink a toast unto the vine And seal the compact there, They're waiting now the merriest Of all the jolly clan, A noted wit whose paragraphs Have tickled many a man. They call on him, he silent is And unresponsive sits, A block of clay, and quiet-like J mong the festive wits. No speech he gives, but only serawls Like one in sadness sunk— And on the paper is his mot : “Excuse me, [am drunk Hi, 8. KELLER, Eprror—** Yes,” Dossow. Well—er—hum. W. ‘here's a horsewhip I found on your pavement, I thought perhaps it belonged to you.” suits made.” _ _ _____ | Miss Pease— Yes, | tone more work while on your vacation than that would bethe thing. A NOVEL THEATRICAL BUREAU, ) What woutd you suggest as a good eostunne £2 | eve" knew you to perform before.” WESTERN AMATEUR T' PLAYE Well, | The suspicious man always suspects his My old friend, Colonel Abe Jacobs, late man- | I’m going to get some knickerbockei neighbor of having his own faults. ager of Jagsey’s Swinging Angels and Masta- | ——-—— = don Mastanese company, recently opened an THE HUNTER HUNTED. office on the square. Below will be found a copy of the circular which he kindly for- wards me, and which the ladies of the profes- sion, especially, will do well to clip for future reference: THE DIPLOMATIC BUREAU. P. Abraham Jacobs, Proprietor and Chief Manager. TO THE PROFESSION: The undersigned has opened the diplomatic bureau for the purpose- of promoting select modes of theatrical adver- tising. A full staff of trained burglars will be found on hand at all hours of the day and night. La- dies or gentlemen desiring their apartments broken into, or wishing to be garroted on the public thoroughfares and robbed of their dia- | monds and other valuables, can obtain esti- mates by addressing this office ;_ with full par- ticulars as to how they desire the job done. Any lady desiring to publicly cowhide a gen- tleman can be furnished with a subject by the diplomatic bureau. Terms, sixty cents per hour. At an enormous salary we have secured the exclusive services of ‘‘ Butcher” Fagin, the ¢ J renowned pugilist and man-eater. He will TASS NU MY lay for and interview theatrical editors and SM yey, PY critics any time between 11 p. m. and daylight, fal i y with either hard gloves or brass knuckles, ac- e cording to the option of our patrons. i Gentlemen to faint and shriek for water (or beer) at a thrilling epoch of a performance can be furnished at reasonable rates. Attached to our staff are two Wall street brokers in reduced circumstances, These gen- tlemen will fight six rounds at any hour or at any place. Posing as rivals for the hand of Srowrsaax-—"* Any shooting around here ?" sir-ce! It's an actress in a jolice court, we guarantee them Farmer—* Yes, ! he boss place for shooting. Three men shot yesterday, twoto-day, at least a column in all the daily papers. They | so far, and you will be the third if you don't mosey out of my clover patch.” comicbooks.com