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# Understanding This Judge Magazine Page This page from *Judge* satirizes President Grover Cleveland's administration through two main pieces: **"The Four-Pronged Buck"** mocks Cleveland's cabinet by depicting him trying to shoot a deer while his key advisors are absent: Dan (unclear who), Augustus Garland (Attorney General), Manning (likely Secretary of Treasury), and others scattered across the country. The joke relies on depicting the President as incompetent without his team—he must "do this shooting myself." **"A Representative Case"** ridicules gender dynamics of the era through Mrs. Leon (wife of a Georgia professor) skillfully operating a sewing machine at a public demonstration. While she performs the work with excellence, her husband receives the applause and accolades, and she defers to him subserviently. The piece satirizes how women's labor and competence were systematically credited to men. Both pieces use humor to critique contemporary politics and social conventions, typical of *Judge's* satirical approach during the Gilded Age.
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‘s sake if nd that di- stay with us always ; but for heave you must go don’t take that way rection THE FOUR-PRONGED BUCK. When they drove Grover’s four-pronged buck up to be shot at his excellency looked around hastily and inquired with some nervousness, Where's Dan ¢ ~ Why,” said Dr. Ward, land county. “Very well,” Augustus 2" said Dr. Ward, ** M the pan-cleetrie down in Ark And Mr, Manning 2” leney with son “Why, Mr. * And Mr. Well, he’s in Wi: and T suppose Lar edy his affectio “Ohv excellency. e Bayard. This isn’t cause we can't operate navy “Dan's in Cort- Garland is do: nsw.” inquired his excel- ere is no you have M amiable ind do this ied Dr. Ward with ominous ause the four-pronged buck was get- ting restive—"but he is running from Canada and M and has left his tion behind him, And where is Mrs. Cleveland ¢° ne’s back at headquarters, dining on sal- mon trout, and Mrs, Folsom is with her.” “Oh, dear !” exclaimed his excellency ; ** shall have to do this shooting myself, ‘And thereupon he shot, and the four-prot buck was hit in the neck and gave up his I said Grover with some heat; > . sor smiled his sweetest . thereupon put the shuttle in the machine with soon with the v slightest str “T thin! said his y reflectiv “that Eimust mana this target-practice my- self: and at the same time if I had had amu wunp te ie T might have killed the four- pronged buck two or three times ove tdvise A REPRESENTATIVE CASE. Mrs. 100 Professor and Leon of Atlanta, G: ic of + to see the lady operate a se Was assisted her husband, who in def- ence to his ability assistant in wor led ‘the pre sno title, though she hi: . with the business, It is possible ve in this the injustice of man. 1 Mrs. Leon wound the bobbin it) was done with such dexterity as to bring forth repeated cheers; whereat the’ professor ducked his head. When she put it in the shuttle and threaded it, the enthusiasm of the audience was subdued but emphatic; so that the profes- smile. Mrs. Leon the utmost assura The appreciative audience apparently re- pressed itself for demonstration in the late: part of the preparatory exercises, and whe: Mrs. Leon triumphantly threaded the needle and put her foot firmly and confidently to the treadle it threw all its hats in the air and I lustily. Professor Leon's smile broad- ened and grew pronounced, and his bow more profound than before; and the: the exhibition was a continuous sus Mrs. Leon, occasionally looking up for encourage: ment to the placid countenance of Professor Leon, worked the treadle with grace and aided the work with une: "d pre t the tension tothe minutest particular, and omplished a pair of trousers—we he- and not a break. was fter ke | tionally | yet lieve that was the garment—c respect, and presented the same with charm: ing grace and an air of complete and beautiful subservi to the professor, who immedi- ately proceeded to put them on a transparency provided for that purpose. The immense au- dience cheered itself hoarse, and the professor was obliged to bow almost sufficiently to dis- locate his neck and warp his modesty. The exhibition took place forty feet in_ mid- air, on arope. We cannot praise the profes: sor's intrepidity too highly; and by the Mrs. Leon “ wore a tasty brown silk and large white hat. THE SADDEST OF THE YEAR. The autumn leaves are falling. The g are dry and yellow and the ground whereon they grow is hard to the refusal of further nourishment. that have b mplete in every ‘The shrubbery turns up leaves n parched unto death, but me: to go out with all their color fyi Some bits of scarlet and blue and ¢ cling to otherwise denuded branches like fragments of banners caught ina storm and left as memen- toes of the gay procession that has gone by and, itself, has faded out. Looking up, the eye runs to the sky, which it has not seen be- ere from just that spot in many days, and re- » with it asit was a year ago. Right above and below, there is an air and a hush of y. and re such crackling sounds as bespeak the absence of sap and the end of growth. The on is not. The bands have gone, The fg summer has with it all colorbut subdued hues w a nd symbolize the saddest of the changes of the year. The are dropping, one by one. Let inous e: The president's honeymoon has been excep appy, but the time for serious reflee: tion has come. “Grover,” says the magwump lady to whom he joined his fortunes before he met the fair and blooming Folsom, ‘the time for words me by. The time for action has come. What are you going to do about it?” Whereupon the satiated man ___ replies Umph “Ido not like Daniel u have given him position in the household. “Umph ! “You still keep that wretched Garland ; and as for Vilas, who has done more harm than all rone, Grover, and 1 very important A NEW LITERARY LIGHT. The young Tennison. comicbooks.com