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This page contains three satirical pieces typical of Judge's late 19th-century humor: **"Black Bawling"** (left): A caricature mocking what appears to be an African American man, with offensive racial exaggeration. The accompanying text discusses a lawsuit and social embarrassment. **"Judge and the Play"** (center): Theater criticism satirizing recent Broadway productions and actors. It references "Jim the Penman" (a play that "exploded and buried" two years prior) and comments on Miss Fortescue and actor Edwin Booth's leading man, John T. Malone, whose vanity the writer mocks. The piece jokes about theatrical scandals and the "quinine inspired bull" (nonsensical dramatic moments). **"A Politician's Three Stages"** (right): Three illustrated stages of a politician's career or behavior, though details are unclear from the OCR. The page also includes "Domestic Jingle" (poetry criticism), "Furniture vs. Satisfaction" (an advertisement illustration), and miscellaneous jokes about shaving and amendments. The content reflects Judge's focus on theatrical gossip, social commentary, and period-specific humor inaccessible without historical context.
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BLACK BAWLING. ing in a good deal late himself a lawsuit which will cost him more money than he makes, After a d body noticed him, and he sullenly shipped himself for home, defend himself in court. There is accordin| a large flea in his lordship’ disturb him time weighs for some to come. DOMESTIC JINGLE. The Boston woman wii of sixteen s that new i The old style of punishment v this. It is better to to death. It is wiser to wi are ‘y and the dry-goods store. good are well enough; but to beg they must needs be devoted to i things or to persc write Sentiment i one sees every day is abhorrent. and the party addressed are iT horou weaknesses evey to th nd silently aring with him the knowledge that he would have to return to ears, and it will He s he did on his So as written a poem as to her husband has shown not necessarily the best. s easier than alk the unfortunate man ‘ar him out with nds not remotely connected with the gro- Poems that are off and whom the sees only once a year or not at all, » addressed to one whom | If the writer ried, each nly acquainted with the other's mole on the back and Aiage: Judge and the Play, A stage fright—A bad) actor. “Jim the F is a campaign chi ploded and buried amid the frosts and snows of a sad. November two years ago. brown, tan, dark blue and green are the rred_ colors. for The last men- 1 be particularly le in fall flats. Adam and Eve creating a sensation ii y nt of a repeti- tion of the old origin ation of a num ars back, when a first century boa- constrictor took the leading role and played the devil generally. The sudden blow which has been dealt Miss | Forteseu ions bears a resem- blance to at a facetious writer terms a “quinine inspired bull.” Mr. Irvi n you are mistaken in tl You are too sensitive entire and then aga portance of the tion on this side is not whether Mr. Hudson Durlesques you or whether burlesque Mr. Hudson; it is the same old) problem of wh: we're going to do with our girls at the present price of coal. If you will kindly cable us, Henry--permit us to call you Henry—how in thunder a man with a 3x4 pocketbook is ge to supply a 30x60 girl with fire, lying and a young man these w im- issue. The all-absorbing ques- A POLITICIAN’S THREE STAGES. side street, we'll get right to work on your matter and endeavor to outdo the in imbecility. An acquaintance of a more or less intimate nature (and ours has been rather less than more) ) Mr. John T. Malone, Edwin Booth’s leading man, is apt to convince one that that gentleman is the owner in fee sim- ple of a variety of self-esteem th nately it isemphatically amusing, the self tion of Narcissus of mytholog cal fame being several miles back of 1 in comparison. Mr. Malone, we be ‘ native of California, was ori Hy cut out for a lawyer, but upon his marriage gave up that profession for the stage tation and came to New York. Malone, with their little child € boarded for a long time at a fashionable ruse on West Twenty-second street, and it there that the incipient germs of self-satis ction began first to exhibit themselves, much and subsequent amusement of the other guests of the house. ly press the curve in the spine or legs, the rhymed compliment is unnaturs pulsiveness. and ne address it by ne rither to the The making of vers be attended largely with my: so much mystery that there better still, to the verge of re- If the poet must write compli erse he must do it surreptitiously: append his name to it, and he must means to his own family, but idow in the adjoining house. |) © and the verse itself must‘ y. If there is no verse that is; —It seems that the husband of the Boston | woman is dead. redeeming feature. Th it. We guess he JOB'S COMFORTER. “Teaught a fri Merritt ina phthisical tone of voice, t puts a better ni stand it, poor fellow Well, to be sure, that isa id T shouldn't have ventured out this even- Well,” remarked little Johnny, upon him as a bore, “don't ought to go home and nu GETTING AROUND THE AMENDMENT. Negro (in barber shop)—"* Am T Barber—** Yes, You're ne: shave you this morning ; we're all out . but T can't who looks } nu think you | ee by DE GRAAF & TAYLOR, 47 and 49 West Tor char senc fu'm De Graaf & Tay! | guess T gets intoe Golly ! Ain't dis ni Tse bo'n. Sence missus got her w'en she ain't heah. Specs I nebber had so much | beef, waiter. ir she shuts me out o' dis roon It was generally understood that Mr. Malone was an actor, or was doing his best tobe one, and he himself let no opportunity slip by with- out impressing this fact upon it in the red-headed and hopeful language of an en- | thusiast. So tl Mr. Ma- lone Legan to be looked upon ure of the place. room entrees and exits, which were faultlessly tragic in their conception, life-i-here in their execu- tion, carned him the sub rosa subriquet of * Roon while his furnished tongues: who | proper sense of appreciation what. How: un- of good aps no for food fer envious and fun for those i doubtedly qualities, andy one should blar knowing and fee ‘THE PROPER FIT, « lady (in restau- *Some of the roast (ath st, WY.) | ran) ure fui dat : but [jess Waiter —“ Yes, muin. Large plate, I s'pose.” comicbooks.com