Judge, 1887-03-05 · page 3 of 16
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This page contains several brief political satires typical of 1880s American humor: **"Woman's Sacrifice"** (cartoon): Mocks women's elaborate hairstyles at theaters by depicting a towering construction of hair, ribbons, and feathers. The satire criticizes women's fashion vanity and the obstruction tall hats and hairstyles caused for theater audiences. **Political commentary** includes jabs at: - Democratic leadership (Hill, Evarts) for inconsistency and weak positions - Republican presidential prospects (Hatton promoting Governor Rusk) - Labor protection debates in Congress—the magazine criticizes Republicans for protecting manufacturers with tariffs while ignoring workers' interests regarding cheap immigrant labor **"Let Them Beware"** mocks Northern sensitivity about Southern nostalgia, referencing General Robert E. Lee's daughter Winnie Davis reviving Confederate rhetoric. The page reflects Gilded Age concerns: labor competition, tariff politics, women's fashion excess, and lingering post-Civil War sectional tensions. The humor assumes readers understood contemporary political figures and economic debates.
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nd it doesn’t follow that because her fatigue there is dan- of the disruption of the reigniag adminis- ahah ‘but the idea is a good one. For ipstance, when the lady of the tall hat attends the theatre why shouldn't the hat be made to god save the audience” or ‘The man 5 behind me,” or something of that ———— crush her. 3 the needs to relieve nature! Jevars FROM HILL'S SPEECH in Brooklyn, the Democratic party has turned its farce to the enemy and is preparing to fight with its fists rather than its heels. ity NON-COMMITTAL GRATITUDE. “Jt is alleged,” says Mr. Evarts, in asking the blessing at table, “that the food spread be- fore us is bountiful in quantity and good in quality. ow T express no opinion on that pont—frankly, I have no confidence in the wk —but, our heavenly Father, pray be good enough to have it redound to our stomachic good, such as it is, and let it go at that.” how that Bismarck is Germany Il we learn presently that Boulanger is France? LET THEM BEWARE. Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of the late Gen- | eral Bob, is in Washington, and is said to be dividing northern honors with Miss Winnie Davis. The north is not vindictive; but when these young ladies revive the secesh heterodo: of the ex-president of the confederacy, “All we ask is to be let alone,” there shall be an immediate declaration of war, and it may amount eventually to forcible coercion. THE BILL 18 FILLED. Frank Hatton its to run Governor Rusk of Wisconsin for president because, first, he wasonce a stage-driver, second, he was once a taveri-keeper, and, third, a few months ago he put down a socialistic and an anarehistic strike with the strong hand. This is a very good card altogether; but—though we dare say Mr. Hatton hasn't heard of it—the standard- bearer has already been selected. Davip HILL 1s 4 VERY BOLD ML He is not only a Democrat but he doesn't care who knows it THEIR FAVORITE EXTREME. The most in te of all men are the pro- fessional ps s. They propose to have entire abstinence or wholesale drunken. here the latter is selected they ex- perience a satisfa as pronounced as if the Shole Republican party had been relegated to the shely nd they were reserved to do the dirty work of the Democratic ity und receive their pay forit in regularly delivered kicks. WII \OT PROTECT THE WORKERS ? The labor question hath all seasons for its o®n, and this congress can make itself remem- bered by passing a law or laws regulating, and ee vat ) extent prohibiting, the importa- m of the cheap labor which offers no fair Povetition to the home article. Chinamen, jolanders, Italians, Hungarians and like cat: tho herd with and live like dogs are as eetonable as the pauper orciminal foreign- Against whom congress has to some extent y | he imports? eee Why protect the manufacturer let the labor of the man who makes the! When the tall hats are removed at the theatre the ladies will pile up their hair and builda tower of ribbons, feathers, flowers, etc. goods go unprotected?) Why give the protec- ted capitalista free tariff in behalf of the labor It is a little matter that all the tariff talk at Washington has failed to touch upon. Is it not that strange when both parties are so anxious with respect to the labor vote? tated, that Mrs. alls, N. H., in tr IT MAY BE TRUE, ham of Chicopee a hole with a her right ear and simultaneously scalped a poor old gentleman in the next yard; but that might have been the fault of the agricultural implement. The president emphasizes his declaration against a second term by making postmasters of one or two old-time Democratic editors. Of course, those editors must say and do nothing whatever in behalf of Mr. Cleveland's contin- uance at Washington on penalty of being re- moved for offensive partisans! This shows entire consistency on the part of the president, and the JupGE feels authorized to say that he will on no consideration run again. AND MR. BLAINE THINKS 80 TOO. Does Joseph B. Foraker consider it what is | called the square thing to come here and | peddle off his old agricultural addresses on a great Republican dinner? Not that the one | thus transferred was not good—it was real good—it was worth stealing; but these occa- sions are not for hash, Joseph, and cold victuals are not to be served except when absolutely necessary, however skillfully they may have been warmed over. Bear this in mind, J. B. Tt may be of more importance in 1888 than it is now. IT DID THE BU; ESS. inclined to ridicule the lady of Black Rock, Erie county, who, boldly shooting at a burglar with a revolver, blew a hole through | the side of the house opposite that gentleman and killed a cow in the adjacent yard; but the intruder was so frightened by the experiment le inadvertently chipped off | | that his hair turned gray in a moment and he ran into the onter darkness, shrieking for the police, gnashing his teeth, and refusing to be comforted. Then, too, when the lady recov- ered from the unavoidable faint it was found that nothing had been khooked—nothing ex- | cept the cow. Tur Hon. Micnar, KELLy, the distin guished professor of base ball, having been secured by Boston at a cost of about $10,000, the loss of Messrs. Longfellow and Emerson will not be felt. so poignantly hereafter, and even the late removal of Professor Sulli- | van has been so atoned for that there are few intellectual tears to swab. A CELESTIAL MUGWUMP COMPROMISE. In leaving Boston Sam Jones is not happy. “TI couldn't do much converting there,” he says in substance. ‘They think too much of their personal opinion. They won't go to heaven unless they cau have the management of the establishment, and they are not partial to the other place because of the cl sphere and the extreme authority exe! Chief Apollyon. There must be an interme- | diate point for Boston, and it must be made to appear that it is the hub of the opposing estab- lishments, containing the attractions and free from the annoyances belonging to both.” THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. The country demands ample appropriations in behalf of defence, the sum to include a new navy, and there is money enough in the treas- ury and going there to warrant the expense and at the same time make possible a recon- struction of the tariff to the end of a reduction in taxation; but will the existing government jenow enough to know when to stop and where to draw the linet The World estimates that measures now under favorable considera- tion by congress provide for an appropriation of $156,700,000 in addition to the regular ap- propriations; and the estimate does not include the Blair educational bill, which appropriates | $70,000,000, some pension bills, and a variety