Judge, 1887-03-19 · page 10 of 16
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This is a nostalgic retrospective celebrating Judge magazine's longevity and staff. The article traces the publication's history from a "palatial palace of industry" on Pearl Street through various relocations, including displacement during British occupation (likely the Revolutionary War era, though unclear which conflict). The cartoons illustrate the magazine's departments: editorial staff sketching ideas, the composition/printing room, and the "clime department" (likely climate-controlled storage). Character sketches describe the editor Mr. Gregory, artist Mr. Victor (drawn as "Blind"), and other contributors. The tone is self-congratulatory and whimsical, poking gentle fun at staff eccentricities—the editor hasn't changed clothes in years, one artist went to "disgust," another is compared to Old Masters. The piece appears designed to boost reader loyalty by humanizing the magazine as a long-established, quirky institution with colorful personalities—a common magazine marketing technique.
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10 tor in the basement, that a co in booming the subscription list. With the present fsue of Jive latence, and while the grand jury is ‘ent we hope to get out at least two Lesues for good measure before givin At the time, several centuries ago, wh war prices and the absence of the income as we liked, t in @ palatial was of comfort and elezar evated railroad system made it posaible for ux to get o jontmental weekly edition with ce sible atnount of profanity. But there cai the Rritish occupation of the city, when w atime, dn Precuring mur fird done. seek other quarters—a shell from a vessel in the fleet havi exploded in the centre of our profanity—and of the suddenness of the blow we were the first resting: place that was offered us A ma otter had rebuilt a burned buikdi fon Park row, utilizing Ueoken window-sashes from the old structure, and his in ducement of a nominal rent to be paid by hin to us, and: homeless condition, resulted in establishing us h are washed —w bosom friends, the alder: the hack of an accepted lengthy one and there is non A THOUSAND YEARS WITH THE JUDGE. the absence of the proprietor and myst of the staff of this paper, it hax occurred to the writer, under the stres of repeated calls for copy by the hip-locked composi mnsead history of the sheet and a short descrip: tlon of ite surroundings and perunuel would prove interesting, and possibly aid ‘ll close the one thousandth year of its ex- the work and retiring on our shields tax made it possible for us to do things ictled, mi Imposing palace of Industey on Pearl street, in this city, where the art, editorial and business departments were models amt where the cfatering of the oe ‘and the least pos: were obliged to, uliged to put up with at his ost of the charred boards and where Fook »ococting this description with a piece of which he Jon the editor's table, and as the ma. itelf ix not a ome blank material at com- ful, the effort must necemarily be short: but we cannot | that whe years ago, and p edge of art whil factory in Williamsburg. ment when Mr, Zimmermé mentioned as a tn hai ton, are of inestimable val can usally b began his professional carver by sk of wears is caused by the fact that the him and is «till looking for him. He, te of in the wa 1 powerful man, by Mr. Gilla: the head of Mr. Harnilte Since his return from Bert the winter, Mr. Hamilte the attenuated limbs, hect chest show the presence of that insidious fo His eh ef does not work up the wages which have been a twanced t Our society artist, Mr, Viet He has not had his dress-coat off for years now, a draws with lavender kids perb and rare bri a little early to ann ot h corkscrew, tor Messrs. Beuve Angelo and Gustave Dore are nok ported to turn out uts for our advertising columns, went back in disgust be- cause we refused to allow his latest canvas to be hung: out of our windows as a bai Our editor, Mr. Gregory, varies the ‘monotony of conduct i and Wwoker- nitvess in the hase. and his clean-cut, op is nsw and rendered pliable by the wstant display of human nature which comes before him, ‘This is not an adver- tising scheme, but th ff cannot refral A profesor o vice: presklent of he learns Consultation room, where ideas are prepared. refrain from taking space to introduce the public to a gang of litterateurs who have done much to revolutionize cr mic journalism, ‘The president of the Jepae company was born and has lived in Canajobarie, That settles him, and the least said about the matter the better, If he had done nothing worse than inflict Mr. Gillam on the public, it woukd still have been had enough. who is a short, stout, thick-necked man of arance #0 far as his feet are reviving the artists t imi McGurk pint of Ann street tremen On comple ne originally from Italy during @ xteerage-rate war so ked up bis somewhat pesing as a father’s neighbors on the wile ie breath with J, Le $i nd is often used as @ pay when such an article is needed to throw at ral knowl valentine He is in charge of the art depart n feels generous, and has been n who can eat crayon and draw with a jwieh if the exigencies of the cartoonistic profession so demand. His lieutenants Mesars. Zimmerman and Ham: tw him—at lunch time, and found having their hair cut in the tonsorial cafe which ts built out from the buildin on a temporary who is a native of Horwheads, this state, ching a portrait ¢ of a horse-stall, a bor never caught hough not usually fs an ath, iva wake the latter up. Ja, where he has been passing ea little better, although ° (bebtailed) flush an ‘as hant as day it is hoped ugh to enable him to is neldom seen at the office. id always n and surrounded by the mest nd for Itis Stewart collection will scattered. Jcoge has bought it outright, and Mr, Victor will be in the centre of it, drawing with oth hands and a our cartoon suggestor, Michael rs from giving Mr. Gregory a puff to effect that he allows @ higher rate of interest collaterals longer than any other brok keeps: nmanship has lately been engaged by the pany, Mr. Hart, and it is 9% O write much valuable time will be | saved and a good deal of loud talking done away with, Our mechanical department fs under the charge of Mr. Sachrison, a gentleman who fs guished for his unique ability in mixing color. Some of the shades which he has pro- duced have caused emotional hydrophobia, and one particu: tar brand, which he calls “tur: | Ue-egg white,” is being put up in tubes and sold in place of vaceine virus for use in aggra- | vated cases of smallpox. Let us follow one issue of Jepae from the time of its in ception till it i stolen from the beer counter by the tramp. Messrs. Gillam, Zimmerman, Hamilton, Victor and the writer (the latter in a clerical capacity) havea room set apart for the formulation of all ideas that are not sent to them. This de. Partment is usually about ax cheerful as the dissecting-room at the morgue, but occasionally peals of horrid laughter ema nate from it, and these signify that an idea has at last been evolved and the stretchers are brought in. After partially are propped up in chairs before the | jense four-tssue stones and set t jon of the respective -y and O'Brien, our rock-bearing force, are given a ew apiece, and s block is carried to the press-room, where from the jaws of a replica of the original Franklin press the edi- | tion is soon turned out The Potter building ts too small to allow us to hang legible | work, artoons, Grady, Brophy. | nder its influence the Gur hired laughers signs on its exteri or rather bonded—two gent lower portals and laugh at to take their place we have hired anen of leisure discriminate hetween a roaring farce aman nature as depictedt by « uzzles will soon be provided for use when ai picture of misery is displayed. Our stone department. ose this article without mentioning Mr. truth and veracity hi F been questioned each week in Bellevue hospital tole trvated for partial paralysis, brought on by a constant lifting of his right arm in swearing to aMdavits Asto the font enermbte of the Jepar staf! — here comes the whole gang of them, and I hav clean the inkstands SUDOE’S OFFICE DOF. comicbooks.com