Judge, 1887-04-16 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 16, 1887 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains brief satirical commentaries on contemporary social issues rather than a single unified cartoon. The "False Economy" section mocks practical absurdities—a Buffalo hotel near a cemetery to "save travel," a Wisconsin man's accidental bear hunting. "Hum of the Court" collects quick jabs at cultural figures and news: John L. Sullivan (boxer) being treated as educational authority; Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem about lost happiness; comparisons between Danish and other soldiers; observations about Native Americans being "civilized"; criticism of young men's health; and references to local scandals (John C. Eno's financial dishonesty, an undertaker's incompetence). The lower cartoon, "A Clash of Authority," depicts a confrontation between a yachtsman and a sailor over proper vessel procedures—satirizing class conflict between social superiors and working-class authority figures. Overall, these are society-page mockeries targeting hypocrisy, pretension, and incompetence among the educated and wealthy classes.
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FALSE ECONOMY. yre.—The small facilities which our. artist has struck by lightning may ‘any want of action in his sketch. “Ther yain't noone a lookin, “n* Lmight hew thet alr wire ter put ‘ranund iny hog-pea. ex ml for seeing pe Muu of the Court. Fee, fi. fo, fum! bleed of a Hunge Shafer. Tsmell the an Jew. Tn Buffalo the economical traveler puts up at the hotel nearest the popular cemetery. Tt saves travel Aman in Wisconsin chopped out two bears instead of the ~ in search, Itis seldom that such bonanzas are unexpectedly encountered—that at least is the opinion of the bear. coon of which he wi There is culture in recent Boston education which insists on men- tioning John L. Sullivan as the cub of the universe. Ella Wheeler Wileox says in a poem that she has lost the way to Very well; there are columns devoted to wants, happiness. The ki mere sent pat of Denmark prefers soldiers with 1: ne, What he wants is soldiers with fleet heels. That isa Miss Goodale, poet, who is teaching Indians out west, says the In- dian always sleeps lite. The untutored red man is getting civilized pretty fast “If the boys of eighteen are unsound,” stys the Detroit Free Press, “what is to become of our next generation of men?” Use Thompson's all-curing salve and soul-lifting elixir. A recent me supposed to be a fragme ied the name Carter Harrison t of the tail of a com eno left of it on striking the ground to wiggle. The prince of Wales atolerably good performance on the occasion of Mrs. Potter's first appearance; but his main support—we refer to Alexandra of Denmark—was unavoidably absent. Tt was at first t, but there wasn't They tell of a Californ.a mother who wept because her little boy couldn't say bis prayers in s English. Soho! they > up there too, have they? “rench as well He has all.the money thing methodical in nection with his gov- lots of the men who want to kill him. The man at Henderson, Ky.. for runnin times sev It is strikes up who has forgiven his wife four times off with other men proposes to run up to the seventy : but unhappily the supply of men is likely to ran ont. aglish to rise in every public © when the band God Save the Queen and it is American to make the in: “What is the matter with those people troubled with worms? They say that Bertha von Hillern often 9 twenty-five miles a day when on as art; but there is something in. the walking-mateh in these Only one room at Red Top ean be kept warm in cold weather. You observe this. If the disti sovereigns had been married three or four y would be able to warm the entire inuer al reises. ished Not one-fourth of the marriag ington society he: nge, however, Not one. rable men have captured wives, The Free Press speaks indignantly of Detroit undertakers who don't know how to run a funeral, learn to be just. The time of the gentlemen is largely employed on the city’s funny newspapers. John C. Eno, having been honest enough to let his father pay up his stealings, is ready to return and be forgiven He is eminently calculated to re-orna- ment some of our best society, but it will be well to get new locks for all the doors. Senator Hoar tells of a bridal couple who had to pass through a snow-tunnel to get to the sleigh await ing them, und it isa pretty incident. see anything pretty about it. | Th y were persons and didn't propose to be left. Some Washington ladies assert that Miss Cleve 1d opposes the low-necked dress because she “hasn't kind of envelope. Itisan obviously malicious asser n afford to ignore it Time makes all things even, the figure” fort tion, but the lad The girls of Vassar college insist upon wearing the It is melancho but so long as they have no y the plug hat and tobacco we shall get along well enough, Cab savage Gere ing of th thing but h: and gown. rning for © and civilization are not_ necessarily synonyme no has never been half so well employed as in the ras: omer. Throughout a long life he hus never raised any- r, if we may except a few experiments in poker. : yet the ‘A CLASH OF AUTHORITY, 2.9 owns this vessel" * You do, sir.” Vacurraaas—" Why did you set that spinnaker without ask "You were below, sir. and sbe needed it ina hurry Well, sir. | want it distinctly understood that hereafter, ifthe beat even sinking. you are to come to me and ask permission for ber todo it, Good morning. st comicbooks.com