Judge, 1887-04-30 · page 10 of 16
Judge — April 30, 1887 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine contains several satirical short pieces mocking contemporary figures and social issues: **"On the Street" cartoon**: Two well-dressed men discuss suicide contemplation—likely satirizing the frequency of such references in casual conversation among the era's urban middle class. **Political commentary**: References to Kansas women's suffrage highlight Judge's skepticism about voting rights for women, claiming it caused social scandal and reduced respect for women at polling places—a common anti-suffrage argument of the period. **Theater criticism**: Multiple brief items mock theatrical personalities and productions, including derisive comments about performers like Nat Goodwin and criticisms of the National opera company's artistic standards. **"Judge and the Play" section**: Contains sarcastic commentary on contemporary theatrical performances and performers, suggesting poor quality despite public enthusiasm. The overall tone is dismissive and mocking toward progressive causes (women's suffrage) while ridiculing popular entertainment and public figures—typical of Judge's satirical approach to Gilded Age American society.
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Siape: ON THE STREET. that last break f Here, try one of my clears that, I wasn't contemplating suicide.” _Charge. ~ PnOGRESS. Politic: cument in Kansas—** I'll se-seratch her eyes out!” WHEN SHE PLAYS. The passionate pedal and vocal utterances of the great French actress lead one to suspect that she is a Bernstormer too, THAT LETS HIM OUT. John Most says it is no crime to kill such policemen as Chicago empl Perhaps, on the other hand, it is a virtue; and if that is the case John will never be an assassin and get his neck in danger. ‘STILL, YOU CAN'T MOST ALWAYS TELL. The Rochester Union says Mr. Pulitzer, who already has a paper in St. Louis and special editions of the World for Brooklyn and New Jersey, is ambitious of being the J erly of journalism. It is nd yet Mr, Pulitzer doesn’t understand poker and he is very far from the splendid failure that Mr. Haverly made. THE WAY OF THE SEX. After permitting two men to fight desperately for her hand a young woman of Wilkesbarre, Pa., coldly refused the winner. But perhaps the end is not yet. We shall probably learn directly that she has married the whipped individ r that she is throw- ing his hu niliation in his face at every opportunity. IT MUST HAVE BEEN GENUINE ART. b; le cadit tie os ing gel mDecen of that ph ace, th sl rts of the lads performe rs were wt compromise between the ordinary walking dress and the clipped sions of the regular opera performers. The performance is very highly commended and was very successful in every respect; and this is the more gratifying because the ladies, in rigid opposition to society rules, were dressed at the neck quite as erely as at the other extremity 1S THIS ELEVATING POLITICS? The experiment of woman suffrage in Kansas has brought out more social scandal and heart-burning than all the other Kansas troubles put together, including the bad whisky that belongs to every prohibition state. Bad women have foully attacked good ones to keep them from the polls, and good women in the ardor of debate have been equally ungenerous to each other. At several of the Leaven worth polls th were free fights about women, and to some extent r there is less respect for the sex there pre has ever been before. Is that vating the polls? Ah, an't respect our women, men of : shall source from which we draw respect for our ignoble selves, THE JUDGE AND THE PLAY. Nat Goodwin's “ Big Po Now the help the Nation Another man disgusted. Joe Emmett thinks New York is a one- horse kind of a place anyhow,“ Kinder” reciprocal, dontcherknow? Miss Con: ice Seebass, a young singer from New York, has made a brilliant success in Berlin with the role of Mignon. Sounds rather fishy, nevertheless it has all the authenticity and reliability of a daily newspaper report. We'll soon have Mr. Planked Shad doing his level best as a song and dance artist before the prince of Wales and all the * fust suckles” of the United Kingdom and New Jersey. The National opera company numbers among its artistic seceders Fursel Hastrei Guidi and the goat which used to lead the ballet in the production of ‘ Sylvia.” The inexorable hand of fa is seen at last. As goes the goat so goes the compar “The Lov first. presented toa New York audience Latham, with @ success that was classed at th hat comprehensive term of * in. different.” It must be said, of course, that it wasn’t the fault of the comedy—the play was all sufficient, but the company lacked staying powers. Miss Dauvray, however, has presented the old comedy in a manner that wakes up the sporting editor into a declaration of ngs all his wealth upon the race and fighting clear of the police in the pools, The critic with a big opinion of himself and a poor apinion of everything else i: inordina t of bore at all times, but icula ata first ‘pe rforn Section “x” at the Star The- It is rk and a pair of gol mie and spells tie” with a big 1 the objective point of all oaths tly damned by the masses i ‘ation, then this individ s reached the top notch of his ition, The first night of “Clito” saw this man in all the glory of his self-con an expansive shirt front, He was there to stay, and the house it. He utilized his mouth and the margin of his programme to indicate his connection with the press, and once allowed his neighbors to understand that he was acquainted with William Winter by consulting that Nestor of dramatic journalism between the a That Mr. Winter was as much bored as the audience was amused was evident from sort of an ex- pression that ambled up and down his genial cou tenance dur- ing the **con- asense of his own import ance the Crit- ic realized it not, but went right on mak- ing an ass of imself and a man is bound to be a fool, why can't he be a fool qui- etly, or words to that effect. An opening for young men “—(in Florida). comicbooks.com e A as aa 'as cao oxen We ee Gee yee