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This page contains several satirical short pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"The Grocer at the Corner"** mocks a bald grocer who places a red kerchief on his head to ward off flies—absurd logic that the satirist ridicules. **"A Great Future"** jokes about an artist whose three-year-old son sits on an unfinished seascape painting, creating accidental marks. The artist optimistically interprets this as evidence the child has "an artistic eye." **"Judge's Fables: The Adventures of a Jackass"** is the main piece: a wealthy, foolish "Jackass" and a Fox disguise themselves as working-class men to slum in a settlement downtown. They cause mischief (breaking street lamps). When caught, an Elephant lectures the Jackass that wearing false clothing/pretending to be something you're not leads to trouble—a morality tale about class pretense and authenticity. The remaining pieces are brief workplace humor: servants insulted by hand-me-downs, a drug clerk's misunderstanding, and a drunken man's "force of habit." The satire targets vanity, foolishness, class hypocrisy, and social pretension.

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THE GROCER AT THE CORNFR. HE grocer at the corner. Whose glistening pate was tempt- ing hait To every fly that flew, Spread o'er his head a kerchief red, To keep away a few: etd He did his best Of the torn A moment me smite the rest enting e-beam rightly play, f his days.” ALT. RORCTOS. AGREAT FUTURE ~ What's the matter?” asked the rtist’s wife, us he into the room lead- ing his three year old son who had sat down on an unfinished sea view have an tistie eye He'sal begun to stuck UTTLE POINTERS base MALES AND MAILS. gros. A tenor was fare so expert in handling the _o That's all right, but they only handle those that have lots of drum placed where a suspected thief might steal it Pitch of suspense: He fell into the snare. When the ball is not promptly delivered. WHAT DOES BOB SAY TO THIS? Bagley—"* l understand you are a Bob Ingersoll man.” Bailey—“ Yes, he and [ have some beliefsin common, [ve come to think, however, that there is a place of eternal punish- ment.” on have 2 “Yes; [ve just spent a week in Cine THE KITCHEN LADY INSULTED. First servaut— What do you think the missus had the impertinence to do to-day 7 Second servant—* Can't think.” First servant actually offered mea bonnet that she had worn one season. T let her understand Twas no poor relation.” A DELICACY. City consumer—* Mr. Jacobs, I found an eel in our milk can this morning.” Milkman (unabashed)—* a delicacy.” Yes'm: wife thought you'd enjoy “ Gwaciouse yawned « weal thy ducks. as he looked out b of his cluis win dow on the enue, “1 am just dying of ennui. Wish 1 could think of something to do.” Fox. who was a sly fellow for some fun, remarked. * Fur. ther down town on the island there isa set tlement of Men; if you ha mind we will disguise oursel clothing like theimand a night of med the Jackass, and the soon sallied out a night of it, in dulgig in all those dissipations which ar the natural birthright of the wealthy youth, but which are supposed to send all others flying down the road to Hades, But on the way back, forgetting that they were out of their regular sh some street lamps. n who observed this littl exclaimed, wid the dombed furriners ( and g: chase, fled, but the unlucky Jackass was seized by the antic * Phwatis the matth The inate he said. ss, struggling. er for this!” nce with the off long, and by otfe Kouin re dhru DN haw x w ho Tam?” Mr. Muley Assan, and [ will mal But just as he was about to ne nti well-known up-town Elep! him released the Jackass from his predicament. “My boy,” said the elephant, * you have brought all this trouble ourself by trav- eling under false pretences. You put on ave been treated “Coon “Do ‘Tam own purely ort al sphere, and dc assume the attire of any useful creature. HOW TO. GET STAMPS. * Haven't any stamps!” snapped out the drug clerk +L didn’t ask for stamps,” replied the mild young man me three cigars. ~ Excuse me,” continued the pill-roller, handing out ,the “TL misunderstood you.” Then, as the mild young 1 the drug clerk leaned over the ci e and said very politely, * can let you have some stamps if you want the: The ruby is said to be emblematic of faithfulr less man mustn't judge from this that a red-he Give An Was g ss. but the thought ed girl makes the truest w: FORCE OF HABIT. Hostess —" Now, Mr, Whatshures, how will you take your coffee 1” Mn, Wnatancnes (yliteliy—" Straight, please,” comicbooks.com