Judge, 1887-10-22 · page 3 of 16
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# "Judge" Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple satirical pieces from the 1880s-90s era: **Top cartoons ("Caught at His Own Game"):** Three vignettes mocking Democratic hypocrisy. The umbrella exchange illustrates the point: Democrats criticize Republicans for political maneuvering while engaging in identical tactics themselves—"fair exchange is no robbery" becomes absurd when applied to their own conduct. **"The Democratic Traveling Circus":** Extended editorial mockery of the Democratic Party as a chaotic traveling show mixing "opposing elements" that nonetheless entertains. It references D.B. Hill (New York political figure) as a manipulative "fakir" jumping through reform hoops while maintaining power. **Rev. Hugh O. Pentecost reference:** A brief jab at a Gilded Age religious figure wanting salary reduction—the joke being ultra-logical reformers who'd take principles to absurd extremes (drowning themselves over baptism doctrine). **"The Cause of the Trouble":** A domestic scene blaming women's dissatisfaction on material concerns despite comfortable circumstances—reflecting period sexism about female discontent. The page exemplifies *Judge's* partisan Republican satire of the era.
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