Judge, 1887-11-05 · page 14 of 16
Judge — November 5, 1887 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **business directory and hotel advertisements** with two small satirical cartoons embedded. ## The Cartoons: **Top right cartoon** ("Wanted to Realize Quickly"): Two men in formal dress discuss selling something quickly. The dialogue suggests one man is pressuring the other to sell a racehorse before an upcoming race, implying financial desperation or a scheme to unload a problem asset. **Bottom right cartoon** ("An Incurable Disease"): A doctor tells a patient that "erysipelas" (a skin infection) will cause ear troubles. The patient responds dismissively that he already has ear problems from his wife ("his ears some day"), making a domestic complaint joke—suggesting nagging wives are as unbearable as medical conditions. ## Context: Both cartoons employ common Victorian-era humor: financial scheming and marriage complaints. The page itself is dominated by advertisements for hotels across major American cities (New York, Baltimore, Chicago, etc.) and various businesses, reflecting Judge's role as both satirical publication and advertising vehicle. The cartoons are minor illustrations typical of the magazine's style—quick, accessible jokes for contemporary readers.
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14 ‘LEADING HOTELS. | NEW YORK. CITY. BREVOORT HOUSE, rirtu avexci Washington square) a YORK. 0. 1 Linney, - Proprietor. GEDNEY> HOUSE. BROADWAY and 40TH STREET, N.Y. ROPEAN PLA GLENHAM HOTEL i European Plan. ROSSMORE HOTEL, puropes Gro. T. Putrry & ¢ STUREV! BroaDWay aNnp New Matiews & PIERSON, Proprietors. UNION SQUARE HOTEL & HOTEL DAM, UNION SQUARE and 5TH ST. Dam & De Revere, Proprietors, JERSEY CITy, TAYLOR'S HOTEL KEELER’S HOTEL, Band & Maroex 1. Aubany, N.Y. »pposite Market . Balx, Proprietor. PLB. Brave w Proprie tor, RCESTER, Mass, BAY STATE HOUSE. Am Plan PARD, Proprietor. Rate, 629) per day. JUDGE LEADING HOTELS. ADE HOTEI Curstsv STREET, comer FUTTE One Block from Pennsylvania KR. § CRUMP. BALTIMORE, Md. Lameety asp Sanatoea 2 Sra, MALTINORE PROVIDENCE, R. NARRAGANSETT HOTEL, American Plan, L. H. Humvineys, Prop. CHICAGO, I, LELAND HOTEL. Michigan | Avenue and Jackson Street | View overlooking the lake is un- surpassed. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, THE FLORIDA, St. Augustine, Fla. Open Dee. to April Cuantex F. Beck, Proprietor. BUSINESS INDEX. Jenox endones the following worthy of the patronage of parties v city of wishing to trenevet business by her Mosaic Gass C ith ¥, BELCHER METALLO MOSAICS. ue, Manufacturers of _ New York ask to see Mr. 7 West ead Stre When calling ple Central “Park Riding _ Academy. FTW AVENUE AND SOT StRKET. largest and moxt complete establish: f its kind in this country. Send for cir. 21 Union Square, PIANOS, SOHMER & CO., 149 East Fourteenth Street Printing Establishment, DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, Rome Street, New York. (Printer of Jepor.) t, 661 Sixth ew York ‘and Country property bought, sold and exchanged. Rents Real Estate and Insurance Avenue, bet. 3th and 30th Si Telephone, 1078-30th. Cit collected, Trunks, Traveling Bags, CROUCH & FITZGERALD. | And Articies for Travelers Une. 1 Cortlandt cor, Broadway: Broadway. below | Prince Se. 531 Sint Avenue. telow tat St New York Loans negotiated. WANTED TO REALIZE QUICKLY, st race. You can have it f "t you ourself, instead of welling ity mung feller, I've got a ter-r-rible thirst on me and the race ‘AN INE (A) RADICABLE QISEASE. doctor say $* hada ‘tack of Talus said dat chi n* what di said de Fary-siplas peta would hab trouble wif his ears some day.” TO ADVERTISERS! "Mie Christmas Judge, FINEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM Ever Presented. SEND | FOR |! RATES. 3s PARE RoW. NEW YORK. comicbooks.com