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# Judge Magazine Political Satire Analysis This page contains several satirical pieces mocking contemporary American politics and society circa the 1880s-90s: **"Matrimonial Courtesies"** contrasts the Russian Czar's public affection for his wife with American presidential indifference, sarcastically praising American men for ignoring their spouses during social obligations. **"David Hill"** references a political figure (likely Governor/Senator David B. Hill of New York) being advised to avoid political ambitions, with veiled mockery of his presidential aspirations. **The cartoon "Evading the Law"** (center) depicts what appears to be a legal or political confrontation, though the specific reference is unclear from the text. **"Our Better Dolly"** sarcastically defends a woman's (Dolly Madison reference) right to involve herself in public affairs, arguing modern women should have political influence unlike their historical counterparts. The page demonstrates Judge's characteristic approach: mocking political figures, critiquing gender roles, and offering commentary on contemporary American life through exaggeration and irony.
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JUDGE ind if he had had a million more he might have been detamed for yonths. As to the two extremes, however, his is the more dignitied iad svothing—one must admit that MATRIMONIAL COURTES They say the ezar takes his wife in his arms when she is a behind t ing her to the regular court reception, intro- duces her as ** ‘st little woman in the world.” That looks aniable; but it is not recorded how many times her majesty has stab- bed him with hair-pins or how many, many Russian women the act hats driven to the of despair. We do these thi better. Our president merel. 0 attend to his awn business, id gnashes his And as for of selection little y man waits for his wife nupletion of her toile Hill—well, he would like to have the privileg anand and to A) PHOTOGRAPH f Helen Jewett im Chief Walling’s wok shows an ¢ coodingly pretty woman and one, we judge from a hasty wlance, of that int esting kind Mr Bat v, veteran Boston pub lisher, has just re rned New ud and is said be look a some other horrible locality to sisit. as Mr Ballon thought of the va warns of th ed party on from 1s Ww election night ? Tuk Crow Is, DIAN who as exlled “Wraps-up-his-tail™ has a little is known as npehisctent.” how theft ism pre- among the red men. who Exovgu sport le of turnips r his paper. That time has passed on, The counte editor is no I poor He havin ISists O11 Harstarr Beisgert you knew.” Why, Clarence, old man! what are y mnions new Mamta objects to having the © THE POEM of Oliver Wendell Holmes at th send-off of Slugger Sullivan was not P glory of th slugger had blinded the poet's Wilh? While the frost is piercing the ground with its million spears there ue a million poor people who, though thi read the papers, are crying out with instinetive apprehension, “Coal’s up.” And that is so. Ttisalways so at this season. It isas much a part of the season 18 the season is the whole of itself, Why ? HE WORD : is one of the most expressive and fascinat nat f man gazed upon; but when it covers the whole side of a newspaper for twelv sive days one wishes that, like fustice, he might have the privilege of going about with bandaged 1 doing tn thy discolored, okt fel. Come in and have a cigar. DAVID HILL. David Hill! If you'll y Of ‘a knowing one’s advice, You will place your boom on ice, David Hill! David Hill When the time arrives, we will With John Sherman or with Blaine. Fight the battle o'er again, David Hill! And with banners flying free We will n from sea to sea, Ti we're with victory, David Hill? ® ro. crowned when he ni seph Pulitz when there followed Joseph the Cockerill was born with to him iy wings a crowed OVR BETTER DOLLY. says Madison couldn't i been prevailed upon te do such a thing. The Seh ady Union is hereby in formed that | Mrs. her that, she done nothing tany lady would willingly do and would not feel in her hi mind at was. right to do. red to med contem that th not Hasiutox EVADING THE LAW. sig the period of Dolly Madison, and that possibly the impr: priety of then is the propriety of now 2 The woman of this period belongs to polit annot vote, and the more she | with public events the better the events will be. We donot liv the past, dear boy and in behalf of the futu as to which the wom nfluenc : and a thousand dead Dollies are not as good as the Plenty of r Papers IN Massachusetts have long ity of the burial of a captain of the salvation army. No other salvation-army captain was ever known to die, but this one was a woman WE SHALL HAVE a war with England presently, and if meanwhile Johan L. Sullivan espouses that countr, Mary Anderson has he shall be read out of the citizenship of Boston and all the rest of the United States, comicbooks.com