Judge, 1887-11-26 · page 10 of 16
Judge — November 26, 1887 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two cartoons satirizing American domestic life around Thanksgiving. **Top cartoon ("Signs of Opposition"):** A poor boy advertises a ten-dollar goose he's trying to sell, apparently during hard economic times. The satire mocks working-class families' struggles to afford holiday meals and their desperation to sell what little they have. **Bottom cartoon ("Diplomatic"):** A mother negotiates with her daughter, offering to make her a "big angel-cake" if the girl's French lessons are "absolutely perfect." The daughter cautiously agrees while hedging against potential mistakes. This satirizes the pretentious middle-class pursuit of French refinement and education—and the transactional nature of parental incentives. Both cartoons use humor to critique social anxieties: economic hardship for the poor, and aspirational class-climbing among the middle classes. The publication date and specific references are unclear from the visible text.
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