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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The main cartoon, titled "Cheering Up for Jacob," depicts two men in what appears to be a prison or confined space. The caption reads: "Photographs—'If you and your cellmate's wife could look a trifle less mournful, I think the picture would be more satisfactory.' Officer's Remark—'Young man, our son Jacob's in jail for bootleggin'. This pic'ture's for him. Let her go!'" The satire references Prohibition-era bootlegging. The joke plays on the tension between a jailer's request for a cheerful photograph and the subjects' understandable grief over a family member imprisoned for illegal alcohol production. It mocks both Prohibition enforcement and the absurdity of requesting smiling photos under such circumstances. The surrounding text discusses various political and social topics typical of Judge's satirical commentary on American affairs.

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JUDGE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Park Bow, New Vork, Hieere et laryer civenlation at cheaper rates than any Amer paper published, THE Last favorite son is Don M. Dickinson. TPS A LONG road that has no switeh.—M. Rickard n known as Phenix T, Barnum Abv D. B. Hit.on the question oft WILLIAM O'BRIEN cannot change nd may the Lond help him! THAT MAN 1 Do. is shirt till he changes his pol THE ISLE of the blest is not Carlisle, because he is surrounded by well, not by wate Frank Herp, free trader, is 1 finally that little bos Ir Co VAN bears in mind the ¢ and Th » will send and kick him after he gets there, pr heard from wand not Hurd He has learned 4 should be se THe NEXT TIME preise his mouth he find it profitable te atough steak and ¢ on th Nor be if Sullivan ipped. We « Four editors there to knock with a few hard and ungloved names their ¢ THE DIVORCE sou; Pauline I surpri for married nearly years and this is their first. matrimonial kick, SPEAKING OF | RE Forms, the Albany Timex says the * Repub- Tieans have been defeat- ed and) the» anarchists hanged.” Let us be se- way of t and the resurrection of Judas and J the Deme jas and ats have been vi »phira orious js complete. THERE 18 NO mow: political loudness in the daily press: no—we have merely lewdness 1 His THE REST student who has the most fractured bones and wears the most court-plaster. Jouy J. Ive may yet Witus or of an improveni IF THE HUSBAND of a noted ope hereafter he will apparently have to hire .ARA LOUISE KELL LLS threatens a nove ebody to print it for him. and unless he is watched he Land what is the nse of an Ameriean navy nt of our coast defences / ‘boutfe actress wants a Hall ETY isso profitable of la good old sou!! has been mentic no reason why Frederick nor Oglesby, pev—that there is d should not be the Democratic can- CHEERING UP FOR JACOB. “If you and your estimable wife could look a trifle less mournful, I think the picture would be * Young man, our son Jacob's in Jail fer hose-stealin’ didate for the chief office, with the great glass-biter, Frederick May, as his vi FISH FOR JOSEPINS NET? The fishery question, froma ni An adv dinsurreetion in Dakot ald be dei f othe lism the Canadien interdict would be anothe ional or fi f dry codfish will hists of Chicago mnie There is. however, un important outcome from suntey, through the press and its direct itically protest y admins ial clit er the r, Wiser in tl it otherwi a De phy itt stress blessing. nd by its possible preceden nent. Thi islative representatives, emp! atch-work of this int ial comme car and nthe serfs th congress as thy While we are a pationt rt restraint kicking hoors of t collusion between Mr. stly fresh of record with- repetition. The president's experience as a Bulfalo lawyer, or his thorou ssion of Baltimore pol- sullic p him, or y Bayard even, to con- d shrewdness of Minister West and the that represent the other and the over- ities, does 1 A owith th students of diplot x side, ‘ATIONAL—The freshinen and sophor IF TALLEY RAND were to revive he would sty that the language of J B. Gibbs created principally for the frightening of common sense, A HOLIDAY SURPRISE. It is a mark of im- provement th: Pulitzer, Dai nd Jones have resumed their. original ortho- graphical disguise, and Messrs. Iscariot, Ana nias and Fagin are permitted to rest their bones in. privacy and but when they themselves in s they bow as if peountered and involuntarily turn I to ask somebody them an intro- was Messrs. peace look ‘This picter's fer him, Let her go! THERE ARE NOT a few who believe the result in this state makes the nomination of Blaine inevitable; but of course your newspaper wiseacre never thought of th THEY SAY that the mother of China Louise uses the last syllable of akoseh with frightful emphasis. ROBBERY BY THE GOVERNMENT. rvs do? The surplus in the treasury is a good That money lies idle, and it is so much taken from the people which doesn’t belong to the government. — If there isn’t statesmanship enough in this country to put this sum to use a furth nd entirely needless accumulation of funds which the people need for personal comfort or for business purposes, the govern ment had better shut up shop. Nixa Van Zanpt. maid in t right to use the weeds, but oth Carl What will ce deal over $100,000,000, and widow by brevet, claims the rwise her habits are good, THE WILLS OF THE GODS. Boston is still the hub, stone, Randy Churehill, Sullivan knocks out Buffalo Bill, Glad- wlall the rest of the boys. Let there bea comicbooks.com