Judge, 1888-01-07 · page 5 of 16
Judge — January 7, 1888 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short humor pieces typical of late-19th-century satirical magazines. The jokes rely on wordplay and situational comedy rather than political commentary: **"No One Any Wiser"** (top): A student seeks solitude for studying but discovers a noisy, crowded location—the humor lies in the ironic contradiction. **"Trials of a Sporting Man"**: Brief quips about hunting accidents and tight boots—gentle mockery of upper-class sporting pursuits. **"A Long-Felt Want"**: A man uses a burnt matchstick as a toothpick—absurdist humor about practical (if crude) solutions. **"A Wonderful Achievement"**: A Vassar College professor asks about 19th-century achievements; a student's answer about teaching a dog to chew gum satirizes shallow priorities among the educated classes. **"Proof of Inexperience"**: A new housemaid hasn't learned to hold pillows with her teeth while changing pillowcases—domestics humor mocking incompetence. **"Mal Apropos"**: An officer's wedding guest tactlessly celebrates military deaths as career advancement. The page emphasizes domestic life, class interactions, and everyday social awkwardness rather than political satire.
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THE TRIALS OF A SPORTING MAN. alls hunting accidents. Do vou knov know that Brown met with wn accident while out the other day ? “Yes, I gun kicked 7° Nos his boots were too can guess—his tight A LONG-FELT WANT. That's what I call in- sid Merritt as he pened the end of a mateh and used it as a toothpick “Any one ean do that,” returned Cobwigger. °° The It thing to do is to a match out of a tooth- onions, A PERTINENT QUESTION, “Yes. he said, ‘we traveling men never know expect to he day aft Mr. Cheek ? UNREASONABLE FAIR ONE. Morrow Jones is wildly in love with a girl who does not re- ciprocate his affection. ny don't you: mar oked oneof his friends, day, who v itof the real state of ‘you who a children * So Tam,” was the dis- reply, but. it’s mother who won't to shtand on fer a quarther, sor! ne said the other day to a friend of his, ** do you Little Deering hax met that magnificent great Garton girtat Geupit’s . ATrexpast (vith a quiet wink and a nolay whisper)—" W'll lind yez the loan av this packin'-case SUTUDGE There was a deep student of some sort of lore, T cannot just say what they term it $o much interrupted by leisurely friends That he longed for the hfe of a hermit. So he left his loved hooks fo Left the home he no more Determined to search in unusual Till he found a snug nook he He found it! "Twas down ‘Twas down through a lan Then round a queer corne A snug situation for le ; “How lucky !" he cried, as he moved in his books, “Sweet solitude! Dearly I prize her— Here, hard T can study alone by myself, And no one be any the wise long avenue’s length, with a turning, 1 four stories high, MNS. GEO, ARCHIBALD, A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT. Professor at Vassar (to class)—"* Now, who can tell me the most wonderful achievement of the nineteenth century {Miss Morris, I see id raised.” oe “ My sister Nellie hi MY Ui her pug dog Thistle to chew Re) eal gum.” MD “] — PROOF OF INEXPERIENCE. Mrs. Bagley—"1 Vet Mary go John.” thought you suid gained a prize in hei Mrs. Bagley— did think so, but T came te in house work: Mr. Bagley—* How sot” Mrs. Bagley—" Whi she actually t cases on the pillows without holding the pillows by her teeth.” AN AMBIGUOUS COMPLI- MENT. y mixture nt medicine you will never use any other.” “No.” was the reply, suppose I ever would.” MAL APROPOS, Jones attended a wed- ding the other day where the groom was an infantry officer. * One of the best branches of the service,” he remarked as he congratulated the bride; are so frequent that advancement is certain and rupid. HELPING HIM UP, comicbooks.com