Judge, 1888-01-07 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 7, 1888 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief satirical pieces typical of 19th-century American humor magazines: **"The Sorrows of the Skirt"** (top): A poem lamenting women's restrictive Victorian clothing—the heavy skirts, corsets, and bustles that required constant adjustment. The accompanying illustration shows a bedraggled woman in the rain. The satire mocks both the impracticality of fashionable dress and women's resigned acceptance of discomfort in pursuit of style. **"Enough to Scare Him"** and other brief jokes: Simple punchlines about a boy worried about mushrooms, a "tramp printer" objecting to his job title, and other everyday absurdities. **"A Dire Warning"**: A humorous cautionary verse about a woman trying on ice skates while wearing a bustled skirt full of papers—poking fun at women navigating modern activities in impractical Victorian fashion. The satire throughout targets the gap between fashionable femininity and practical reality, a recurring Judge theme reflecting period anxieties about women's clothing and social roles.
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ITH countenance forlorn, With limbs as heavy A woman sat in a jolt Holding hi Drip, drip, drip, aching h JUDGE And kirtles were latest style ; A little freedom would ea But in a narrow press They're closely tied, for 0 ragscul Might tear the folds of my dress. Drag, drag, drag, In the dull December light. And drag. drag, drag When the weather Band and bustl ‘Seam and t warm and bright : dl seam, je and band, I cautiously shift or try to lift As well as T can with one hand, And why do I talk of art ? Of Venus de Medici # In. my wildest dreams she scarcely seems ‘To look anything like me. She looks unlike to ne Because of the clothes L we: Ah, why is gold so plentiful And tasteful dress so rare? Hitch, hitch, hitch Feil a puddle of watery dirt Ttug, T pa As ina low v She sang th Drip, drip, drip, . with quiv ng of the skirt, ng lip, a waterproof : p. drip, Oh! but for one short hour To smile as they used to stile, When dec te was never anu fait, ENOUGH TO SCARE HIM. “What has ‘ou food for such earnest reflection, my young friend 7" asked the minister at the Sunday :, meeting little Johnny sitting silently by the roadsid ing,” replied the penitent young scamp, len a mushroom or a toad-stool.” I was wonde whether [had just ¢ HE OBJECTED. “You're a tramp printer,” said the editor toa man who had been given employment during a strike.“ You'd better put on your things and = “Oh, TM go fast enough,” the fellow repli “bute there's one thing T want you to understand—I object to the epithet * printe A SUGGESTION. Why net utilize those cape ulstens instead of hiding the face with thow euor bouquets ¥ With countenance forlorn, With limbs as he The woman got out « anging her aching he Switch, switch, swite Right into a pi And still in a vo i to tak ar, Wherever y take it with you A LONG MEMORY. Conversation between a traveler and a lad of six or seven: * Your grandfather there seems very old. Do you know what his age No, sir; 1 couldn't exactly say young. ; but Pm sure he can't be very He's always been about the house as long as I can remember.” A DIRE WARNING. Cease all foibles, stop your ¢ Humbly bow before the fates Jami her bustle full of papers, She is trying on her skates. TRAVELERS’ TALES. pt?” remarked one of two friends from the south of r, the pyramids, our eggs were actually cooked in n. Oh, that’s nothing compared with 7 ous to leave them exposed ev zibar,” replied the other: 1 te the moonlight.” comicbooks.com