Judge, 1888-01-21 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 21, 1888 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several humorous sketches satirizing courtship, parenting, and social behavior of the era. **"Cutter Finger"** (top): A young woman complains that her suitor obsesses over her appearance—her "sapphire" eyes and tiny finger—yet she finds his constant hand-holding and theatrical attention tedious. The satire targets affected romantic behavior and male flattery that lacks genuine substance. **"Logical" and "Cause and Effect"**: Brief joke segments about faulty reasoning—a child's illogical conclusion about hygiene, and a husband's oblivious comment about choosing a deaf wife (who's also "dumb"). **"Two Ways of Doing It"**: Contrasts feminine manipulation (making someone laugh) versus direct action (a child fighting back after being hit). **"Well Brought Up"** (bottom): An Irish immigrant father ("Mister Raser") proudly describes buying his child a "baby jumper" as proper child-rearing, but the device apparently causes chaos. The satire mocks both working-class parenting methods and possibly new commercial child-care products. The overall tone reflects late-19th/early-20th century middle-class anxieties about courtship, discipline, and modern parenting.
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HE says my eyes are sapphires, My li hue, And then a box the calf hires, As other boobies do. He holds my hand so tightly, It's time that I demurred, And I try to hint politely ‘That it’s really quite absurd. LOGICAL. has eyes considerably at table he was fingel Master Bol The other ¢ want to eat “But you must eat it, since you touched it,” insisted his fatl “All right," replies Tommy. “Then if T put my finger in the eram-jug must [drink it all up? ger than his stomach. ng a piece of bread he did not TWO WAYS OF DOING IT. From a pretty woman's album, \ stupid fellow compliments a woman on her pretty teeth, but erone makes her laugh.” . A child was playing with some other children when it be cry on account of having received a smart slap in the face of its companions “You must hit the nasty thing back,” says nurse, who had never read the seri “But I hit it back f-f-£-first,” sobbed the enterprising infant. He says my little finge? Is the tiniest ever seen, And between the acts doth linger In the footlight’s silver sheen. And I listen to the drama, Though I do not hear a word, So I wish he'd » his clamor Or ring in something on my third. PRARL EYTINOE. CAUSE AND EFEECT. an to none on the mount. er you chose a wife that’s deaf; tell, how did that come ? aps; but you forget, friend Jef, That she is also dumb.” WELL BROUGHT UP, Mister Raser—" De nebburs can't say dat we don't pay no ‘tention ter ‘ringin® up our ehillern, Phebe. I done git dis yer baby juinpah fer ‘ittle Petey.” de charid Mas, Raster (a moment after the spring got in ite work)—" Merciful Voodoo! Whar's comicbooks.com