Judge, 1888-02-25 · page 5 of 16
Judge — February 25, 1888 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical sketches typical of late 19th-century American humor magazines: **"Misdirection"** mocks romantic dishonesty—a man professes love while his actions betray indifference, using flowery language to mask infidelity. **"Old Chocolate's Target Practice"** uses dialect humor (characteristic of the era's problematic racial comedy) about a man shooting at targets. **"A Shocking Hypothesis"** jokes about a bathhouse misunderstanding where an English customer loses his clothes. **"A Modern Comparison"** satirizes social pretense among the wealthy regarding courtship coldness. **"Frankness"** ironically depicts a man proudly displaying his wife's false teeth to a visitor—humor based on dental prosthetics and marital embarrassment. **"A New Use"** makes an off-color joke about using a piano as furniture for raising rabbits. The remaining sketches address legal testimony, journalism mishaps, and courtship anxieties through brief comedic exchanges. Overall, this reflects Judge's focus on wordplay, social awkwardness, and domestic situations rather than political commentary.
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JUDGE MISDIRECTION. HE told her love and did not let Concealment, like a blighting worm, Feed on the roses of her cheek Or do her other beauties harm, Her aspect modest w: I meek: Ani yet there was no epith E’er known to honest arden That she did not pronounce to me ! Her eyes downcast in diffidener— Her half-turned hea suffused, hands u , her trembling lips, smployed, ny tell-tale slips of silk they toyed When she For loving John instead of me, timed an apology Hit am sometimes pleasant toe Vink wat yo" dissent say: De lazy man wudn’ wuek any hahdah ef he had fo" h No tishaliman kin tell wat he's un’ de brook. ty be time wasted, ob de man wat whittles Aman tay stub ‘is toe to-d but rui an’ maybe “is neck de day aftals, De apples dat hang oba de fence inde mad may belong toe de fah- mah, but yo" can't make de tra ak struttin’ roun’ in tine clo” Lis dat wid ‘is fed. dersotf de pe wudn’ be no han’: sumah en de pullet. A SHOCKING HYPOTHESIS. Ina French bathing establish- ment An English customer pokes his head outside the door of one of the ills to the attendant: could have gone off users? I can’t find them mous “ Whate with my tr anywhere! Attewlant—" Is monsieur quite sure he had them on when he came in? AMATEUR CONTORTIONIOT —"* aeeraed En coins nut or tie omnertena A MODERN COMPARISON. Bagley vafter the ball)—" Did vou find Miss Recherche of Boston as cold as usual tonight # Bai Well. 1 think if that ve SHOCKING. kins has gone i to the Well, well, he used to be fellow, What did you was doing ¢* He's paragrapher on a Buffalo newspaper.” FRANKNESS. * Allow me to con gratulate you, my dear fellow, on hav: ing so charming a Isn’tshe though? Txt you notice her teeth? Co here, Pauline, show the gentler the 1h set I gave you.” ndsome 1 A NEW USE. After a concert “Do you like the sone young miss of an: other, “Oh, so much!” * Indeed?” "Yes, a most uable instrument: and then one can raise nebbits so nicely in the box that it comes in.” HE SueemseD HIMSELF, 1, Billy, when I goes into dis harril, you just turn. stands behind the curtain has presentable hands, 7. JEPPERNON INCREDULOUS MAMMA. A young school-yirl hase may n't 1 does, and she isn’t than Iam. I peeped into her book the other day and the last two lines read, * and lived 1 Manmma— my dear: al wasn'ta romanee, was a fi tale.” A LEGAL QUESTION. Taucyer (to witnessy—"* You say your busin you to go . will you tell day you came up trom the basement ¢ KNEW IT BY ane EAR-MARKS. News editor —" Here's a telegi about a fire, but the name of the city is written so illegibly that I cannot make it out.” Managing editor—* Does it. say ything about the building being gutted ?” News editor—** Yes.” Managing editor—" Date cago and let it it Chi THE BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG. Fligible young man" Oh this year will amount ing.” Mamma-- noth- makes you ible young man bought a bull-de s won't dare now.” © Pa has just dT know the 10. come to the house Chrome low speerits b'ar de same relation toe de min’ dat povahty do toe de wallet.” comicbooks.com