Judge, 1888-05-05 · page 12 of 21
Judge — May 5, 1888 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two cartoons satirizing dime museum attractions and marital discord. **Left cartoon:** A "Stout Lady" bartender at a dime museum confronts a "Circassian Man" (likely a sideshow performer billed as exotic) about fighting with his wife. The joke mocks the absurdity of dime museums—cheap entertainment venues featuring human curiosities—where even the "exotic" attractions are merely ordinary people with domestic quarrels. **Right cartoon:** "The Fate of the Fakir Wig" depicts a Circassian Lady performer (identified by the label) with an angry man, likely a monk or authority figure. The caption "Blamed if that monk ain't out again!" suggests the fakir's elaborate wig—a prop enhancing the exotic illusion—has been removed or compromised, exposing the deception behind the sideshow act. Both cartoons ridicule dime museum performers as fraudulent attractions peddling fake exoticism to gullible audiences. The satire targets both the performers' pretense and the public's gullibility.
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