Judge, 1888-06-09 · page 13 of 16
Judge — June 9, 1888 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. However, it contains one small cartoon joke: ## The Cartoon In the upper right, beneath the Pears' Soap advertisement, there's a brief dialogue: An "Omaha man" asks a woman at a women's congress in Washington: "What is it for?" She responds that the congress exists "to remove the evils which cry aloud." He replies: "For my part I see why any woman of sense should take a baby to the theatre, anyhow." ## The Satire This is a dismissive joke about women's activism and reform movements. The man's non-sequitur response—pivoting to an unrelated complaint about women bringing babies to theaters—mocks the seriousness of women's political organizing. It suggests women's reform efforts are trivial and that men have equally valid (if petty) grievances. The humor relies on belittling women's civic participation, reflecting the magazine's conservative editorial stance on women's suffrage and political engagement.
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