Judge, 1888-06-23 · page 10 of 16
Judge — June 23, 1888 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short comic vignettes satirizing contemporary social types and behaviors: **"Editors Usually Say They Are Going To"** mocks editors' unreliability—a child asks if her new stepfather (an editor) will stay, implying editors are notoriously absent or transient figures. **"Something in Checks"** plays on a tailor's double meaning: a wealthy young man asks for checkered pants while the tailor, owed money, responds "yes, have you?"—a financial dig at the client's empty pockets. **"His Name His Misfortune"** depicts a rejected suitor named "Kidder" (suggesting he's a joker or fraud) being refused by Mabel, who claims she must refuse because he once tried to make her laugh. **"The Major Part"** is a wordplay joke: Jones claims Major Smith's "discretion is the better part of valor"—but if you subtract Smith's discretion from his valor, nothing remains, suggesting Smith has no actual courage, only cautious restraint. The page is typical Judge humor: brief domestic and social jokes targeting recognizable character types of the era.
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JUDGE THE ANNOYED RABBIT; OR, “HE LAUGHS WHO LAUGHS LAST.” SO a eh cpm ll ans lr EDITORS USUALLY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO. SOMETHING IN CHE! Chicago little girl— Mamma, is my new papa an editor?” Gilded youth—\ want some pants, Mr. Tightlit, Have you a Chicago mamma—* Nes, Gertrude.” thing in checks ?” Chicago little girt—" Mamma, has he come to stay? Tailor (thinking of an amount overdue)—"* Yes; have you?” HIS NAME HIS MISFORTUNE, Mabel — No, Mr. Kidder; 1 can never be yours.” Kidder —* And is it thus you treat_me, after lead- . j "ee ae ing me on to hope for your h: ‘ Z ing think to escape without exp! fusing my love. Why will ye = Mabel — Because 1 ze i for save my life.” Is Vet gro of THE MAJOR PART. mun—* Major Smith says discretion is the bet- ter part of val thai Jones in his case, at least.” Brown —" How so? . Jones —" Vee if you subtract the discretion from Smith's valor nothing will remain.” ; \ comicbooks.com