Judge, 1888-06-30 · page 4 of 16
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This page from **Judge** contains brief political and social jabs typical of 1880s American satirical journalism. Key targets include: **Political figures**: References to **Grover Cleveland** (appearing multiple times, suggesting he was a prominent figure—likely a presidential candidate or officeholder) and **G. Cleveland**, mocked for various perceived failings. The "Cleveland Collar" joke suggests exaggerated or ridiculous association with him. **Social commentary**: Jibes at wealth (Bonanza Mackay's expensive dinner service), class mobility (shop-girl marrying an Italian count), and professional hypocrisy (doctors hastening deaths through pessimistic newspaper reports). **Sporting humor**: A baseball reference mocking a player who wore a patch, suggesting poor play. The cartoons ("Not the Fault of the Hatter," "Above Suspicion," "Another Complaint") use visual humor about everyday absurdities—hats, gardens, complaints—typical of the magazine's approach to social satire.
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JUDGE side-board elsewhere situated and said sweetly, “ This is my department. He) yourselves, boys.” . THE CLEVELAND COLLAR has such extraordinary circumference that threatens to cut off the ears of every mugwump who wears it, A SHOP-GIRL of this city is to marry an Italian count. Love is a great leveler but we didn’t think any shop-girl would get as far down as that. ONANZA MACKAY has a dinner service that cost $195,000. If he dines ‘> accordance with those figures he will presently have such dyspepsia that he never dine at all. WE KNOW litte of the mysteries of base-ball; but a player who recently were a patch struck us as one who had been out, or who had perhaps been lef ENGL the centre base BAR EAP & SOME PAPERS of Democratic proctivities insist that the ticket should be 1 man and Cleveland at is so mean that we must suggest that it be T man and Mrs. Cleveland. THERE IS not a more intluential newspaper in the world than the New York Sir We would give more for its political opposition than for the political friendsivp of any other journal in the universe. THE DOCTORS tose their patients mostly through the newspaper bulletins nos, ‘Thus they killed off Dom Pedro, General Sheridan and his majesty Fred long before their time; and thus they sent to their long homes Charles O’Cono: Commodore Vanderbilt months and years before they were prepared to oc them. That is honorable, conscientious doctoring; and yet the time will come when it will be deemed unprofessional to lengthen hopelessness to the mere end of ‘ rr Aw—no--, Heeawn’t be. It must be your head—because . you know it's an English hat, you know." unnecessary misery. HUM. OF THE \ . | COURT. E WHO FIGHTS and is driven away will live to fight another.—Gray. CONVICT JAEHNE'S last hope is gone. God help his lawyers! What will they do now ? ARE for free trade, but, land. sakes! aren't we ashamed of it? — Democratic party. E HAVE had nocontidence in Oregon since the of them Tilden mules.— Sun. IR MRS. SHAW has whistled to the prince of Wales, and quite naturally he “Ge whitikens! If 1 didn't sce tew coons in this “ere patch doth follow her. ERSSaE toe bel.croy FROM ALL accounts Amélie Rives is yet to marry four live men and all the cemeteries yet to hear from ** DULL for the Shore” is favorite music at a fashionable watering-place, the lady of that name being a decided belle. S IT POSSIBLE that John R. Fellows thinks he is district attorney for the Ameri- can colonies of the various cities of Canada? Ht HURMAN takes snuff it will be the business of G. Cleveland to sneeze, and it mustn't be any half-way sneeze either. KENTUCKIAN says, “The man in Kentucky who doesn’t drink steals.” ‘There hasn't been a thief in Kentucky these ten years. [F_D. B HILL. should be snubbed again he would smooth with obsequious knees the ground that Grover Cleveland proposed to walk on. . LEGGETT writes a love-poem to his wife. Most men given to verse leggett alone after marriage, and this poem goes it very lame. T IS SAID that the duke of Marlborough will marry his divorced wife. When one considers how thoroughly the woman is acquainted with him that seems strange. HE LANGUAG able of much eccentricity. Thus, when the umpire said to the pitcher, * You curve too much,” the latter replied, "I don't curve I do ;" but they killed the pitcher instead of the umpire that time. S¢MRS. THURMAN takes charge of the apollinaris department,” said the old Roman the other day.“ Now, dear, go out into the front yard and hear the Becaats HOTHER: Ce NT tis birds sing.” Then, turing to the gentlemen present, the old Roman led them to a a ¢raiajtPut''m onder ground, darts ‘mit! comicbooks.com