Judge, 1888 · page 37 of 87
Judge — 1888 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's miscellaneous content. **"An Obliging Spirit"** depicts an Irish servant-hiring interview. The joke plays on ethnic stereotyping: the Irish servant (O'Murphy) claims she won't be "dictatorial" about visiting, but her broad accent and phrasing suggest working-class awkwardness—humor derived from immigrant dialect humor common to the era. **"Art Note"** satirizes pretentious art criticism through a fictional artist, M. Angelo Daubit, who supposedly created valuable work so impressive that New Mexico's "connoisseurs" demanded he leave pieces there. The title "The Scalp" suggests Western/Native American subject matter, mocking both artistic pretension and likely racist exoticization. **"A Terrible Revenge"** jokes about editorial malice: an editor agrees to publish a poem from a hated rival—as punishment, by publishing bad work publicly. The page also includes brief poems, dance instructions ("The Barber's Reel"), and advertising for Miller's Hotel. The content reflects late-19th/early-20th century American humor sensibilities: ethnic stereotyping, artistic satire, and workplace comedies.
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CHESTNUTS FROM JUDGE. AN OBLIGING SPIRIT. Mrs, Wetts (about to hire a new servant) Servant (interrupting)—“Och, go out w O'Murphy harrud, mum, or dictatorial loike.” | Now in regard to going out visiting, I—” | ver yez loikes; you'll not find Bridget | ART NOTE. “Qur gifted young townsman, Mr, M. Angelo Daubit, has just returned from a sketching trip to New Mexico. The con noisseurs of the locality insisted on his allowing some of his best work to remain there, although he has retained one example, entitled ‘The Scalp’ which he considers as valuable as anything his brush has been over,” POETICAL BRIEFS ADMITTED. How He Loves Her. “Oh, Henry, dost thou love me still?” She asks, while doubts beset her. “Yes, wife, I love thee very still,— The stiller, still the better.” Autumn Leaves. ‘Pray, help those Autumn leaves to press, For you can do it best !"” “Yes, darling, if you first will please Place them upon your breast.”” The Distinction. Mankind to two divisions tend; Those who borrow—those who lend. Some rare exceptions are displayed, — There Nature has an error made; They're man’s distinguishable feature From every other living creature, Complimentary. Said she: * Gaze on this charming view!” And waved her hand with airy grace: “The hills—the river,—ah! don't you Admire the beauty of the place?” He gazed upon the charming view, But more intently on her So wondrous fair; then said: “I do Admire the Beauty of the place.” Geo, BIRDsEYE. A TERRIBLE REVENGE. “I thought you hated Jones,” remarked an acquaintance to an editor. “T do.” “And yet you have written to him for his latest poem.” “I know it. Now I shall have my re- venge.” “How?” «I’m going to publish it"—Zx. There is a new machine that makes two thousand pins a minute. If new-born babes could but grasp this dark intelligence, what an apprehensive now! they would set up | MILLERS HOTEL, °** “THE BARBER'S REEL.” Cross over. Bay RUM Be FXTRE eA All hands round. NO TIOKI) Bend for Circulars. West 26th Street, New York. $2.50 per Bay. _sf Turkish, Electric and Roman Baths, and Massage. \.— comicbooks.com