Judge — 1888 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several short humorous pieces typical of Judge's satirical format: **"Coming Down the Hudson"** depicts a society woman confronting a canal-boat captain with insults, satirizing class tensions between wealthy passengers and working-class boatmen. **"When Cupid Snickered"** shows a domestic scene where a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, poking fun at romantic complications and marital deception. The remaining pieces—"For of Such is the King-dom," "Wasn't Fitted for It," "She Wanted to See It," "Fortunate," and "Old Chocolate as a Target Practice"—are brief jokes about mistaken identity, fishing misadventures, museum visits, umbrella loss, and marksmanship, all typical of Judge's light, observational humor aimed at late-19th/early-20th-century American readers.