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This page contains fashion commentary and brief satirical items rather than traditional political cartoons. The main piece, "Carl Pretzel's Fashions," is a humorous fashion column written in a heavy German-Jewish accent, mocking both contemporary women's fashion trends and the immigrant perspective observing them. References include bustle styles, "pompadored" sleeves, trained skirts, and the return of hoops—all 1880s concerns. The accent-heavy dialect itself is the satire, playing on stereotypes of German-Jewish immigrants as outsiders commenting on American fashion. The other brief items mock contemporary social issues: women entering medicine, the decline of honeymoon romance, and parental poor judgment in gift-giving. The page also includes an insurance company statement for Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. The humor relies on period-specific fashion knowledge and immigrant stereotype caricature—elements largely lost to modern readers unfamiliar with 1880s clothing terminology or vaudeville-style dialect humor.

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JUDGE 307 CARL PRETZELS FASHIONS. Dresses vas shtill cut biased on der gore ; go plenty on der gore, Shleefs vas cut * pompadored, mit some “looney drimmings” of point me out lace. Grannydeen makes a bully low-neck dress, A.“'Swiss over dot shkirt” vas more popular as Irish poplin. It is more neat und makes der bustle lift besser as der old shtyles of modern arkidecture. A pink velvet dress vas very beautiful in der sunlight vhen trimmed mit a couble layers black plums, It vas not a vulgar dress to inhabit vhile you vas par- dooking of a frugal meal around der dinner table, By all means obtain a “trained shkirt,”" dhen all der trouble of teaching it would been avoided, und vhen on it vill know its pishness, Hats vas shtill worn on der back of der neck, so dot eg could more easily display der false frizzes so popu- lar mit bald-headed maedchens, Black hats of all collars vas der rage now, und trimmed mit silk ribbons well watered. Dhere is an effort to bring hoops into shtyle again by der koobers, but lumber dealers are getting up a remon- shtrance about id. Kid glofes vas sometimes worn at funerals und balls, but as der shtyles insist ubon so many buttons dot der price for ‘en vas pooty high ub, der poor could only tolerate ‘em, Der shendlemens shtill wear close. Der shwell’s coat vas made now mit a cut dot vas copied from der shtyles of some andique hop merchant, or vat he is better known by as a dancing master, mit a volumnious quandidy of cotton on der end of cach shoulder to gib him ardificial shtrength, Der pandyloons vas going out of date shlowfully. Dhey vas getting pinched ub, like der present attitude of der money market. But vhile der “* palm leaf vas shtill a scarcity, I dink pandyloons vill run through der season or der lecks ; at least it is hoped so by der knight of der goose.—Vational Weekly. “Is marriage a failure?” We were always inclined to the negative: but Annie R. Aldrich has a little poem in Scrifncr's which somewhat shakes our convictions, It is about the worst indictment of matrimony we have yet seen. ‘The subject is “Snow.” Hear her: Last year I watched it drift, and said With leaping heart and happy sigh, “The fair earth wears her bridal robe, So, soon, please God, shall I.” y, with quiet heart, I see The little flakes go whirling. ** The fair earth wears her wi So, soon, please God, shall g-sheet, Sticking-plaster is what should be on the walls of houses. Orleans Picayuni A Parisian lady wears ball shoes with tiny watches set in the insteps. Presumably this enables her to keep time with her feet.—Chicago Times. A Cincinnati school-teacher was offered $15 in gold to learn the lessons she set for a twelve-year-old girl ina given time, and she tried it and failed. ‘The wonder is that she tried it. — Detroit Free Press. A cat-boat ought to be good in a squall,—Bosfon Gazette, THE END OF THE HONEYMOON. Young wife—"* How the world moves sie Gray, an old chum of mine, a grad ‘There's Bes- te of the nor- mal school, has just entered a medical college. She will soon be able to write M.D. after her name. Women are coming to the front, I tell you. Formerly girls were taught nothing but housekeeping.” Young hushand—"* Ves, and now they're taught every thing but housekeeping."—Aoston Courier, The small boy whose unwise father has given hima drum anda horn for Christmas somehow or other never seems to be the boy that breaks through the thin ice when he goes out skating.— Somerville Journal. ‘They have had some heavy snow storms in Canada already, and the farms are all covered. Some are covered th snow, and some are covered with mortgages.— Vonkers Statesman, In Germany it is said to indicate good luck to have a spider spin his web downward toward you, but bad luck when he rises toward you, It is also.a species of bad luck, if the spider is large, to have it drop down the back of your neck.—Oil City Blizsant, A Boston paper suggests that steeples be constructed with hinges at the base, so that they can turn them down for painting. Another brilliant architectural idea would be to have a rope and tackle suspended over theatres, so that when a fire broke out during a per- formance the house could be lifted six or eight feet and permit the audience to exit in all directions, Of course the floor should not be drawn up at the same time.— Norristown Herald, Russian count—" You nod gall dis winter, do you American freeman—" Wuh! If you want to see ter weather in this country that would make all Russia shiver just you wait till spring." Philadelphia Recond, A Newburg, N.Y., young man, Victor Beaumont, better known as “* Wild Horse Charlie,” announces that he will close his place of business about the middle of March and leave for Africa to go in quest of Stanley. It is to be hoped the various explorers who have started out to find this gentleman will not quarrel over him, when found, and bring him home piecemeal, —Post-£: George—" Will you iss me when I'm gone, Ethel?” Maud—"* Indeed I will, George—"" Then 1 shall be so happy.” Maud—"* So shall 1 be.” George—"" Ve what 2” Maud—" Mappy to miss you."—Buffalo Couri ‘The Boston Transcript says that “the bustle has almost gone." When it is entirely gone the editor of the Transcript may rest assured that his wife will get a new one. About one-half the applicants for charity who call on George W. Childs threaten to commit suicide if he re- fuses to aid them, and he bobs up and accedes to the demand, He doesn’t want his office mussed up.—De- trvit Free Press. “We are not hospitable, compared to the French,” says the New Vork Star. Right you are. It seems good to meet a real duke in Paris and hear him say, * George, old boy, come up and make my palace your Ex home while in Paree. Belva A. Lockwood defends the right and propriety of woman's proposing, in the New York World, I is for woman to propose and man to refuse, she insists. It turned out thus in the late election at least, and that's what's the matter with Belva, perhaps.—Detroit Free Press. STA’ TEMENT or The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, RICHARD A. Mc! For the year TOTAL ASSETS, - Increase in Assets, lus at four per cent., crease in Surplus, Policies in forco, Increase during year, Policies written, Tnerease during year, Risks assumed, Increase during year, Risks in force, - Increase during ‘year, Receipts from all sources, Increaso during year, '- Paid Policy:Holders, su CURDY, President. ending December 3ist, 1888. $126,082,153 56 = $7,275,301 68 $7,940,063 63 + $1)645,622 11 158,369 17,428 32,606 10, SOL $103,214,261 3 333°750:792 38 $482;125,184 36 $54,496,251 85 $26,215,032 62 $3,096,010 06 $14,727,550 22 THE ASSETS ARE IN’ Bonds and Mortgages, United States and ether securities, - Real Estate and Loans on collateral, anies at intorest, rrod and in transit, Etc., $3,248,172 46 Cash in Banks and Trust comp Interest accrued, Premiums de! VESTED AS FOLLOWS: $49,617,874 02 $48, :816, 3704 14. $21,788, 125 34 $2,813,277 60 $126,082,153 56 Thave carefully examined the foregoing statement and find the same to be correct. A. N. WATERHOUSE, Auditor. From the Surplus above stated a dividend will be apportioned as usual, Risks Risks Near; Assumed. Outstanding. Surplus. 1884.... + $34,681,420... 22... $851, 789,285... 00... 2. 84,743,771 1885....... 6. 46,507,189 .......... 368,981,441... 012, 6354 1886.....0..... 56,832,719. . 393 809.203 643,568, 1887... ...-.. 69,457,468. . 427,628,933... 6,204,442 1888. ....... +. 103,214,261. . 482,125,184............ 7,940,063 New Yous, January 23, 188. BOARD OF Lewis May, Ouver Ha Heo Ws ct OLYPHAN: nce F, Bakes Jos. THomPson, Dubey O.corr, Frrpenic Crouwaur, Juries T. Davins, Samvat E. Srrovtts, Hotpns, Heratany C. vow Post, Avexaxpen H. Rice, F. Rarcurorp Stank, ROBERT A. GRANNISS, ISAAC F. LLOYD. WILLIAM j. EASTON, FREDERIC SCHROEDER, WILLIAM H. BARTLETT, LL. TRUSTEES, Cuartes R. Hexpensony, Groxcn Buiss, Rures W. Pr fj Hlouanr Hew Wat, P. Dixox, Rowers A Nicuouas C. Mi ‘MRODORE Witttas Bancoc Prastow B. Poss, Wittiast D, Wasitnns, Srovvnsant Fisu, Avaustus D.Junitaxo, Cuarces B, Mitte. ad Vice-President. ‘Secretary. + Assistant Secretary, Actuary. ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, Assistant Actuary. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M.D., E. J. MARSH, M. WM. G. DAVIES, JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WM. P. SANDS, Cashier, WALTER R. GILLETTE, D., Medical Directors. Solicitor, De,