Judge, 1889-02-23 · page 4 of 18
Judge — February 23, 1889 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of late 19th-century American humor: **"SHOCKING!"** mocks Victorian propriety through a child's innocent report of seeing the church rector's *pants* fall down during service—the grandmother's scandalized reaction suggests the era's extreme prudishness. **"IT WORKED"** jokes about a doctor dismissing a patient's serious yellow fever as trivial—satire of medical indifference or incompetence. **"HUM OF THE COURT"** affectionately parodies George Washington through exaggerated "facts" (he never smoked, never smiled, wore gold buckles while others had nothing). This celebrates American history while gently mocking reverence for the Founding Father. The remaining pieces are brief satirical quips on contemporary topics: German socialism, the novel "Robert Elsmere," Cleopatra, and President Harrison's "Southern Policy" (Reconstruction-era politics). The illustrations depict theatrical scenes and social situations supporting these comedic commentaries on manners, medicine, history, and politics.
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SHOCKING! HE, smallest wheel in the rector’s clock, The busiest worker in that queer mill Grew tired of hearing the same tic So'a Sunday mrnina it Sond stocksauil! a What she was thinking we could But a look of shame and of shocked surprise ‘Over her face like a shadow fell What did you see at the church, my sweet?” randmother, ke (ed chin, just a area, long He had to hurry %, | suppose Said the innocent child, while her round eyes shone, ss, any more, queer it did look !* MAY RILEY SMITH, IT WORKED. ONE. OF THE MANY INQUISHTIVE GAZERS (0 anthulance doctor)—"* What's the trouble with the man, doctor Doctor (ho hates a croit)—" Oh, nothing much; simply a case of yellow fever, that’s all HUM OF THE COURT. WASHINGTON had only one mother, but she was sufficient for the man and the various occasi G WASHINGTON never smoked cigarettes. * to the fact that he never smoked at all. Perhaps this was due = WERE never very many disputes between George and Martha. George w novice and Martha had been there. OUR FRIEND GEORC ‘as never hilarious; but occasionally, when he was particulat ionate in his relations with Martha, he would cross his legs and say in a shrill, small voice, “ Hooray for Custis !" Because Custis was dead. T MAY be said of George that he never vetoed a pension bill. It may be added that during the eight years of his presidential term the country was so infernally poor that it confined itself. not to creating pen- sions, but to a desperate effort to pay a few of its debts. [7 MUST be admitted that George wore knee-breeches; but in those troublesome times anybody had to wear whatever he had, and some of the bovs didn’t have so much as the cheap buckle, necessary to sustain the exposure. Hower said that he had a fa . George's buckle was of gold, and it must be -to-tolerable leg. AN ACCIDENT OF THE Wire-vrer nee chief — traitor shall igwam of the great red m: Pereeen Dick (the scout, wander his breath) — stormin’ chump! You've got holt of some of my real ha he scalp of the white ere, you barn- Bo ARCK HAS EYES of avarice for all the world; but the German socialist will be satistied with what he can get at home. THER & ARE TWO chapters in “Robert: Elsmere” in which there is not a deluge of rain followed by a gray mist. In these chapters the mist is omitted. CLEOPATRA was not timid, Mrs, Potter: but when she applied the asp she did it somewhat surreptitiously, and her k to her imaginary audience THEY SAY that George was never known to smile. In view of the wideness and the supposed flexibility of his lips, that was a great loss to his beloved country THE SOUTHERN POLICY of President Harrison may be dis- missed with a non-committal sneeze. Of the four points of the national compass there is not one that is entitled to especial consider- ation as long as it behaves itself. Docror—" Never mind, Jack: needn't bring the man down. step up stairs and set his leg. TH just It's a Simple fracture of the leg bone.”