Judge, 1889-04-06 · page 3 of 17
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis **Top Cartoon ("A Delicacy That Was Not Served"):** A woman (Miss Brytos, likely representing France) hosts a cooking-club reception. A count arrives late, hoping for French lunch, but is told this "doesn't happen to be a French lunch"—a joke about broken hospitality expectations. The satire appears to mock diplomatic relations or social pretense, possibly referencing Franco-American relations during a period of tension. **Bottom Cartoon ("Those Decayed Poles"):** A man and constable stand near a deteriorating pole. The man complains it's "the ugliest mugged const'ble," then the pole falls on him. The priest exclaims "Judas priest! Don't club me again, constable"—a visual pun playing on the fallen "pole" and the constable's club. The satire ridicules urban neglect or poor municipal maintenance that endangers citizens. Both cartoons use wordplay and visual humor typical of Judge's style.
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A DELICACY THAT WAS NOT SERVED. Miss Brytos 12 (at the cooking-elub receptiony—" Ah! 1 waz ze first one here. You'll pardon us, my dear count, but this doesn't happen to be a French lunch.” But nevaire mind, ladies. Ze early bird catch ze worm.” they will repair the neglect of the preceding administration in addressing themselves to the construction of fortifications and outdoing it in enlarge- ment of the navy. Our revenues are ample, and the time for judicious expenditure is when resources are in hand, rather than make loans on the future. A farmer who leaves his fences down to marauders, and yet deposits unproductive money in a bank, would be deemed demented. a national sense we have been as stupid as the short-sighted and oman, While the new dynamite guns, as far as tested, indicate a possibility of projecting six-hundred-pound shells of explosive glycerine, against which stecl-plated ships would be defenseless, these trials should be ‘re- peated to a point of certainty as a means of harbor defense. Any naval force that might attack a seaport of the United States could inflict more destruction, at a less expense to the aggressor, than by any other form of conflict. A bombardment of any Atlantic city would be more disastrous to us financially than the loss of Alsace and Lorraine to France, Every man in the republic has a personal interest in its defense. A blow struck on the seaboard would bruise even every farm in the west. All losses from foreign attack would have to be reimbursed out of the federal treasury, and add its amount to the public debt. THOSE DECAYED POLES. Mr. Carroit.—" Darned 'f that ain't th’ ugliest mugged const’ble I ever see!" (As the pole falls)—"* Judas priest! Don't club me agin, constable. didn’t think you ‘heered me, comicbooks.com