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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* contains satirical commentary on contemporary 1880s-90s American politics and society rather than a single unified cartoon. The top illustration, "Incomprehensible," depicts a man explaining his marriage proposal by claiming membership in the Press Club—the joke being that journalists' cynicism makes romantic gestures seem absurd. "Hum of the Court" collects brief political jabs: mocking an unnamed ex-president's oratorical ambitions, criticizing the *London Times*' Irish fundraising, and referencing actress Lillie Langtry and Mary Anderson. References to "murderer Tascott" and Governor Hill appear to reference contemporary scandals now obscure. The bottom section, "A Florida Disappointment," shows two sketches of vernacular humor involving working-class characters discovering false expectations—one about a watermelon, another unclear without more context. The humor relies heavily on topical references and inside knowledge of 1880s-90s personalities and events that require historical research to fully decode.

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TowNLRY (who has popped the question without any of the usual amatory manifestations) — among other things? Miss Covte. never should have believed it." INCOMPREHENSIBLE, ‘ou didn't know, my dear, that I'm a member of the Press club, HUM OF THE COURT. HE EX-PRESIDENT is developing rapidly as an orator, and if he is dared to run for the chief office again we have no doubt he will take the stump. PROBABLY if the judgment were to occur on the 12th of March, as the blizzard did, the survivors would look for another judgment a year thereafter. THAT IS a very large sum which the London Times has contributed to the cause of Ireland, and it makes the stockholders of the Zzmes draw a long, damp sigh. TH ZY ARE arresting the murderer Tascott only about once a week now; but there is always a good deal of interesting “matter with d to how they are going to do it next time. rex Ills COUNTRY cannot get along without both Anderson and Lang- try.and hereafter when those ladies get their nervous prostration they will be good enough to have it only one at a time. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER says, speaking of John Wanamaker, that no Democratic cabinet minister “ever yet presided over a Sunday-school+ you bet" but a man would be very foolish to take such a bet as tha MBS: HARRISON is criticized because she signs herself Carrie, That a womanly privilege and its use is characteristic of the sex; but, dear, dear! if B. Harrison ever signs himself Bennie there will be a revolution. A BONELESS FISH would be more productive of amiability from Ash Wednesday to Easter than many sermons; but perhaps we shall catch him in some other state of existence. Ss" LOUIS to the contrary notwithstanding, Mary Anderson is a great and good actress, and whoever puts his voice on her except in the way of kindness is unworthy of the name of man. A MILLIONAIRE who recently died was a bachelor because, as he said, he always “too busy to marry.” Selfish man! What would have become of him if his father had been too busy to marry too? HE YOUNG LADY whom Governor Hill he isn't going to marry is said by those who have seen her to be worthy of anything in the shape of the last half of her surname, and happy is the man who gets it. “ IFTY YEARS AGO, according to a London society paper, no gentle- man smoked in the presence of ladies. It is a poor rule that doesn't work both ways, and here, we are pleased to say, no lady smokes in the presence of gentlemen. A MURDERER in Utica played the flute almost up to the hour of his execution. He had killed a man because the man objected to shar- ing his wife with him. We have frequently noticed that the finer feelings have a firm lodgment in the flintier kind of heart ; but if Nero had played the flute instead of the fiddle he would have snapped his string long before the regular moment for that interruption. ONE OF THE WHARF-boys—" Pull laik ole Satan, Clem! nigger’s a gainin’ on yer. Dat Jacksin A FLORIDA DISAPPOINTMENT. Cuorvs—"* "Tain’t a watahmillion aftah all. Only dat las’ new boadah up ter d’ hotel.” comicbooks.com \