Judge, 1889-05-25 · page 7 of 18
Judge — May 25, 1889 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains multiple brief satirical pieces mocking contemporary social conventions: **"His Roland for Her Oliver"** contrasts rural and urban courtship values—a country cousin prefers honest apples; a city cousin applies the same materialistic logic to "pretty girls," suggesting urban superficiality. **"A Versatile Writer"** jokes that "Anonymous" is the most prolific modern poet, likely mocking either plagiarism or the trend of unsigned newspaper contributions. **"Love in Married Life"** compares marriage to a letter: initially charming but gradually becoming worn and neglected—a commentary on domestic disillusionment. Other brief pieces target pretension ("Fully Prepared"), editorial pessimism ("Its Influence Extended"), and female vanity ("Feminine Spite" and "An Airy Sphere"). The sketches use working-class dialect ("Dey's less than dere") for comedic effect. Overall, the page reflects Victorian-era middle-class anxieties about authenticity, gender roles, and urban versus rural life.
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JUDGE HIS ROLAND FOR HER ObIVER. Country cousin (as the desecrt goes round) —" Ch! give me that ene. Th red-cheeked apples are always the best. 1 wasn’t brought up on a farm for nothin; City cousin (sampling the pretty chee est him) —"And I wasn’t brought up in the city for nothing. It’s the same with pretty girls.” A VERSATILE WRITER, “What poet do you like best “TL have no favorite, but 1 think Anonymous is pulling pretty well up toward the front. 1 see lots of his work nowadays.” BY OUR LETTER-CARRIER. Love in married Ife is ton often like 7) 02a letter —nice and clean when first INSPIRATION. affixed, really charming, in fact, as it comes fresh from the printer's hands, but alas! how soon effaced; an un- se HERE'D you learn to sing sightly blot that no one cares for. Tike that ?"” fin asked of wre been trying, oh ! so long, prove my little song — at's the secret, then?" “Twill tell you, elfin, dear ; T get mine from pur Try it if you'd m: A SERMON IN PETTO. “Two things that we should learn to forget—The good we have done to others and the evil they have done to us.” FULLY PREPARED. George —" Clara, 1 have come ight prepared to know my fate from your father's lips.” Clara —"Are you fully pre- pared, George?" George—" Fully. 1 put five CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION. cents in the slot and got an acci- Foorsc re Wrvtry —" Say, Bill, is dey any more room i dent policy on my way up.” Usrasy Rackens —"* Dey’s less than dere will be if his ts der way he looks.” ITS INFLUENCE EXTENDED. FEMININE SPITE. Friend —* What was the matter with you yesterday ? Your editorials Bessie — Tom were pessimistic to the last degree.” n't worry about Jennie. She's very selfish and looks out for herself.” Editor —“\'m sure | don’t know—— Oh, yes, I do, too; the paste Merritt —" Ah, | see. Everything is number 1 with her except her ‘was sour.” shoes.” 1. = AN AIRY SPHERE. Mr. MacFaik—"'T had this one made to order, girls, and allow no one of : else to use it it's a bit difficult to bowl so large’ a ball, but there's _ Piy-oy —"* Say, mister ! you blowed her up too tight that time.” nothing like it after you get accustomed to it.” comicbooks.com