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Judge — June 29, 1889 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes late 19th-century American political and social hypocrisy through multiple cartoons: **Top cartoon ("As the Finger-Bowls Went Around"):** Depicts wealthy dinner guests discussing a servant's lemonade while the accompanying text criticizes plutocracy in politics. It mocks how the wealthy (likely referencing politicians Vilas and Whitney) are treated with deference despite their questionable ethics, while similar corruption in religious institutions goes unchallenged. **"The House Against Itself":** References Alexander Sullivan and Irish-American internal conflicts, likely alluding to the 1889 Dr. Cronin murder case (a prominent Irish-American assassination). The satire criticizes Irish-Americans for organizing against each other rather than unified causes, contrasting their organizational talents with their destructive factionalism. **Bottom cartoons:** Brief social jokes about theatrical ambitions and burial practices. The page's overarching theme: American elites—political, religious, and social—practice the corruption they publicly condemn, while marginalized groups squander their potential through internal division.
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