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This page contains several brief satirical sketches typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. **"An Emotional Actress"** mocks theatrical pretension: an actress delivers a dramatically moving performance, but the moment she exits offstage, her refined manner vanishes—she shouts coarsely for a beer, exposing the artifice of her performance. **"Might Make a Difference"** jokes about regional dialect: a visitor notes the mother speaks poor English after moving west, which the daughter attributes to new false teeth from Detroit—implying the teeth, not geography, caused the accent change. **"A New Business"** satirizes post-war opportunism: building lots by filling New Jersey swamps represents exploiting environmental conditions for profit. **"Sentences Passed by the Judge"** is a philosophical essay on gender differences in love and reason, not satire. The remaining sketches ("He Had Satisfaction," "A Matter of Surprise," "A Cape May Aquarelle") are brief comic dialogues about courtship, museum visitors, and seaside encounters—typical light social humor without specific political references.

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JUDGE AN EMOTIONAL ACTRESS. HE HOUSE was darkened for the scene, Low sobbed the music’s moan ; With arms outstretched she wandered in ‘And held the stage alone. Her voice stole through the breathless hush In silvery tones, subdued ; Heart-broken pathos thrilled and filled That listening multitude. ‘The exaltation of her look, Her pure and noble grace, Combined with drapery, seemed to make ‘A temple of the place. Across the green-baize garden-swand, Where trembling moonlight veered, She trailed her long whitesatin train ‘And slowly disappeared. Still for a moment more ber spell But as she passed into the wings The audience beguiled, Her voice rang shrill and clear— ‘When thunders shook the roof and walls “Oh, where the mischief is that girl? And handkerchiefs went wild. Matilda, bring my beer MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Visitor —" It seems to me that your mother doesn’t talk as pure English as before she went west. Daughter -— Well, to tell you the truth, she doesn’t.” Visitor —* What has made the difference?" Daughter —" We don't know; unless it is the new set of teeth ma got in Detroit.” A PERVERSION OF WAR MATERIAL. Mas. Mossnose. (visiting her son at college) —"Ah, Jack, you caught Poor, dear boy! I noticed tha pin-cushions were empty, and as Thad a paper in my reticule I'm filling them. A NEW BUSINESS, “What is your business sked one traveler of another, was the answer. “Oh, no- in Jersey. [am building lots by filling in the swamps.” HE HAD SATISFACTION. Irate father (entering parlor suddenly) —" See here, you young sprig! what you trying to hold my daughter for? She's got too much modesty to sanction any nonsense like that, I’m sure. Young sprig—“On the contrary, sir, I find that modesty sits exceedingly well on youth.” A MATTER OF SURPRISE. Mr. MANAFPRY (af the art museum)—"' Thim old fellys had chake, Norah. Mxs. Manarrey —" How, John?” Mx. MANARFEY—""'I" be givin’ a kid like thot fire-ar-rms t" play wid.” SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. MEN DIFFER from women more than women differ from men, Logic isa fine thing. A man may reason out a moral proposition and come as near to the correct solution as his instincts would have led him—almost. We love our friend in spite of his faults, while the more perfect appeal to us in vain, It is even possible to love him the better for them—if the sinning is not There are those who make marriage a matter of mere convenience and But as an offset to this there will always be those who per- sist in loving the most unreasonable objects at the most inopportune time, and others who grow famous in a garret on water and a crust. After all, perhaps one should not be too severe upon the users of slang. It is said to take two or three generations of popular usage to make a slang word nteel. Is it not, then, that we are the rather indebted to the classes ing to assume this responsibility for sake of the thousandth word ? is of two distinct varieties—the spontancous, which springs forth to meet the demands of the occasion, and the imitative. ‘The former often deserves ——— ; : Pia : sides A CAPE MAY AQUARELLE. to be incorporated into a language, and frequently is, if need of its service is ; Bariter—"* What's that?” permanent; while the latter merely serves to fill the mouths of those whose cerebral development has been unfortunately arrested. ; Dh, all right; chuck it’in, I thought some darn fool KaTnuuNk Gkuspean, Was senaing in his card.” comicbooks.com