Judge, 1889-08-17 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 17, 1889 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page reprints satirical cartoons from European publications. The humor focuses on Victorian-era social commentary: **"The First and the Last Tooth"**: Depicts an older man with a child, likely satirizing aging and mortality through dental humor. **"Happy Thought"**: Mocks the new electric lighting technology's unflattering effects on women's complexions, suggesting Japanese sunshades as a solution—poking fun at both vanity and the era's obsession with appearance under modern lighting. **"A Genuine Antique"**: A widow shows a baron her portrait, claiming it's from her youth. His response—that it "must have been painted by a very old master"—is a double insult: suggesting both the painting's age and implying she's aged considerably since it was made. These cartoons satirize contemporary concerns: technological change, female beauty standards, and social pretension among the wealthy.
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306 JUDGE HUMOR FROM EUROPEAN PAPERS. (0G SENSE. ‘These daily papers are awfully stupid. Here's be: ty, and not a word as to LAST TooTH, ti, HAPPY THOUGHT. The electric light, so favorable to furniture, wall-papers, pictures, screens, etc., is not always becoming to the female complexion. Light Japanese sunshades will be found invaluable. m ‘ A GENUINE ANTIQU Winow (copuctte)—"* Look at this picture, baron, It is a portrait of me Nervous c MAN (fo t2v0 sisters) — t to take one of you in to when Twas a me see—a—which is the eld a! You don’t say so? Well, it must have been painted by a very old master.” comicbooks.com