Judge, 1889-08-24 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 24, 1889 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humor pieces from European satirical papers: 1. **"Things One Would Wish to Have Expressed Differently"**: A couple in adjacent homes laments seeing little of each other despite sharing only a partition wall. The joke is the wife's dark comfort that at least they're separated—suggesting marital discord. 2. **"The Earlswood Totter"**: Mocks fashionable young men ("mashers") who've stopped slouching with hands in pockets, now walking in an affected, pretentious manner that supposedly reflects their shallow intellect. 3. **"The Musical Waiter During a Concert"**: Six comic illustrations showing a waiter's exaggerated physical reactions while serving during different musical pieces—he "marches" during "Marching Through Georgia," contorts during "The Anvil Chorus," bows low for soft passages, etc. The satire mocks both overly-dramatic musical interpretation and waiters' oblivious disruptions during performances. All three target Victorian social pretension and awkward manners.
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JUDGE HUMOR FROM EUROPEAN PAPERS. THINGS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY. “THE EARLSWOOD TOTTER.” OUR SEMI-DETACHED NEIGHBORS. Our mashers are still improving. They no longer Grace—"‘And yet, dear, how little we have seen of each other lately, considering there is only a enter the ball-room with their hands in their pockets. partition-wall between ‘They have adopted a mode of progression more in har- Eati.v—"' But then, dear, it is such a comfort to feel that you are on the other side.” mony with their mental structure, THE MUSICAL WAITER DURING A CONCERT. “Sorr AND Low.” (Sankey) STRAUSS WALTZ, “Tue Lost corn,” (Sullivan,) “Tie FUNERAL MARCH." (Mozart.) comicbooks.com