Judge, 1889-11-30 · page 4 of 18
Judge — November 30, 1889 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge contains multiple satirical items mocking American society and politics of the era (likely 1880s-90s based on style). The top cartoon depicts a horse-riding mishap, with the caption "Seasoned with Practice"—satirizing inexperienced riders. "Hum of the Court" collects brief witticisms poking fun at American foibles: the Keely motor (a famous fraudulent perpetual-motion device that defrauded investors), overcrowded rooms, and wasteful habits. "His Fortune" mocks the practice of treasure-hunting through absurd directions. The remaining quips target: American writers' pretensions, Democratic newspaper hypocrisy regarding Congressman Foraker, American tourists' loud behavior abroad, Vice-President Morton, Kentucky feuds (the Swope-Goodloe case), a criminal named Tascott, and a breach-of-promise lawsuit. The bottom cartoon shows an Italian bandit robbing someone—ethnic stereotyping typical of the era. Overall, Judge satirizes American greed, incompetence, violence, and moral hypocrisy.
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We pa SEASONED WITH PRACTICE. Mr, Hour His Neicupor’s an’ he’s got th’ shakin’ agug in it like the mischief.” HUM OF THE COURT. D*® TALMAGE puts it, “See Rome and go to the holy land.” MAN who has inv motor.” tigated it says there’s “something in the Keely Yes; several million dollars so far. A ROOM is thoroughly furnished only when it is so stuffed that you have to do:your living and dying in the hall outside. ARE MEN so given to blundering that they would burn their ten fect under water without a match, HIS FORTUNE, Mr. Bittso (reading card two blo ments.” ich the bird has picked out) ke first turn to the left, enter alley atthe right and a Jen treasure, I'll bet my suspenders !" Walk down it develop- Yas a man writes a successful book he becomes a pla- efore not ten persons out of our 60,000,000 ever write a successful book. THE MAN of the Norristown /eraid is grieved because those Jemo- editors who assume to sympathize with Foraker do not shed some tears for a Mr. Bigler of Pennsylvania, It does scem irrational for n to forget their own funerals and slop their tears over those of the hbors. “fraid he'll throw yer, sonny ?” ‘ot a mite ; I’m used ter joltin’, Dad's been spankin’ me over his left knee all my life, SO MANY Americans are popular in England that the people over there think of adopting American customs, even to the bad grammar and the revolver in the boot. MSS WILLARD didn’t speak earnestly enough against Vice-president Morton and his new hotel. Mr. Morton should have had no roof on his hotel, because the roof keeps out the bright and sparkling water. HE TWO Kentucky colonels, Swope and Goodloe, ought to have fought a formal duel, Failing to save themselves in that way, they soon became the two ghastliest corpses that even Kentucky ever saw HE LAST heard regarding Tascott was that he had gone to the Phila- delphia penitentiary for three months for forgery. But there are two of him in Winnipeg, one in Texas and another in Colorado, and justice will foil him yet. THE GRAND ARMY is made up of sensible men, whether they vote one ticket or another; and the folly of the Democratic press i pealing to the cheap prejudices supposed to exist in the grand arm natural exercise of the small boy who blows his wind at thistle-down, MISS GOODWELL of Detroit wanted twenty-five thousand dollars of Millionaire Fisher fur breach of promise, and compromised for five thousand dollars. That is not the usual Fisher's luck, because if Fisher had married a girl immodest enough to sue for breach of promise he would have been worse caught. T snaka ze Pietro (the bandit)—*You grabba ze watch, Beppo! pocketto-book !" = comicbooks.com