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This page contains multiple short satirical items typical of Judge's format. Key references include: **Political figures**: Thomas (new Speaker), Thomas Platt (politician), Gladstone (British PM), and the Kaiser are mentioned in brief quips mocking their positions or character. **Social commentary**: Items critique tariff debates, women's rights activism (Paris's "red-hot" feminist paper), the proposed World's Fair timing, and free-trade politics. **Race/diplomacy**: The Haiti item mocks Minister Douglass's rejection by Haiti due to his race—framed as ironic prejudice ("pot calling the kettle black"). **The cartoons**: The upper illustration titled "Musically Caught" shows a woman at a piano; the lower "A Cheeky Request" depicts a woman on horseback requesting a man ride badly to impress another woman—both gentle social humor. **Maggie Fox reference**: Attacks the spiritualist medium for contradicting herself on spiritualism's validity. The page emphasizes political hypocrisy, gender relations, and American social pretensions in typical 1880s-90s satirical style.

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THOMAS, the new speak- er, belongs to the right B. Reed. THOMAS PLATT just rolls sin clover. Where does he live? He lives all over. eee TO CONGRESS—Any- thing with regard to the tariff will be found to be far better than nothing. Me. GLADSTONE can take no title that wil do him half the honor of his unadorned and grand old name. S6P)ISBAND the army,” says the Troy Press. “Freemen need no such thing.” Perhaps not; but Indians do. eee F THE defenders of ex- press cars had half the courage of the men who rob them there wouldn't be a train-robbery once in five hom years, ARIS has a red-hot woman's-rights paper, We hasten to announce its beginning, that the announcement of its death in next w paper may be fairly understood. CHICAGO now thinks it can get the world’s fair if it can be post- poned to ’g3 or ‘94. Let us see. The fourth centennial of some momentous event is to be celebrated, isn’t it? T THEM get together!” exclaims the Milwaukee Sentine/, 5] ing of the free-traders. Take notice of this, Inspector Byrn They may select New York as the place to do it in. © Miss Benson —" Why, it's ‘The Pirate's Lair,’ by Sullivan,” 155 AYTI objects to Minister Douglass because he is black. This is the worst case of pot calling the ket- tle black that has yct trans- pired. B WHEN MARTIN TUP- PER last came here he gave greeting to America in verses published the day of his arriv: Doubtless he s equally magnanimous in behalf of paradise. eee F THE KAISER comes here he will find that we rave and gush over royalty, especially the sex that can’t vote; but if he were to come with the slightest assumption of power he would be shot back to the middle of the Atlantic before he had half achance to land. It is well to mingle our shouts of pa- triotism with our tears over our little weaknesses. cae MUSICALLY CAUGHT. Dimaick —'* What is that tune, Miss Martha? In some way or other it reminds me of ce.” AGGIE FOX was for many years a spiritist. Then che announced that spiritism was a humbug, and through all those years she acted a lie, Now she says she lied when she renounced spiritism, and that it is a living thing and a mighty force. Js there anybody who thinks he knows how and when to believe Maggie Fox? HE FIRST number of Kate Field's Washington will be issued Janu- ary 1. Miss Field makes no claim to the ownership of the late Mr. George Washington, merely assuming to possess the city of Washington of the existing moment. She is a bright woman, with vast experience as writer, lecturer, edor, manager, ctc., and her weekly will be worth twice the money it costs. A CHEEKY REQUEST. ill you do me a favor, Mr. Dinkel 2” M FOMERY se horse is restive) —"* ‘IME RIDING - MASTER —"* With pleasure, madam, Mrs, MONTGOMERY *Ride as awkwardly as you can until Miss Kiddleberger gets by, as I want her to think you are my gentleman escort.” comicbooks.com