Judge, 1890-01-18 · page 4 of 16
Judge — January 18, 1890 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains brief satirical commentary on contemporary 1890s social and political topics, rather than a single unified cartoon. The top illustration labeled "Useful Experience" depicts an accident involving a horse-drawn carriage, referencing "Mlle. Le Grande (late of Barnum's)"—apparently a performer from Barnum's circus known for handling such situations. The "Hum of the Court" section consists of short jokes about: - Wealthy marriages (Murat's remarriage, Adelina Patti's expensive singing fees) - Divorce laws in Japan - Poet John Greenleaf Whittier's continued vitality - Alfred Tennyson's refusal to sign autographs - Various scandals involving named individuals (Lederer, Prince Henry/Mr. Beatrice) - Social commentary on wealth, divorce, and relationships The satire targets hypocrisy, excessive wealth, and absurdities in high society and celebrity culture of the Gilded Age. Most references are to now-obscure contemporary figures and events.
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It looked as if there was going to be a dreadful accident. USEFUL EXPERIENCE. —Dut Mlle, Le Grande (late of Barnum’s) was equal to the occasion, HUM OF THE GOURT. ITH MURAT repurchased by Miss Caldwell, the year begins brisk in the matter of financial matrimony. KEELY continues to make reports, and the most astonishing parts of them are those which call for a little more money. PATTI WILL sing for you for four thousand dollars « night and found but if you lose her at that rate that will be your gain. THINGS ARE pretty evenly balanced in this world. The rich girl may have all the money, but the poor one has all the beauty. 66] HELL a place 2” asks a Philadelphia paper. What nonsense! The Philadelphia paper will be inquiring about St. Louis next. WARD Mca R has re-established himself, and as he will have nothing to do with the fair of '92 he is likely to stay where he is now. HE NEW SOUTH is conciliatory. It wants slavery, including the sh; but it is mild and gentle, and is willing to give it some other name. WHEN THE DAILIES are short of news they show conclusi Miss Anderson is sane and then proceed diligently to pick out hus- bands for her. YOUTH of Chicago it to be expelled from Yale college for giving champagne to a_ bear; yet we think a youth who would do that is just fit for the business. T MAY always be said with truth that the czar is in a pitiable state, and this whether he has skipped a bomb or mere- ly escaped the regular dose of poison in his soup. E DIDN'T think that anything wise could come out of Chicago, but the Inter-Ocean says with much gravity, “It is better to hit the on the head than on the finger.” [TIS NOTED as a sin fact that no officer or stock- holder of the clectric-light com- panies has been killed. The Telegram says they are able to hire men to die for them. Let us hope they will present- ly hire men with a little con. science to live for them. [8 JAPAN you can get a divorce in four hours for two dollars. That is a great waste of time if the woman is a native; you really ought to get the divorce before the marriage certificate. UDGING from his last poem, John Greenleaf Whittier can write twenty years ‘yet with all the strength and purity of his earlier years. Our poets don't grow old after the fashion of Baron Tennyson. so HY SHOULD I encourage the madness of the people?” asks Tennyson in refusing an autograph. If Alfred looks upon such requests as madness how little his large head compliments itself. T WAS SHOWN that Mr, Lederer had not married the young woman with whom he lived. This was such a triumph of virtue that the ghter of Lawyer Newcombe immediately went to his open arms. SO\VHEN I READ the ‘Inferno,”” says a Philadelphia clergyman, I tremble at every line.” We didn’t think a man who could read the ‘ Inferno’ in that way could have human nature enough to tremble at anything R. BEATRICE, otherwise Prince Henry, advertised himself as for sale to some woman with money before he became Mr. Beatrice. The queen is offended at this, but surely it is as much a bargain in her case as it would have been with the other mother-in-law: = FOR LOVE has as contagious as It must be sweet to ung man or young wo- man to reflect that they are leaving an unobstructed path for their rivals to the objects of their adoration; but they ought to be generous enough to leave funds for the liquida- tion of the funeral expenses. HALLET accus- wife, formerly our Schaumberg, of disgrace- cy with a friend of his, But it is the old story— he wanted her money and an- other woman, and is highly in- censed because she wouldn't be content with his name. Some day one of these women of wealth and beauty must marry an American, It must BEFORE THE FLAT-IRON WAS FIRED. have been observed that the ME PAPANTI —"*Ze littel Jocketto getta so lonesome T bringa him over to playa !atter can’t get a wealthy Eng- lish woman—she won't let him. comicbooks.co