Judge, 1890-06-07 · page 4 of 16
Judge — June 7, 1890 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents a nine-panel satirical comic sequence depicting animals (appearing to be monkeys or apes) discovering and mishandling packages labeled "J. Mullins," "USS Humper," and "Bombay." The sequence shows progressive destruction of the contents through each panel. The accompanying text snippets mock various contemporary topics: French colonial violence in Dahomey, misdirected rain prayers in Minnesota, actress Mrs. Potter's thin appearance (compared unfavorably to Sarah Bernhardt), and Vassar College's twenty-fifth anniversary. The main cartoon's humor likely satirizes careless handling of gifts or goods shipped overseas (the "gift-box from home" reference), using animal characters to suggest incompetence or barbarism—a crude visual metaphor common to 1890s-era satirical publications. The specific package labels and progressive deterioration suggest commentary on colonial trade, military supplies, or emigrant parcels, though the exact reference remains unclear without additional context about the "tar, tart, and tiger" in the subtitle.
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|. J MULLINS | NY “uss. > 3 HUM OF THE COURT. FIVE women soldiers were beheaded by the French in Dahomey. ‘That is sad—that is brutal. But the women killed with quite the skill of males and, by the hat is sad and brutal too. RAYERS FOR RAIN were re- cently ordered in every Catholic church in Minnesota. Those people had better locate their rains geograph- ically. Most of the petitions have been answered with such misdirected potency that the east is two-thirds drowned, THE GIFT-BOX FROM HOME; OR, THE TAR, THE TART, AND THE TIGER. HE PAPERS of Australia declare indignantly that Mrs, Potter is composed wholly of skin and bone. Therein, let us remind them, she re- sembles Bernhardt and our Mary; the latter can act, however, and therein she doesn’t. VASSAR is to celebrate her twenty- fifth anniversary, This may be looked upon as the composite confes- sion. No gitl ever reaches her twenty- fifth year; but a large gathering of girls can do so, each conferring up- on her several sisters that frank ac- knowledgment. comicbooks.com