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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several brief humorous pieces targeting social conventions of the era: **"Unconsciously Sarcastic"** mocks a musician's pretension—a composer presents his work while living in a cramped "piano-bedstead" (apparently a bed-piano hybrid), unaware of the irony. **"The Modern Cupid"** jokes that Cupid now targets wallets rather than hearts in contemporary marriages—a critique of materialism in modern romance. **"The Sweet Girl-Graduate"** satirizes the newly educated woman, shown prioritizing dress-shopping over intellectual pursuits. **"Salaam!"** appears to mock exotic "Turkish" fashion trends among New York ("Gotham") society, with the speaker simultaneously reverent and dismissive toward immigrant or foreign aesthetic practices. The scattered other jokes target pretension, medical incompetence, and restaurant etiquette. Overall, the page reflects *Judge's* typical late-19th/early-20th-century satirical targets: social climbing, commercialism, and evolving gender roles.

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JUDGE SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. ‘T IS NOT intricacy of thought that moves the world. Genius lives, then shapes experience to words. Envy is a wicked little ripple that distorts everything reflected in what should be the placid waters of the soul. And the smallest ponds are the most inveterate ripplers. It has a wealth of names, pagan and Christian, this course-of-things which “makes for righteousn and it matters little whether we call it chance, fate, fortune, destiny, providence, or God. There are two kinds of happiness—one personal, one universal. The first is dependent upon persons, and fluctuates with their power or inclination to gi The other is gathered from the universe, enriching without impoverishing; and its source need never fail provided the soul retains its power of absorption. Let no one look to God for forgiveness. God never forgives. Is the single consequence of an act ever abated? Is the eternal list ever cut short for tears or prayers? If forgiveness comes at all it must be through the consequences of fail- ure or wrong-doing, not by an attempt to shirk these consequences or to thrust them off on to some one or something else. And forgiveness is finally subjective, developing from within, but coming from without never. KaTuaine CROsjRAn. NCONSCIOUSLY SARCASTIC. LEY (svith strong musical fervor) —"' Perhaps you'd ve me give you a rendering of my last ballad? It's called *'No sleep comes to my fevered bra His NeW LANDLA . f you are aware that that is a piano-bedstead | think you are very unkind to make fun of it.” THE MODERN CUPID, HAS very little to do with the modern marriage,” said Bagley. * Cupid's aim is getting weaker every day “Yes; he hits the pocket oftener than the heart,” replied Bayley. THE SWEET GIRL-GRADUATE, Where are you going, May?” wn to the dressmaker’s to get measured for my g A CHRONIC AFFLICTION. Docror Irrexiecker—" Vat seems to be der droubles?” Mrs, Soxentaua —"' Poor Natey's horse von py a head at Gravesent yess terday, unt der deat man aind peen able to shut he’s eyes since. NOT QUITE EXACT. EXAMINATION in sacred history Professor —"For what crime were Adam and driven from Eden?” : Pupil (alter a moment's hesitation) —" For—for—for killing their brother Abel. SALAAM! AS ONE who, ent'ring in a holy place, Rows low and feels a touch of saintliness; As one who, clothed in ordinary dress, Looks up to those adorned with silk and lace; As one who, looking in a maiden’s face, His heart aflame with thoughts she cannot guess, Hecomes at last full strong and terrorless, Anu in her eyes obtains the hoped-for grace ; nto thee, oh, ‘Turk unspeakable, ransplanted from the land of date and fig, A long and low obeisance do T make ; As yesterday, so do T see, thee still— Thy dirty fez and variegated rig, And scores of Gotham gamins in thy wake ! NATHAN a. LRvy AFRAID IT WOULD FOLLOW HIM. Watter (to diner) —"* Excuse me, sir; but whistling is not allowed in this restaurant.” Tw bullet m not disturbing any one, am 1?" TRICK —" It did, Corney ; an’ Oi wor tinkin’ av me hair Watter—«> but that la of cheese we got in is very hadn't been av good linth Oi'd had me whole hid blowed aff me sensitive.” comicbooks.com