Judge, 1890-08-30 · page 16 of 16
Judge — August 30, 1890 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate satirical cartoons about tennis and social class in what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century. **Top cartoon:** A young woman (Miss Tousan) invites her uncle to play tennis, assuming he'll dress properly in "flannels" (white tennis wear). The humor lies in the contrast between her genteel expectations and the casual athleticism she proposes. **Bottom cartoon ("Right at Home"):** A rustic farm visitor is shown playing tennis in an ungainly, unrefined manner. His caption reveals he regularly takes "this way" through a farm, unaware such behavior wouldn't be tolerated in more refined, upper-class settings. The satire mocks the clash between rural informality and urban/aristocratic social conventions—the idea that country people lack awareness of proper decorum in polite society. Both cartoons target class differences and social pretension through depictions of tennis, which was then an exclusive upper-class sport.
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pe, vy : aS Woo Miss Toussax—"" Now, uncle, run up and put on, your @annels, and we'll have a crack at the tennisrbails.”* aL <P Free Gi BRR ESSN : ——"I go round this way half th’ time up t’ th’ farm, but I didn't know you'd allow it down here." RIGHT AT HOME. comicbooks.com