Judge, 1890-10-18 · page 15 of 16
Judge — October 18, 1890 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and hotel listings** with minimal cartoon content. The main satirical elements are brief jokes scattered among advertisements. The most notable humor appears in dialogue snippets: 1. **Irish maid joke**: A brief exchange between two Irish domestic workers ("Norah" and "Bridget") about spousal violence, presenting domestic abuse as humorous fodder—reflecting period attitudes that normalized such violence. 2. **Old maids joke**: A boy asks why old maids resemble angels in heaven, punchline being they "neither marry nor are given in marriage"—satirizing the social anxiety around unmarried women. 3. **The shirt joke**: A husband deduces his daughter has lost her morals because she's wearing men's shirts, implying that adopting masculine clothing signals moral degradation—commentary on 1890s gender anxieties about women's changing roles. The page is dominated by hotel advertisements targeting commercial travelers (salesmen) and product ads (typewriters, bitters, razors, cigars). The satirical content is secondary—brief, mild social commentary reflecting Victorian-era prejudices about gender, class, and Irish immigrants.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE Judge’s National Hotel Guide. LJvooe esrrcaiiy Recommencs Txt HOTELS KAMED BELOW, Ca] [URGES ITS 200,000 COMMERCIAL-TRAVELER READERS TO PATRONIZE THEM. Norah (of Washington) —* Does yer husband iver bate ye?” Bridget (also of Washington) —‘* Niver. You buy He sometoimes stroikes at me but he niver hits me— Lsplane og We aoieeh eka Tepe. me, a Remington Standard Typewriter NEW YORK CITY. BREVOORT HOUSE, Fifth Avenue (near Washington square), New York, 0. B. Linsy, HOTEL GLENHAM, Fifth Avenue (between arst and 22d sts), New York. N. B. Barry. GILSEY HOUSE, Eurorman Puan, Broadway (corer agth New York. '}, He Bresun & Bro. GRAND UNION HOTEL, Evrorsax Ptax. (Opposite Grand Central Depot, 42d st), New York. Rooms $14 day apd wpmards. Bagzase te ahd from Grand Central defet ree. ALBANY, N. Y. KEELER’ HOTEL, 2 and 28 Maiden Lane, Albany, N.Y. LOCKPORT, N. Y. THE GRAND, W.C. Comstock. $2.50 and upwards. KANSAS CITY, MO. MIDLAND HOTEL, Fire Proor. C. M. Hitt. $3. up. NORTHAMPTON, MASS. MANSION HOUSE, Asenican Plax. Jos. P. Max. $2, up. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, A. D. Waicnr. $2.50 and upwards, NASHVILLE, TENN. THE DUNCAN, C. D. Cottins & Co. $3 to $5. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. THE WEST HOTEL, $3 per day and upwards, DANVILLE, VA. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, A. D. Waicnt. $2.50 and upwards. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. LELAND HOTEL, Am. Pian. N.B.Wicois. $2.50 to 83, BALTIMORE, MD. ST, JAMES HOTEL, Ev. PLax, Gro. F. Apass. $1.50 up. SHENDUN, VA. WRIGHT’S HOTEL, A. D. Wricwrt. $2.50 and upwards, QUINCY, ILL. FLETCHER’S TREMONT HOUSE. $ to $2.50 per day DENVER, COL. THE AMERICAN, W. F. Srerny. $2.50 to $3 per day. WASHINGTON, D. C. WILLARD'S.—Send 2 stamps for guide free. O. T. Starues. CINCINNATI, OHIO. PALACE HOTEL, E. Maxwutt & Sox. $2 and $2.50. “FINE HOTEL FOR SALE. NELLIS HOUSE, sat ‘i2spera tail ban, three stores and now doing’ splendid business. Would make a grand 13 per cent investinent. ‘Address CHARLES HAWLEY, Canajoharie, N. Y. WE MAKETHE CIGAR, YOU MAKE THE SMOKE. ‘The BEST Cigar. Five cts Tiger Cubana ssjecsprtencie Gi wufacturer, LEOPOLD MILLEE & SONS, 149 Chambers 8t., N.Y. SEND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS TO JUDGE PUBLISH- ING COMPANY, 10 FIPTH AVENUE, OR BUY OF NEWSDEALERS. + | I write - Boker’s Bitters since 1828 acknowledged to be by far the best and finest Stomach Bitters made, whether your business letters. taken re or with wines or liquors AND OTHER nen spare a He reads your well written letter and concludes Why are old maids like the angels in heaven?” to purchase. queried a small boy of his maiden aunt. Not being honored with a reply, the young hopeful said : ‘* Be. You sell cause they neither marry nor are given in marriage.” — y rf Basten Tcole: tie iB 3 a good sized bill of goods. “pasiuinpa,” BY THE auTHOR or “natua~|° I did it. This charming game should be in every home. For Am I not entitled to some credit? sale everywhere, or will be sent to any address uj Mind you Iam a receipt of $1.25. E. I. Horsman, 80 & 82 William weet of 6:35 Remington Mfrs, Jenks —"* Oh, Thomas, Thomas ! what shall we do with our daughter? I heard her talking to herself in her room just now while she was dressing and she S d d said d- damn twice!" Mr. Jenks—"* Let's see. She tandar has begun wearing Shirts like a man lately, hasn't she?" Mfrs. Jenks —"' Yes ; but what has"— Mr, Jenks —" Everything. She probably lost her collar-button down the back of her neck." —Latorence I ypewriter. American, ___ THE CHARITY-DOLL EXHIBITION. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, ‘The announcement that Frauk Leslie's IMlustrated Newspaper intends to open, in December, the first of a s27\Brosdway Newsy ork: series of Charity-Doll contests, to be given on successive = Christmas-tides, has awakened wide-spread interest. She scheme fb borored rom ‘Eng, where we | WONDERFUL, NEW and NOVEL London Truth has been having doll-shows at holiday HEUMATISM PISSQLVED snd removed time for the last eleven years, for the benefit of the R Spay th Sh & SOUL fromm the’ system. | Stricture sick and poor children in that great city. The paper A gdress Physician, Box 761, Providence, Rel. furnishes the dolls, and charitable women throughout = ‘Address Physician, the kingdom dress and return them in time for a com- ‘rreat foot remedy tor mae petitive exhibition, which takes place early in December. PEDINE, ie te ferSustiay estes AAt its close the dolls and net profits accruing from sales ee rene ot ee, of tickets, catalogues, and the sale of some of the finest- Semple package only © Gime, fused dressed dolls are turned over to the children, ‘The FIRPVEDINE Co,, 258 Proadwey, N.Y. prizes will be given upon “points” agreed upon by a committee of ladies well known in New York society, who will make the awards. It is expedient that the 1 1 @ dolls be dressed and returned as early as possible. 1é | ‘Applicaticna for them may be seat tothe menager of the Charity-Doll contest at 110 Fifth avenue, New York. BAY RUM ARTICLE “EO” pure, | EXTRACT OF BEEF. AVE SEEN CURCHABING THE AQUCTERAT: INCOMPARABLE IN FLAVOR. e WICH 18 ALMO: tu: it : : SIVELY SOLD. “INSIST ON GETTING THE Use it for Beef Tea, Soups, Sauces, (Game, Fish, &c.) GENUINE WITH MY TRACE MARK AND Aspic or Meat Jelly. ABOVE SIGNATURE. IT WILL REPAY YOU. One pound of Extract of Beef equal to forty pounds of ‘e . Jean beef. Genuine only with signature of J. H. MICHELSEN, wesrinpnes, Elebig, as shown above, in blue. = | “IMPROVEMENT THE ORDER OF THE AGE | THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER. THE LATHST AND BEST. ALL the Essential Features ereath fected. Important Improvements. The Best Al aventive alent and. Mechanical Skill have. been employed to produce a machine of increased Durability, Excellence of Design. and Special Features. ‘We claim an inspection and a trial will prove it the Most Durable in Alignment, Easiest 1 leaned in Te Secon Root sonien the ‘Hands, The Smith Premier T} iter has been adopted by ne All type cl 0 Tea wil iting mith Premier Typewriter one Auotlateh Press of the State of New York, to be used in their telegraphic service, to take dispatches direct from the wire. Send for Catalogue. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO. SYRACUSE N.Y. U.S.A. “WHAT FOOLS WE MORTALS BE EVEN IN THE MATTER OF SHAVING. worry along with a dull Razor? h Use @ Strop that does not sharpen? ut op with poor shaving? For thd solation of all these. use the TORREY RAZOR and the TORREY RAZOR STROP. goods stiictly on thelr merlt, and have no equals eee tt ‘qualities of the 5 Btels how tosharpen NTE to Give Satisfaction. 1 WORCESTER, MASS. Fuess & RIDGE PRINTING Co,, FIFTH AVENUE, NEW. YORK. comicbooks.com