Judge, 1891-06-06 · page 17 of 20
Judge — June 6, 1891 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion**, not political satire. The dominant feature is a large advertisement for "The Best Fifty Books of the Greatest Authors," edited by Benjamin R. Davenport—a condensed literature anthology marketed to busy Americans. The small comic vignettes at the top are typical Judge humor but unrelated to the main content: - A wife planning to lie about her Russian coat's cost - A daughter reassuring her father that her slow suitor will eventually propose - A man choosing lunch over church during a storm - A woman asking a man to hand her a star (a flirtation) These jokes satirize **domestic life and courtship customs** of the era—marital dishonesty, delayed marriage proposals, male laziness, and feminine coquetry—rather than political issues. The page reflects late 19th-century marketing: selling "self-improvement" literature to busy professionals who lack time for complete works, positioning education as achievable within a week.
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Mr, Forundred—"We_ must retrench on our ex- penses this year, my dear.” Mrs. Forundred—"' Very well; I'll. begin by telling my friends that my five- hundred-dollat Russian sal pode only cost two hundred and fifty dollars. Father —"" Young Walker has been devoted to you for two or three years, hasn't he?” Daughter —* Yes, "Father —'*Isn't he very slow about propos- ing?” Daughter—"' Yes, George is a little slow ; but T think he's sure."—Mew York Ledger, Ske =" Are you getting ready to go to church, dear?” He—* Church? Fiow could I go to church in Sicha storm as this?" She" Welle where are you going?’ /e—‘I thought I'd go down town a while and get some lunch." —Kentucky State Journal. BroTHERnoop STomACH BrrreRs is the best tonic, because pure and simple. The best defense for the system against malaria and kindred diseases. It is an appetizer, a preventive, a remedial agent, $1 a bottle, 26 Vesey street, New York. 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