Judge, 1891-08-08 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1891 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical sketches typical of late-19th/early-20th-century American humor magazines: **"At Mrs. Dukkat's Tea"** mocks social pretense: A stranger claims to have met Bloobumper at a previous social event, but was actually elsewhere. The joke hinges on Bloobumper's wife attending and criticizing a singer named "Beeflat"—whom the stranger then reveals *he* is. The satire targets both social snobbery and people judging others they don't actually know. **Other sketches** include: a customer complaining about "popular prices" that aren't actually cheap; romantic notes valued only because they're from a cashier; a pun about the longest Winnebago word causing "lockjaw"; and a woman who "prepared" for seduction by applying makeup. The **left column illustrations** show physical comedy of someone repeatedly falling or being knocked down—slapstick humor common to the era. The overall tone satirizes social climbing, pretense, and shallow courtship customs of the period. These are workplace/romantic jokes aimed at middle-class readers.
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JUDGE - Der ~ vicked LOSS WITH PROFIT. AT MRS. DUKKAT’S TEA. : - ys Der STRANGER (to Bloobumper) —"I_ beg i sows your pardon, sir, but did I not have the {o.coe7t g youle honor of an introduction to you yesterday at Sie j : dherec Mrs. Scadds’s ?” 4 } ; pans Bloobumper — No, sir. 1 was unable J \ " ; pan to go to Mrs. Scadds’s yesterday afternoon.” | : pf Vhe Stranger —" Then it was my mistake, a f 3 Diese sir. 1 hope you will pardon the inquiry, but - ia ‘ hate! I thought I recognized you.” } . Bloobumper —* No; I couldn't go. My 3 ¥ wife was there, though.” i I i ik 7 te Stranger —" \t was a very pleasant gath- Ww ering.” Bloobumper —"So she said. She en- ? joyed it very much; said the only thing that wees marred the occasion was the singing of ‘Thy tne cl Sentinel Am I* by some professor—Beeflat, i soon t I think she said his name was.” ' the C/ Stranger —“Yes, 1 believe that is his Pe name.” iy f when: Bloobumper — She said his singing was execrable, and that his knowledge of music seemed to be as meagre as his vocal ability.” Ah?” “I have never heard Bee- flat sing. Indeed, I don’t know that I ever SEVERE TWIST. heard of him before.” A SEVERE Ss’ Mitey —"* What th'—how'd yer "—— Stranger —"1 understand he has but GreELxy —'‘A bloke jest kicked me down them spiral stairs in recently come to the city.” th’ shot-tower Bloobumper —“ Of course I don’t know that he really deserved my wife's criticisms, although she usually knows what she is talking about in the musical line. But you heard him sing yourself, I understood you to say. What do you think of him?” Stranger —" Well, sit, | am hardly a competent judge. You see, I'm Beeflat.” — wiutase wexey siviren, NO ORAL CREDIT GIVEN. Rising young orator —"'1 intend to try to learn to speak in italics, as Justin McCarthy says Gladstone does.” Knowing layman —" What you need most is to learn to speak in quotation-marks.” DIFFERENT KINDS OF POPULARITY. Indignant customer —" Look here; you advertise popular prices, and yet you charge me twenty-five cents for a cup of coffee and a ham sandwich.” Proprietor —"Nou'l find those prices very popular with wn caterers, sir.” f \ ‘ : Cmicac MY BEST GIRL. ) 1 TMA Biber F ; Gi LIKE toget the notes she sends ; u \ fS . ] ‘They are no lover's pittance. bo a\\ : f “ P She is the cashier at the friend’s ; ) Who mails me my remittance. MORE LIKELY. Mrs. Snooper (reading) — “The longest word in the V nebago language is Shonkhater- ahizanhonikonkcinena. It means *L will give you a horse."” Snooper—"It is more likely to give one the lockjaw.” Thar FOR FULLY PREPARED. ; : wiLt Miss Basitrienn—"' Josephine said she had her mind made up to capture Mr. Goldfield to-night.” Freo—*She had? Well, to all appearances she had the rest of herself made up if for the same purpose,” comicbooks.com