Judge, 1891-08-08 · page 5 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1891 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short satirical jokes and cartoons typical of early 20th-century American humor: **Key Sketches:** - **"A Submarine Battle"** and **"Hard to Please"**: Domestic humor about wives and husbands, reflecting period anxieties about marriage and gender roles. - **"A Convict"**: A child mistakes a zebra for an escaped convict, satirizing rural ignorance or the exotic nature of circus animals to unsophisticated viewers. - **"A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing"**: Social satire on exclusive clubs like the Monocle Club rejecting celebrities to appear elite, then paradoxically attracting *more* applicants through exclusivity. - **"An Ultra-Fashionable Man"**: Mock of fashion-obsessed snobs who prioritize location over quality. - **"Intellectual Conversation at the Seaside"**: Punny satire on banal summer conversation ("fly time" as both pun and season reference). - **"Human Nature"** and **"Atrocious"**: Light jokes on hypocrisy and practical concern outweighing moral duty. The page exemplifies *Judge*'s focus on sarcastic commentary about social pretension, marital dynamics, and human foibles rather than political content.
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A SUBMARINE BATTLE. BILEY THE DI closed, it is impossi Mr. Wuimmtey—'* Now for some real solid - saying.) refreshment.” Mr. WHIMMLEY—"*M-bl-bl-b-b-murder !"" A CONVICT. ¢¢ PA.” said Bobby," look at that striped horse.” And the old farmer gazed on the zebra at the circus and said, “Yes; looks ez if he'd ‘scaped from some penitentiary, b’gosh !" : A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING. Powell—“ Why did the Monocle club blackball a celebrity like Hutton? Howell —" So as to be thought exclusive and thus treble their applications for membership.” Mr, Wuistatey—"' If [haven't (gasp) met Brey —‘* You come snoopin' ‘round Satan himself I'm no (gasp) judge! here any more an’ I'll drownd yer !" HARD TO PLEASE. “4 )IY first husband was a sailor.” “Why did you get a divorce from him?” “Oh, he was on the sea all of the time.” “And what made you leave your second husband?” “Oh, he was on shore so much.” AN ULTRA-FASHIONABLE MAN, Primus—" Has Wormley found a boarding-house yet ?” Secundus—" No. He won't have any but a fashionable one.” Primus — Secundus Yes. it must be on a street where QUEER. TRANGE as it seems, a collector's work is dun While it is doing and when just begun. NOT THAT KIND, Frep (after the jounce) —"*Say, Will! what kind of a rig do you call this?” Wi —" Dog-cart.”" Frep—"'Tain't a setter, is it?" INTELLECTUAL CONVERSATION AT THE SEASIDE. ‘* How time does fly in the summer !” He—"'Ya-as, it’s fly time!” A NATURAL REQUEST. 64 AND are you an old sea-dog, as they say?” asked the fresh young woman. “Th’am,” returned the sailor. “Do let me hear you bark,” said she. HUMAN NATURE. Spatts —" That man seemed to be pleased when you called him ‘Old Sport.’ Is he much of a sporting-man ?” Bloobumper —"No; he’s secretary of the young men’s Christian association.” ATROCIOUS. Maddox —\ think I'll have to discharge young Cub- bage.” ‘ Gazzam—“Oh, it’s cruel to fire a man this warm weather.” comicbooks.com{