Judge, 1891-08-29 · page 6 of 16
Judge — August 29, 1891 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of late 19th/early 20th-century humor: **"Possession"** (top left poem): A woman's lament about romantic deception—a man courts her charmingly but becomes cold and neglectful once married. Standard domestic disillusionment satire. **"Servant-Girl Problem"** (top right): Social commentary on the difficulty of hiring household help. The ornate kitchen illustration suggests overly fancy furnishings are impractical for servants' work. **Stock market/Barkins joke**: Satire of financial manipulation. "Stock-waterer" implies Barkins artificially inflates stock values (watering stock)—so he'd be better suited to literally watering plants with a sprinkling-cart. **Remaining pieces**: Quick jokes about grief (Brown stopped dyeing his hair after wife died), marital shopping habits, and spousal diary-reading. The page exemplifies Judge's formula: domestic humor, financial satire, and gentle social observation aimed at educated middle-class readers. No major political figures or events appear to be referenced.
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JUDGE POSSESSION. E TOOK me in! Love took me in— ‘That dainty Love with dimpled chin. He smiled and tossed his curls aloft ; He kissed me close with lips so soft, My heart, my guileless heart, to win. He took me in. His house was cozy, clean and light. 1, smelled a rose and heard a flight Of liquid bird-notes make a din Of joy: his beaming hearth-fire bright To peace and pleasure seemed akin, But when within love's arms I stood He frowned and changed his fickle mood. Once won I was no longer wooed— He took me in! A SOLUTION OF THE SERVANT-GIRL PROBLEM. Furnish your kitchen in this style. WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIAT +4] SAW Barkins, the great stock manipulator, out in hi rt this morning.” “That's strange. A stock-waterer like Barkins ought to drive a sprinkling-cart.”” ACCOUNTED FOR. SINCE Brown's wife died he's grown quite gray. Not that he grieves so much, they say; But—anil the fact there's no denying— When she stopped living he stopped dyeing. NOTHING TO PURCHASE. Husband —" Did you attend the Hawkins auction this after- noon?" Wefe—" Ves; but 1 didn’t make any purchases.” Husband —"\ thought you went prepared to buy?" Wife—"1 did; but I didn't happen to see anything that 1 didn’t want HOME PLATE. REQUIRED EDITING. Mx. Koorer (after luncheon)—" That leg of mutton of ours made a good base- Bessie—* Why didn’t you let Charlie read _your diary?” ball run, Maria.” co" Beca is = apes Pee Teer a —eemasetball vin? “What'es jonremnar” Jessie —" Because the first time his name appeared was when Mn. Koorex "Him! It made the round of its bases—hot, warmed-up, cold he proposed and I accepted him, It will take at least a week to and—hash !" work in his name nicely in all the.back pages.” TOO MUCIT “OFF, ght a good many silks in my time, Mo, AVA SKULIG (appearing suddenly and noiselessly)—"* V-a-a-a-t!!! fiferteen off!! Der yer vant ter gif me heart-dusease? I nefer heert of such a tings. Ve nefer gif more as sefen off ten days off teearty !" comicbooks.com