Judge, 1891-11-07 · page 2 of 18
Judge — November 7, 1891 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon titled "A Somewhat Tardy Rescuer" depicts a figure in tattered clothes discovering another person lying on the ground in an urban setting. Based on the surrounding text discussing Cleveland and Virginia Democracy, this appears to be political commentary about a Democratic politician arriving late to address some crisis or injustice. The page contains multiple brief satirical items critiquing contemporary political figures and events, including references to: - The Czar's charitable donations to Russia - Campaign tactics and political hypocrisy - Issues affecting women (the "Gum Question" discusses cosmetics and dress reform) Without clearer identification of specific figures or knowing the exact publication date, the precise political targets remain uncertain, though the overall tone mocks Democratic leadership and social reformers of the period.
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JUDGE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 18 ADVANCE. One copy, one year, of s2 numbers - $5.00 One copy, six months, or 24 numbers - 3.50 Moriyweets ees has Toclading the Cuusriias Jvc. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS— Teal for- ign countries in the postal union, $a year. THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY (Junce BuiLpinc), Cor. Fifth Ave. reet, New York. S97 IV’e guar American sativica The Joo. Newspaper American NEW VERSION—If the blind lead the blind both are liable to fall” in with Governor Jones. ON the wheel—A number of individuals who bet on the race in Madison-square garden. E HAD darkest Afr we shall presently and now comes the light of Asia, Perhaps a few glimpses of the moon, HE LOSERS of the late campaign remind us of the man who is deaf, they so persistently cry out for a re- hearings THERE BEING no lor a question as to Mr. Blaine’s health, his new cians have resumed their habitu: HE ORGA during the L ed he w a fool. onclusively demonstrated ‘ion that if a candi- THE CZAR having begun to capture Con- antinople by newspaper, the British may presently have more of a picnic than the one so widely advertised last summer. = in politics is not forgot- ; but Thomas F. Grady, who was more snubbed in the late campaign than anybody else, probably wishes he might be. RE IS NOTHING new in Irish poli- THE CZAR gives $1,500,000 from his private purse to the starving people of Russia. As they filled his private purse to begin with, this is merely fair play to Cxesar; and again if the people of Russia starve there will be nothing left of the private purse whatever. sities ‘THE PRESIDENT is complimented by the London Advertiser for kindly forbearing to visit the Methodist ecumenical council with the accompaniment of military weapons and a brass band. Yes, indeed; and as he had on his best coat we dare say he might have been searched in ain for cards or counters. CHILI. E PEOPLE of Chili are undoubtedly embittered against the United States, and Mr. Pat Egan, who openly sympathized with Balmaceda, is considerably responsible for it. But the people of Chili are not author- ized to murder men because they are sailors on United States vessels, and those of them who are thus guilty ought to be hanged. Their own good sense, if they happen to have any, will teach them the justice of that, regardless of the question relating to Mr. Egan. A MEAN OLD STRAW. QUE GOVERNOR contented himself with a few judicious words at the Richmond banquet. The remark of the governor of Virginia, who kindly introduced him, that Cleveland was the first choice of the Vir- ginia Democracy, the same being received with three yells and a Tam- many tiger, may have had something to do with it; but, anyhow, he was right in his private subsequent remark to his private secretary, “1 do wish, colonel, that on such occasions as this there might be better and less politi SOME CAMPAIGN IDIOCY. ERY FUNNY were the strenuous de- nials of the Republicans that they were not responsible for the world’s-fair business, and their subsequent declaration that the fair, had it come here, would have done in- estimable damage to the labor and busines: interests of the city and state. It is not well to present statements and arguments merely for the purpose of knocking them over with your own club; and the declaration that tt loss of millions of dollars to New York was a blessing is pap for children, who, after all, can’t vote, THE GUM QUESTION. THE LADIES of the women’s Christian temperance union estimate that six million dollars a year are wasted in the pur- chase of chewing-gum, and declare that they view this sacrifice with alarm, It has tics, but we understand that a probable funeral will furnish occasion for a few new quarrels. and. the consequent raising of more funds. . 'H refuses the dec- ter because he says to deserve it. Why Lord PORTSMO! oration of the he has done nothin man! that is the precise reason why it is frequently conferred. r YT entirely proved that John Hoey be honest for thirty thousand dollars a y nothing to give him an opportunity to reform. OVERNOR HILL in one of his southern speeches spoke with such emphasis for home rule that many of his hearers thought he meant nd the consequent right of secession. state sovereignt, T' YLEMAN who died of the Dwight cure for drunkenness furnishes a dreadful example to drinkers, many of whom have been heard to de mixture. JONES HAS TWICE been governor through the absence of Hill from the state, and he should appear as such in the portraits of governors in the various official galleries, But states, like republics, are notoriously ungrateful. ar he should be set back to ° = A SOMEWHAT TARDY RESCUER. Voice (from the well) —*Hilp f° SurewAs —" Is anny wan down there? Voice —"* Oi am!” SHeeHan—" Pfwha Voice. —"* Halloran Suvewan—* Well, Halloran, yez musty fell a mile t mek a hole like thot in th’ ground phin yez shtru guilty; but ifa man cant that gum is a gre frequently occurred to us that gum was not created altogether in vain, an all-wise Provi- dence having so constricted woman as not to permit her the privilege of tobacco, and a substitute being therefore unavoidable; but if six million dollars might he saved what a world ‘of corsets, fans, jewelry, false hair, cosmetics and the several balms might be bought, and how much happier woman might therefore be! Still, it is thought by some scienti flective moods, and that if it were to be removed she would reflect only at long intervals; so, after all, there are two sides to the question, and help to woman in her re- one is almost as important as the other. FROM TOP TO TOE. TACOMA has a ladies’ rainy-day club, the chief purpose of which is to encourage ladies to wear on wet days dresses that do not reach be- low the ankle. That reform is sensible enough to work during the dry We should think, however, that the reform would not stop at they would never again touch a drop of any reform some y lady looks better with bangs than without, the bang of a rainy day is so distressing that it ought either to be improved through ‘overed chemistry or abolished until the sun shines. We are aware that it is dangerous to introduce such a large and disturbing topic into our prevailing politics, but the truth is that ineffective curl-papers. bangs, like long dresses, are an evil that has been tolerated too long. And the ladies’ club of this locality th: bangs shall have all the canceled ballots of the late canvass to use for vocates short dresses and decent comicbooks.com