Judge, 1891-11-28 · page 5 of 20
Judge — November 28, 1891 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical short pieces and cartoons typical of Judge's humor. Key content includes: **"How Blifkins Did It"**: A bachelor proposes to Miss Dorothy by claiming his future wedding will have no guests—then awkwardly admits she'll be there, inadvertently proposing to her. **"He Wasn't a Man"**: A Texas frontier joke where a boy thought he killed someone, but cigarettes found on the "corpse" prove it was a woman—period satire about gender and frontier violence. **"A Texas Idyl"**: Rural dialect humor contrasting frontier assumptions with civilized expectations. **"A Social Catechism"**: A Q&A mocking wisdom, defining wise men as self-sufficient and fools as self-important. **Portraits labeled "Effect and Cause"**: Caricatures showing an intellectually "developed" man attributing his growth to his wife's "educational auxiliary"—satirizing marital dynamics and pretentious self-improvement. The illustrations are caricatures in Judge's typical style. The overall tone is gentle mockery of middle-class social pretension, courtship rituals, and gender relations.
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SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. EATH is the last resort of life, Necessity becomes a habit. Preferences go by con- traries. Welcome spreads the rich- est feast. It is the poor relation who secks us out. It is the rich relation we wish to conciliate. In matters of apparel nature always gives the initiative. The office of science is to re- construct without demolishing. Those who will not follow our advice will come to us for redress. Hard and fast rules are not the rounds by which a precarious soul mounts upward. xaturing Grosjpax. to lissen to me, an’ don't fly up" — HE COULD BE USEFUL. +s YOU must stay at home to-day,” said the humorist’s wife on the day before Thanks- giving. “Why?” “I am going to stuff the turkey for to-morrow, and I expect you to furnish the chestnuts.” HOW BLIFKINS DID IT. Mr. Blifkins (to Miss Dorothy, with whom he is deeply smitten and cannot find a way to propose)—"I hate these weddings with so much fuss and feathers, so many guests and flowers and music and all that. When I'm married there'll be no one present but myself, the bride and the minister.” Miss Dorothy—"Oh, I'm so sorry! I was hoping to get an invitation to your: wed- ding. Such an old friend as I should not be left out.” Mr. Blifkins —" When I'm married you will be there.” HE WASN'T A MAN. TEXAS IDYL. Father —" What is Tommy sulking about ?” Mother —“ He thought he had killed his man to-day. Father —“And didn’t he?” Mother —""No; some cigarettes were found on the corpse.” a4 TOO FRANK ON THE START. Dunkey (the amateur)—"*Just hold still a moment, sir, will you? T want’ your photograph for my new book, * The Dregs of New York.'” FROM WAY BACK. SOYVHERE'S your crown? "asked Vinces, the Italian ambassador, of Charlemagne. “In hoc, Signor Vinces,” was the monarch’s reply. PERHAPS it was the Thanksgiving turkey that Shakespeare alluded to when he said, “ Fair poser rot it—or rather what was left of it is fowl and fowl is fair.” —after the battle. AT CAMP. MEETING. “* Now, Sis’ Honnor, you was in de wrong. I want you ——" My Lord! ain't dat chile contrary?" A SOCIAL CATECHISM, . SAND what do you mean by a wis¢ man?” “One who can do without the World.” “ And by a fool?” “One who fancies that the world cannot do without him.” EFFECT AND CAUSE. Portrait of a man who has recently obtained a high intellectual development, with the general knobby and lumpy appearance of same. Portrait of his wife, to whom he attributes his rapid intellectual growth, and the wife's educational auxiliary. comicbooks.com