Judge, 1891-12-05 · page 25 of 52
Judge — December 5, 1891 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section:** A satirical poem mocking the "gigglety girl"—a young woman characterized by constant, infectious laughter and lighthearted frivolity. The verses present a contradictory male perspective: her giggling is simultaneously annoying (exhausting to men) and charming (impossible to resent). The accompanying illustration shows fashionable society figures, emphasizing the satirical tone about female behavior and social expectations. **Bottom Cartoon ("Blue-Grass Bred"):** A rural scene depicting class and regional satire. A poor boy offers to water a rider's horse; the rider harshly refuses, boasting that his horse is "from Kentucky"—implying superior breeding. The humor lies in the rider's snobbish pride over a horse's origin while treating a local child dismissively. This mocks American pretension about pedigree and status. Both pieces satirize contemporary social attitudes about gender, class, and regional identity.
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= 5 She is lughing away through the whole of the da} Xe And sometimes Ber noisy, unwearying zeal ‘Will make a maa feel si So all-fred Excessively tired That far into space he'd be willing to hurl The gigglety, cigelety, gigalety girl. Oh, the gigglety girl— Grtat Senet What a scurry and whirl 1¢ can bring to the spot! And yet, when her light Hearted {reedom from care Kind of gets in the air—well, you can't be ‘a bear— And you feel that your blood wouldn't stand it to see ‘A man who could be ‘So downright Iil-bred as to slight Or in any, way hurt, with the mood of a hurl, This gigelety, gigelety, gigglety girl. BLUE-GRASS BRED. Boy (om the road )—'' Water yer hoss, boss?” « Riprr—'‘Go away, you young scamp! this horse is from Kentucky.” comicbooks.com