Judge, 1891 · page 20 of 69
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This page contains three separate satirical cartoons: **Top section** shows "Uncle Pothwaite's Educated Ears" — four exaggerated facial expressions (Normal, Listening for the dinner-horn, Angry with Aunt Mandy, During the new minister's call) mocking a character's comically expressive features, likely poking fun at rural or working-class dialect humor popular in the era. **Middle section**, "An Excess of Power," depicts domestic chaos where women (Mrs. Strembly and Cynthia) are wildly energetic and destructive indoors — satirizing female energy or "New Woman" anxieties of the period. **Bottom section**, "Time to Stop," shows a formal dinner where a drunk guest (Mr. Brimsoe) has become so intoxicated he's attempting to light pasta as a cigarette. The waiter refuses to serve him more alcohol, mocking excessive drinking at social gatherings. All reflect turn-of-century American humor: exaggerated dialects, class comedy, domestic disorder, and alcohol-fueled absurdity.
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JUDGE’S ANNUAL. FOUR VIEWS OF UNCLE POTHWAITE’S EDUCATED EARS. AN EXCESS OF POWER. Mrs. Stremniy—'*Cynthy, yo" gre’t big lazy nussance ! why doan’ yo" CynTHtA—"* Saiks alive! blow dat yer fiah 2” TIME TO STOP. TOAST-MASTER: entlemen, allow me to propose the health of the ladies. Waiter, fill Mr. Brimsoe's glass,” Watter—"* r pardon, I think I'd better not, sir. For th’ last tin minutes he’s been tryin’ to light a piece of maccaroni, thinkin’ it's a cigarette, sir.” comicbooks.com