Judge, 1892-01-09 · page 3 of 17
Judge — January 9, 1892 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains political commentary and humor from an early 20th-century American satirical magazine. The main cartoon "Cupid the Magician" uses classical imagery to mock political faction-building, while smaller satirical items critique contemporary politicians and social issues. The "Curious to Know" dialogue appears to joke about electric baths and medical treatments. "United He Stands" references Democratic Party disunity—a common theme in Gilded Age politics when factional disputes threatened party cohesion. "The Big Show" sarcastically discusses a Chicago exhibition honoring Columbus, suggesting the event is merely spectacle covering financial impropriety. The bottom illustration, "The Evolution of a Mushroom," appears to be a visual pun about dark corners—likely social or political corruption growing in obscurity. The specific political figures and events referenced are unclear from the OCR text alone.
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M®- SAGE to the cranks —“ Insatiate individuals! would not one suffice ?” Motto FOR NEWSPAPER ==" When you see it Moon it’s quite the opposite.” tee F A NEW BOOK-—It is as fresh as a nineteenth-century breath from a first-century mummy. SOLILOQUY by Secretary Elkins—" Ho-hum! Three weeks in the war department and not a war yet.” MB: WHITTIER says with great positiveness that he will never have another birthday; but all the rest of the world knows that his birthdays have just begun. CONCLUSIVE REMARK by chronic mogwump—*I don’t know what you are going to say, but whatever it is it is either delusive argument or a frightful lie.” cae UST ONE WEEK before Senator Plumb’s death a news- paper mentioned him as the possible candidate of the great west for president. The dark horse came in several necks ahead. AST YEAR there were in France thousands less than the usual number of marriages and thousands more than the usual number of births. One would think—on the whole, however, one hadn’t better. N SAYING that home rule died with Parnell, Edwin Arnold utters a worse than campaign falschood. Home Who neeS comman Spins bi) saute sey st ogh We were partes e a By bif sweet weap onite tule was so established with Parnell’s death that there is hardly an unfractured head in Ireland. UGWUMPING is a queer business. Here is the Evening Post with an apparent proposition that the United States government apologize to the government of Chili. N° DOUBT there is the utmost courtesy be- tween Blaine and Harrison, and the completest under- standing; and if such a thing were possible what an admi- rable secretary of state our Benjamin would make. relate Fioe periete. Sea JUDGE 21 CURIOUS TO KNow. : is your neuralgia getting on, Mr. Clubberly? I hear that Very strange case. You know, I had it in my arm first, but T took a course of electric baths and now it has gone to my head.” Miss Swanspown —"' Remarkable! How long do you think it will be before—er—that is cured?” UNITED HE STANDS. T TAKES two double-leaded columns of a Dem- ocratic paper to show that, notwithstanding the Crisp-Mills misfortune, the Democratic party has no factions and stands as one man. In picking out the typical one man let us be careful not to get the one who has been celebrating. THE BIG SHOW. THE DINING in behalf of the Chicago exhibi- tion is productive of speeches and enjoyment. It began in Europe, has come to New York, and bids fair to be a spread from the upper end of the United States to the isthmus of Panama. Prob- ably there is no better way to honor the memory of Columbus and incidentally to recall the Mayflower for temporary purposes. The name of Chicago is likewise blazoned at these banquets, and that is an exhibition never to be regretted. By the way, work is needed to make the material necessary for the exhibition, and money is needed to pay for the ae work, That is a feature of the show that must not be altogether forgotten. THE EVOLUTION OF A MUSHROQM; OR, THE DANGER OF SITTING IN DARK CORNERS, comichoo!