Judge, 1892-01-23 · page 4 of 18
Judge — January 23, 1892 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* (circa 1890s) contains satirical commentary on American politics and society through brief anecdotes and wordplay: **Key Targets:** - **Speaker Bush**: Mocked for writing letters ahead to his wife while absent—implying hypocrisy or infidelity - **Political figures**: References to "Roger Quarreling Mills" (likely Congressman), Kansas Senator Plumb, and Colonel Shepard suggest criticism of political corruption or incompetence - **Social Hypocrisy**: A clergyman shot for kissing a woman quips about "getting what we deserve"—satirizing moral double standards - **Funeral Fraud**: Jules Grévy (French president) died wealthy; the satire suggests people mourned him falsely, only to regret expenses—critiquing insincere grief **The Visual Cartoon** ("Categorical Adaptation") shows a cat and mouse playing with distance—metaphorically illustrating the phrase "out of sight, out of mind," adapting current colloquialisms. The humor relies on readers recognizing contemporary political figures and scandals. The overall tone satirizes political corruption, hypocrisy, and social pretense.
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JUDGE é 8 NY heey ’ “AN INTERIM OF THE ELOPEMENT Mk. Lororum —"* I say, Gertie!" Gexrrupe — Oh, Rufus, we are discovered !" Mr. Lororum —" Don't be alarmed. You've left your concertina at home, and 1 was afraid one of the other girls might want to learn to play it.” HUM OF THE COURT. ‘THE NAME of the gentleman is supposed by the Crisp men to be Roger Quarreling Mills. 66] AM CONVINCED,” says a clergyman who was recently shot for kissing a woman, “ that we get it as we go along.” OKLAHOMA is too slow. Her desire to bea state ought to have been presented before the period of Mr. Columbus. THERE Was ONCE a propo- sition to bridge the Atlantic ocean, and now somebody pro- poses to muzzle Col- onel Shepard. N SAYING that he will retire Mr. Quay reminds us of the gentleman behind a locked door with bars toit, He said he was going to retire too. WHAT EVE said when she first saw Adam —" Well, if . . he does look wild he IT HAS GOT TO COME TO THIS IN SOME OF hasn't the intolerable THE STORES. egotism of an English- Guitp—"* Ladies’ hosiery, please, and no ™an with mutton-chop whiskers.” SPEAKER BUSH sends a daily leter to his wile; and it is not yet known that he writes and dates four or five letters ahead so that the supply may not fail the good lady when he is surreptitiously absent. JOHN SWINTON, now of the Sua, tells how four doctors sat upon him and pronounced him dying. It made him so mad that he went to Europe and got well, and now he throbs for a chance to sit upon them. f JULES GREVY, it is now discovered, died immensely rich, and the French people are regretting the tears and expense attend- ing his funeral. It is never well to weep until one is sure of his sorrow and the character of the object of it. ++} {E WAS a good man,” affectionately remarked a member of congress of the late Kansas senator.“ We shall miss him. Thave had no convivial beverage in along time. Poor Plumb! I wonder if they won't put me on the funeral committee.” CATEGORICAL ADAPTATION OF CURRENT PHRASEOLOGY. * Out of sight.” comicbooks.com