Judge, 1892-01-23 · page 5 of 18
Judge — January 23, 1892 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of late-19th-century Judge magazine humor: **"Whence He Came"**: A joke about a prohibitionist from Toledo, suggesting prohibition supporters came from necessity rather than genuine conviction—implying Toledo had drinking problems. **"Mistaken Identity"**: Irish characters (indicated by dialect) discuss Patsy Donovan's rise from saloon-keeper to alderman to wealthy man with his own horses and wagons—satirizing political corruption and the lucrative path through machine politics. **"She Will Rule"**: A conversation about Queen Victoria suggests the monarchy's enduring power despite aging leadership. **"An Everyday Occurrence"**: A two-panel cartoon about a Wall Street theft where a pickpocket steals a watch and half the street flees in panic—satirizing New York's crime problem and the chaos it causes. Various short jokes mock social pretension, Victorian courtship customs, and wordplay. The overall tone reflects Judge's satirical coverage of American politics, urban life, and social affectation in the Gilded Age.
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WHENCE HE CAME. SCYOU are a probibitionist eh?” “Yes, sir; to my dying day “From choice or neces- sity?” either, sir; from To- ledo.” THE BOSS FOOL. OF ALL the fools, who leads the van? If it were put to vote T think he'd be the silly man Who jumps to catch the boat. DUBIOUS. se] THINK I'll let my beard grow for a week,” said Chappie. “Do you think it will?” asked Ethel. AUCTIONEERS, from their condition, Are of a more-bid disposition, MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Fiyxn—" Did yez moind th’ coach thot wint by? Thot was Patsy Donovan, th’ great politician. Foorst he was saloon-kaper, thin alderman, an’ now rollin’ in wealth an’ his own horses an’ wagins. Do yez moind thot, Moikle Mahoney?” IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH. +eGPATTS!" called out Hunker from the other” end of the breakfast-table. “Well?” “Turn the butter in this direction and tell it to come." ACQUAINTED WITH IT. Ella (at the opera)—"There’s Charley Slim, and I do believe he’s got on Harry Saunders’s coat.” Sallie—" Nonsense! He wouldn't borrow a dress-coat.” Ella (excitedly) —" Don’t you suppose I know that right sleeve?” SHE WILL RULE. Trivvet—" Do you think Queen Victoria will abdicate in favor of the prince of Wales?” Dicer —"No, indeed. She'll rule till she dies.” : SNOGINS =. Good-moming, Boggs. Have Trivvet —“ Then it will be another instance of AN ORDER OF A(R)RES’ You anything jm a neat litle check sg ask the ruling passion strong in death.” “G" up ter bed!” you, Mr, Snogins.”” OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE. ¢4]S SHE in society?” “No; I don't believe she ever took a lesson in Delsarte in her life."" LUCK IS WEALTH, [F 1 could have the thing I want In all this world of good and bad ; If I could have the thing I wants And what I wanted could be had, With wealth and fame I'd have no truck, Td just take Russell Sage’s luck. POPULAR SUBJECTS. Professor —* Mt, Smartman, you may name some of the more prominent ‘ologies.”” Mr, Smartman—*Biology, AN EVERY-DAY OCCURRENCE. sociology, geology, astrology and 1. A pedestrian in Wall street whose watch had been 2, Whereupon the half of Wall street, figuratively speaking, doxology.”” stolen yelled after the fleeing figure; “* Stop thief !” fook to its legs. comicbooks\com