Judge, 1892-02-06 · page 4 of 16
Judge — February 6, 1892 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical items typical of late 19th-century American humor: **"The Kicker"** (main poem with illustration): A commentary on how people treat chronic complainers with undeserved deference. The "kicker" who perpetually complains receives excellent service—smooth shaves, good food, careful treatment—despite never tipping. The satire mocks both the complainer's entitlement and society's inexplicable coddling of difficult people. **"A Cold and Cruel World is This"**: A brief joke about a tramp arrested for theft, lamenting that jail is ironically the first good thing he's received in three years. **"Hum of the Court"**: Gossip items about Mrs. Potter Palmer (a wealthy Gilded Age socialite), actress Léa Leslie Carter (known for debt), and commentary on an unloaded pistol robbery and jokes about influenza deaths. **"Too Suggestive"** and **"A Courteous Invitation"**: Minor jokes about word choice and social behavior. The page primarily satirizes American social pretense, celebrity culture, and human nature rather than addressing specific political events.
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JUDGE THE KICKER. ] THOUGHT some one would kil him, ashe kicked from morn till night, Or that some mad wretch would fill him full of buck- shot out of spite; But I wondered when the barber gave him just the smoothest shave, And the waiter and the carver softest hunks for him would save, And the porter bowed so meekly when he took the kicker's grip, And all cottoned to him weakly though he never gave a tip. ‘Trainmen watched with care the heating on the car he patronized, Not a hackman essayed beating when his kick was realized ; Even newsboys grinned compliance when he quoted office rates, And fair women sought alliance with this moulder of the fates. A COLD AND CRUEL WORLD IS THIS. Like a mule, by earnest kicking he had won all pleasant things, Tear (ainfulphe Ser euatters wid youse, hey?” And in heaven you'll find him picking out the longest pair of wings. Po.iceman —** Come wid me ter der lock-up.” Tramp—" Dis is tough. It's de first thing new I've had in three ‘AT WORDEN. Years an’ I'm bound ter jail fer it.” TOOK THEM ALL IN AT A GLANCE. MR. BULLWICK (zuho is cross-eyed)—"* Can I trouble you for a light, sir?” Cnorvs—“ Certainly.” HUM OF THE COURT. MBS: POTTER PALMER is so extensively advertised that one almost looks upon her as a world’s fair her very self. T MUST be admitted that Mrs. Léslie Carter has much talent. Few women on a salary of fifty dollars a week could get so heavily in debt. CRANK in Pittsburg held up a carful of people recently with an unloaded pistol, because the people knew that kind of weapon always went off. [7 1S NOTED by the Rochester Democrat that some persons who have joked about the grip have died of it three days later. One must be very ingenious to make such horrible jokes as that. MAY COLUMNS of the Even- TOO SUGGESTIVE. __ dng Telegram are given up to A COURTEOUS INVITATION,’ Tom Dickeniarey —" What do you think of the discussion of the question whether acre —* Awfully polite fellow, your Denver cousin.” r there is future punishment. We Miss Kentess—" Ie was a little raw when he. first ‘Tou Dickenuarny —" Creditable, you say? T swear, 2° ROPE the problem will be settled same, Je Re iMovie Tn ne won the last big Jack, you may mean well, but I'm blamed if I like your this time—it has come to be quite jackpot from me last night he told me I must be sure to choice of words!" tiresome, call again." coat Jack Pottrr—"* Oh, it looks creditable.” comicbooks.com