Judge, 1892-03-05 · page 3 of 18
Judge — March 5, 1892 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The top cartoon, "Just the Thing," depicts a social scene at what appears to be a Bangle reception. It satirizes courtship etiquette, with dialogue suggesting a gentleman compliments a woman's appearance at a formal event, prompting discussion about propriety and appropriateness of such remarks. The middle section contains brief satirical news items mocking political and social figures, including references to Senator Vest, an American girl marrying French nobility, and commentary on politicians like Flower and Pulitzer. "A Western Melodrama" (bottom) appears to be a humorous comic sequence depicting rough frontier behavior—men fighting and struggling, likely satirizing exaggerated Wild West tropes and masculine violence. The overall page combines social satire about etiquette with political commentary, typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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JUST THE THING. * How magnificently you were dressed the other night at the Bangle reception.” Sue —'* Why, do you think so? ‘The girls thougist I was dressed very plainly.” He—" Um—ah! but it was so appropriate, you know.” WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES an Iowa man met and married a Connecticut git!, If the gentleman had first encountered a bunco-steerer this romance would never have occurred. eee How THINGS GROW! The other day the president coughed, and immediately a Washington correspondent telegraphed his paper, “ Mr. Morton to be called to the presidential chair—The likelihood of his changing the entire cabinet.” AN AMERICAN GIRL has married a French title, giving it the preference over a government clerk whom she is known to have loved. Neither the title nor the girl can be honestly congratulated, and one is in great doubt with regard to the clerk. eee GENATOR VEST is delightfully frank. “The Democratic party would stulfy itself and lose the election without a platform favoring free coinage,” he says in effect ; “and if it adopts free coinage it will be whipped.” The conclusions of the senator are not to be questioned for one fraction of a moment. OLD MR. RATS. R. FLOWER may not escape the presidential lightning, whatever proriise he may “Looky heah, Ephr'im! hez yo’ bin slidin’ on dem cellar- have made to keep himself out of danger. His party thinks he can carry New doo’s agin?” ‘ ; York, and with his money he is the natural compromise candidate when it is demon- ._, Nopy. Dat’s whar dad licked me dis mawnin’, an’ de strated that Hill has beaten himself as well as Cleveland. He is homely and old- bo'rd hed 2 nail in it. ; is etek 5 < “Den yo! tek dese pants orf de nex’ time yo" gts a lickin'— _ fashioned, and his wife is a thorough American and can bake her own doughnuts and yo" heah me?” pumpkin pie. .But there are William C. Whitney and the Standard oil company. TO MR. PULITZER in the agony of advice and_ prophecy—" Don't.” THE BEST COM- MENT on the Blaine letter is presented by Tho- mas _B. Reed—* Where's the rest of it?” It IS RECKONED that there are one billion four hundred million peo- ple in this world, and a few mugwumps.” Ss}HOLMAN has the floor,” says an ex- change. That's too bad. If anybody offers him a L nickel for it he'll sell it AAWESTERN] MELODRAMA ey Tue city or THE BALKED Mute cLatM—'*Stand back—back, I (As the crowd disappears.) ‘Wonder if th’ old and make the house sit in say! My father may be a drunkard and of no use to you, but he is of use to man's got dust enough about him to buy me a ticket the cellar. me, and the one of you who har-r-rms a hair of his head dies like a coyote!" fer Parkins's dance t'-night 7” comicbooks.com