Judge, 1892-03-26 · page 3 of 16
Judge — March 26, 1892 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief political satires and jokes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"A Message from the Potentate"** depicts a social exchange about returning spoiled woodcock to a butcher—satirizing upper-class pretension. **Notable items referenced:** - "After Whipping Mr. Maher Mr. Fitzsimmons went over and kissed him"—likely referencing a boxing match, sarcastically questioning whether adding insult to injury was appropriate. - Ex-King Milan of Serbia appears in a joke about his unfortunate status as "a man without a country." - The McKinley Bill receives praise regarding constitutional supremacy. - "Fancy Sam Rowley, the Ice-King" shows skating caricatures. The page blends political commentary with social satire and crude humor typical of 1890s Judge magazine, targeting contemporary politicians, recent events, and upper-class behavior.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE POTENTATE. Mrs, TAKACAICK —"* Did you take those spoiled woodcock back to the butcher, e?" Pr Yeth'm, Mrs. Takacaick —"* What did he say ?" Prince —" He says, says he, ‘T allus s'posed Miss Takacaick liked fings whad kim high.’ ” AFTER WHIPPING Mr. Maher Mr. Fitzsimmons went over to his corner and kissed him, Was not that adding insult to injury? MAN tried to eat two twenty-five-cent dinners in Boston, and died in the middle of the last. The wonder is that he survived the first. THERE USED to be ducking-stools for garrulous women, and it is understood that young Mr. Blaine’s ex-mother-in-law would like to have them revived. X-KING MILAN is the man without a country, and if his ex-queen publishes her diary, as she threatens, he will be the most unfortunate of beings. P. S.—So will she. +4] AM in good health and of age,” haughtly says the kaiser to his mother in reply toa remonstrance. Here is your child that is the father of Germany and likewise of his own mother. THE McKINLEY BILL bas the faint A DOUBTFUL ANSWER. ise.of constitutiona son—" Did you see her jewels fash ? Base Soar bead : v—" Vou mean did I see her flash jewels." preme court. That noble prison, So for the next forty years our legislature will discuss two great body ought to have gone questions—an appropriation for the new capitol and one for the new state- further and pronounced it prison, the winning card for ‘92. ce + + is THE RIGHT MAN—John Russell Young in the senatorial seat now GROUND NEAR AL- occupied by Matthew Stanley Quay. It is an honor that belongs to BANY is recom- Philadelphia, to Mr. Young, and to the good name of the senate-chamber mended for a new state- and the Republican party of the nation. 1 ea FANCY SAM ROWLEY, THE ICE-KING, | comicbooks.com