Judge, 1892-04-09 · page 10 of 16
Judge — April 9, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous vignettes typical of Judge magazine's satirical format: **"The Closer the Better"** mocks courtship conventions—a homely 28-year-old woman is thrilled by minimal attention from a man in a crowded car, satirizing desperation and low expectations. **"A Work of Supererogation"** jokes that history repeats itself, so studying it is redundant—a mild critique of educational value. **"Storm-Signals"** uses visual humor: a father mistakes his son's homemade flag for a weather warning, then realizes it signals the mother's house-cleaning frenzy with hired workers. He flees, treating domestic upheaval as a genuine emergency. **"The Sight Startled Him"** depicts a drunk man so inebriated that seeing only one gas lamp (instead of two from double vision) alarms him into ordering another drink to restore his intoxicated state. The remaining items are brief social jokes about cigars, card games, and Irish dialect humor. These represent typical period comedy: domesticity anxiety, class observations, and ethnic stereotyping common to early 1900s American humor magazines.
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244 AN OBJECT-LESSON IN ASTRONOMY. First quarter. THE CLOSER THE BETTER. $40 | crowd you too close?” asked a handsome young man in an overloaded car. “Oh, dear, no, sir,” replied the grateful girl, who was twenty-cight and had never had a beau. A WORK OF SUPEREROGATION. Papa —"And now, my daughter, you must take a course in modern history.” Kate—" What's the use, papa? I've studied ancient history, and | thought you said history always repeated itself.” ‘hy y \l WH 1—OFFENDED DIGNITY, MAntin (the ferry-boat deck-hand)—"* Th tank 's full, Jerry.” STORM-SIGNALS. GAYHEIMER found his boy arranging a cotton flag with a colored centre on a stick and nailing it to the railing of the front steps. « James,” said he severely, “what are you doing?” Dontcher know that flag?” asked James. “It looks,” said Gayheimer, “like a storm-signal.”* “Exactly,” said James; “an' maw has got two big Swede women an’ a moke whitewasher an’ a bar'l o' softsoap and has commenced cleanin’ house.” Jimmy,” said Gayheimer softly, “here's a dime, Jimmy ; and tell your maw I had to go up to Boston to settle that lawsuit—gone a week.” And he melted into the purple distance. A GOOD WORK. Cholly—" Do you object to cigawettes, Miss Budd ?" Miss Budd—"Oh, not in the least. They are doing a wonderful service for mankind ‘Three-quarters, Full. THE SIGHT STARTLED HIM. HE WAS on a spree. Anybody could see it ‘The usual marks were ° there. Suddenly he looked up at the gas-jet and seemed to be startled. ; “I shay, Charley, there's only one light up there. Gimme ‘nother drink. I'm gettin’ too sober.” THAT’S WHY. Mrs. Gasket —"1 wonder why such a house as that is call- eda Queen Anne?” Gasket —" Be- cause Queen Anne would rather have died than live in it.” NO PLAYER. rst’ gambo- lier —* Paderewski came over on the ship with me.” Second gambo- lier —"So? They say he plays su- perbl __ First’ gambo- 11. LUSTRATED TESTIMONIALS, lier "All rot. I “Cycione HEATING Co. Gentle- don’t believe he men—I had never béen able to heat all knows one card ™Y rooms until I put in your safety heat- as er. My house is now heated throughout. from another. Yours truly, Burne D, Out.” 2-OFFENE CARRAHAN (returning to Cherry street from Brooklyn) —"* Kape itt’ yure- silf av Oi am, you lumpher!” The b the thea man cou Mrs. Teethin all pain bottle. At Be have "| “Yor they ar are twe Aro at P Warer, Anc Stor nes comicbooks.com