Judge, 1892-06-04 · page 6 of 16
Judge — June 4, 1892 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief satirical jokes typical of Judge's style, rather than a single unified cartoon. **Key items:** - **"Arm-in-Arm"**: A sentimental poem about an elderly couple reminiscing, likely satirizing overly romantic Victorian verse. - **"Rather Advantageous"**: A joke mocking deaf opera-goers—the humor being that deafness becomes an advantage when forced to attend bad opera. - **"Appeal from the Dudes"**: Men complaining about women's excessively tight-fitting skirts, particularly asking how women keep them from sagging at the knees—satirizing both women's fashion constraints and male fashion commentary. - **"No Doubt It Was"**: A pun about appearing younger, suggesting the reason one woman looks older is simply that she *is* older. - **Various one-liners** about opera, pivotal states, railroad conductors, and African colonial exploitation—the latter appearing to mock newspaper sensationalism about Africa. The page is primarily humor and light social satire rather than serious political commentary.
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