Judge, 1892-06-25 · page 7 of 18
Judge — June 25, 1892 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains multiple short satirical jokes typical of late-19th-century American humor: **Key Satires:** - **"Her Comment"**: Mocks upper-class affectation—a snobbish woman's question about a chrysanthemum is deflated when a child observes it needs brushing, suggesting pretension masks neglect. - **"Hard to Tell"**: Ridicules excessive female fashion ornamentation; a hat is so decorated it points in "every direction," satirizing women's elaborate millinery. - **"A Wise Youth"**: Mocks both religious hypocrisy and nouveau-riche excess—a wealthy man's wasteful yacht-ownership is justified through twisted biblical logic. - **"Mistaken Identity"**: Satirizes clergy's reputation for frequenting bars, confusing a drunk "rounder" with a respectable minister. - **"Home Adornment"**: Uses ethnic dialect humor (Irish immigrants) about poor people acquiring home decoration through theft/borrowing. - **"Her Accomplishment"**: Women are depicted as decorative rather than substantial—the only female "accomplishment" mentioned is swimming. The overall tone reflects period class anxiety and gender stereotypes common to Gilded Age satire.
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OU may break You may shatter The dude if you will, But the scent of cigarettes Will hang round him still. HER COMMENT. ‘4 ]SN'T this chrysanthemum a pretty flower?” asked Mrs. Snooper of her four-year-old baby girl. “Yes'm,” replied the tot, “but its hair needs brushin’.” VERY STRANGE. Briggs —“1 stayed in a Brooklyn hotel, the other night, that had a rope fire-escape in every room, Griggs —""\ don’t see anything remarkable about that., All hotels have fire- escapes of some sort.” But the remarkable thing about this was that no one had. HARD TO TELL. Miss pk FLutter—"' Now, papa, is my hat on straight?” Mr. pe FLurrer—‘* Well, Miss, I should say that from its pleni- tude of decoration it was not only on straight, but in every other direction too!" ed If an alligator’s laugh was as great as its smil Without doubt it could be heard at the distance of a mile. A WISE YOUTH. S¢D)ON'T you think you waste time and money with your yacht, Mr. de Loaf?” asked the minister. No, sir, Ido not. ‘There is no telling, Dr. Fourthly, when this world is to be deluged again, and I'm not going to be caught on dry land with the example of Noah before me.” AN UNIMPORTANT ITEM. He (after an elopement from boarding-school) —" You led me to infer that you would inherit a hundred thousand dolla She —"No, | didn't. I said my father was worth that much.” He—*"Well, but you never said a word about having fourteen brothers and sisters.” She—"1 didn't suppose you wanted to marry the whole family.” HOME ADORNMENT. Mxs. Grapy—"It's ixtravigant yure gittin’, dar- lin’, wid yure imphrovemints, Mxs, Crotey—‘*Sure, it's not. Katy got th’ car-rpet aff her missus's back » an’ me man borry'd th’ tacks from th’ railroad, ECHO. [8 TRUTH she was a pretty lass Who gazed into the looking-glass. She murmured, as she gazed agai “I'm sure I was not made invain And echo answered, “* Maiden-vain !" MISTAKEN IDENTITY. . sWwio is that old rounder, Jake? I see him in every dive I enter.” “Hush, man! He’s not an old rounder. That is Doctor Cavilhearst, the eminent divine. He is after a sermon.” HER ACCOMPLISHMENT. Young Perkins —“ You have charming davgh- ters, Mr. de Peyster. What a delightful voice Miss Clara has, and how divinely Miss Eugenia plays the 1—Tue HARNESS, 2—THE TuNoyt. piano! Has Miss Carolyn any accomplishment?” MISS VASSIE WELLESLEY'S NEW INVENTION, De Peyster —“ Certainly; she's a symmer This invention will probably create a new era in dress-making. girl.” comicbooks.com