Judge, 1892-07-09 · page 4 of 16
Judge — July 9, 1892 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge magazine contains multiple short satirical pieces reflecting late 19th/early 20th-century social attitudes: **"The Sacrifice Too Great"** mocks the prospect of female leadership, with a man arguing that no woman would endure the presidency for mere honor—implying women are too vain about age to sacrifice themselves publicly. **"A Small Defect"** uses misogynistic humor: a beautiful young woman's only flaw is her inability to stay silent, playing on the stereotype of talkative women. **"Fortunate Man"** and other brief dialogue pieces satirize middle-class social pretensions and male behavior—cowardly playwriting, domestic tensions, and social hypocrisy. **"A Complaint"** presents a pickpocket lamenting his robbery, expecting sympathy from criminal peers, mocking criminal "honor codes." **"The Catastrophe"** (illustrated) shows a humorous domestic mishap. Overall, these pieces reflect Judge's satirical targets: women's suffrage opponents, class anxieties, and period social conventions, using crude stereotypes typical of the era's humor.
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Tine ual ae | THE SACRIFICE TOO GREAT. sim me day we will have a woman-president.”” He—" It is impossible. A SMALL DEFECT. [RENE is fair and tall And beautiful and young ; Well might her graces all In poetry be sung ; But then her mouth ‘s so small Tt cannot hold her tongue. FORTUNATE MAN. Trivvet —"1 was at the first per- formance of Tillinghast’s play last night. At the end of the second act there were loud calls for the author.” Dicer —"1 suppose Tillinghast re- sponded proudly.” Trivvet —* Not much. escape by the stage-door.”” He made his IN A SAFE RETREAT. Neighbor —“ What's the trouble in the house?” Oh, something’s gone wrong ‘ighbor —* Where's your father?” Son—"He's gone down into the cyclone-pit for the afternoon.” THE CATASTROPHE, No woman would ever confess to being over thirty-five for the bare honor of the presidency.” A COMPLAINT. 6+ AND it was vile,” said the pickpocket. “I bagged bis watch an’ pocket- book holdin’ one thousand dollars an’ some beastly sand-bagger laid me out cold an’ got away with all the bood, Some o° them fellers is a disgrace to our perfeshun. They don’t know nothin’ about etiquette.” NOT IN WORKING HOURS. Primus — Algy Poppy-Cocke always observes the prince of Wales's birthday as a holiday just as religiously as he does Sunday.” Secundus—“Well, why not? The Lord was resting that day, too, I fancy.” HIS REPROOF. Minister —" Those wicked boys were playing ball again in Jones’s lot as I came from church.” Minister's wife—"Didn't you stop to reprove them ?” Minister —"Yes, but it didn’t have any effect. Young Cowles made a daisy three-bag hit and let in three runs, and the crowd didn’t have any use for me. comicbooks.com