Judge, 1892-07-23 · page 11 of 16
Judge — July 23, 1892 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with brief satirical commentary interspersed. The cartoons and jokes are minor: **Key satirical items:** 1. **Baseball joke**: A player fined for "having fun with the umpire" calls this "high comedy"—mocking both the player's behavior and the umpire's authority. 2. **Women's fashion commentary**: A quip noting girls dress more like men but haven't adopted men's suspenders fastened with "ten-penny nails"—satire on evolving gender presentation in dress. 3. **Engagement rings joke**: A jeweler offers cheap "Seaside" plated rings "warranted to outwear any summer-resort engagement"—mocking the brevity of summer romances. 4. **African American dialect joke**: Julia, a washerwoman, uses non-standard English ("Dat ain't no name for it") when discussing her mother's death—reflecting period racial stereotyping. The bulk of the page features **consumer product advertisements** (pianos, pens, hats, tailoring services, complexion powder) typical of Judge's revenue model, with minimal satirical content.
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i [DECKER “This is what I call high comedy," said the base- ball player who had been fined twenty dollars for hav- ing fun with the umpire.— Washington Star, Mrs. Wixstow’s Sootiinc Syrup for Children ‘Teething ; soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhea. "25 cents a bottle, At Clifton Springs, New York, several languages were used by those who united in the hymns sung dur- ing the services. It must have sounded just like opera in English. — Philadelphia Ledger. ROTHERS’ | PIANOS 33 UNON SOWARE New Yor The girls are dressing more like the men every sea- son, but we have not noticed any of those suspenders the dear things are wearing this summer fastened with a ten-penny nail.— Yonkers Statesman. When Baby was sick, we gave ber Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria When ahe became Miss, she clung to Castoria. ‘When sho had Children, she gave them Castoria. Billy the beau —"Anything new in engagement- rings?” Jeweler—"* Yes; our ‘new ‘Seaside’ plated goods are cheap and are warranted to outwear any summer-resort engagement."—fewelers’ Weekly. THE ACME ) MUSTACHE GUARD. Solid Comfort while Eating. Cy’ Samples free at the stationers ‘OF we will send 12 styles, for 10 cents TADELLA PEN CO. BT. PAUL, MINN. wo will tat terest FOU. { fate, Liedt, some, Our Finty Pago Ilustrated Catalog BD 7 parrot 3 BOAT 00, MIAMISBUK, 0. Re ‘ ry ACME FOLDING lexpe: Complexion Powder Is adelicate and refined preparation that the most fastidious ladies do not hesitate to use. Itis fragrant and refreshing and is never unpleasantly noticeable. The test of time is perhaps most assuring, and Pozzoni’s Complexion Powder has steadily gained in popularity for thirty years, Try it For Sale Everywhere, ‘The devil can sometimes be very well behaved when he is working for a big price.—Ram's Horn, SMOKE NMS THE WIRE AGIOA™ “BARKER BRAND” LINEN COLLARS AND ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, ‘Wiiam Barker, Manufasturer, Troy, N.Y. Delicate, and Lasting, Odor, For uAN IDEAL COMPLEXION SOAP.” unabictoprocare Vie wesdorfel fend BOo 1a, ‘Sampo and recelve a cake by return tal FAS. 8. IRE & CO. Chicago YOUMANS CELEBRATED Hats. ‘The superior quality of the material used, the exquisite de- sign, the lightness in weight, and the great demand, is a guar- antee that Youmans has no superior. 07, 719, 158 Mroadway, NEW YORK. Authorised Agenta in every city, Leaves a Nice appreciation of shades of language is not so much the result of cultivation as it is a gift that may be by the lowliest. Julia. was black, but lively in disposition and gay in dress. For a living she took in washing. One day she was met in deep black. “But, Julia! Is your mother dead?” ‘* Dead! Dat ain't no name for it, She's been killed in a row wif de poleece."—Evening Sun. A tailor's goose—The dude,— New York Herald. We've built up the /argest tatlor- ing business in the world, and it's growing every minute. We have no idea that we've got to the end of our string for trade; not at all. We are going in for more tradé every day. We will show many yet a new pathway for money-saving and better dressing. Our prices are as /i¢#/e as our busi- ness is dig. Suits to order, $20 to $50. Trousers to order, $5 to $15. Overcoats to order, $18 and up. You'll see the same prices quoted elsewhere (by imitators), but they have a very different meaning at Nicoll's stores. .For example, look at their goods and workmanship, then sec ours. cmicago new voRR, _ inounaroute TANSAS CITY. SAN PRaNCIECO, MINNEAPOLIS, WanTrono. PORTLAND, ORE. Loe amories. TO THE CENTURY~Brac | MARRY YOUR TROUSERS and they will be comfortably supported as long as they live. The ceremony will be performed for 50 cts. or more by any first-class furnisher. CHESTER SUSPENDER CO., 4 Decatur Ave., Roxbury, Mass. Anothor Reason Why Your Entire aiee Bhould be Transacted With LEWIS G. TEWKSBURY, 50 Broadway, N. Y.; seshen ='"asr2eies ir comicbooks.co