Judge, 1892-07-30 · page 10 of 16
Judge — July 30, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains multiple brief humorous sketches typical of late 19th-century American comedy: **"Adding Insult to Injury"** tells of a youth perpetually afflicted with a red nose who discovers a boil forming on its tip—a visual punchline about compounding misfortune. **"Correct"** and other brief dialogues mock everyday absurdities: a schoolboy's literal geographic answer, a father-in-law's paradoxical opposition actually encouraging marriage, and ethnic dialect humor (common then, offensive now). **"Taken Literally"** ridicules someone misinterpreting "square meal" as literally a square cracker. **"A Fatal Mistake"** uses worn trouser knees as a joke about crowded public transit. The remaining sketches lampoon writers, editors, and domestic situations with period-typical puns and wordplay. Throughout, the humor relies on literal interpretations, physical comedy, and casual ethnic caricature—reflective of turn-of-the-century American popular humor sensibilities that would be considered crude by modern standards.
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14 ADDING INSULT TO _IN- JURY. MIS nose had always worried E him, It was so very red. ‘When noses were a topic he Would shyly drop his head. Yet every scratch or blow or bruise, Through fate’s satanic freak, That brought affliction to this youth Would land upon his beak. One day, on looking in his glass, He felt his soul recoil ; For to his great disgust he found A well-developed boil. And on that portion of his face That one would least suppose— Tt bloomed out gorgeously upon The tip end of his nose. CORRECT. School-teacher — “Now, Bobby, you may tell me where Africa is lo- cated.” Bobby —* VALUABLE ASSIST- ANCE, Kissam (to bis father-in-law, after the elopement and forgive ness)— I must thank you, Mr. Scadds, for facilitating my suit with your daughter.” Scadds —* Facilitating it? Why, sir, I apposed it -with all my might.” Kissam—* Yes; that’s what made Blanche determine to marry me.” VERY WRONG. seYOU did wrong to call Dawson a flannel-mouth duffer.” “Well, isn’t li “Of course he isn’t. Flan- nel shrinks, and Dawson's mouth aay i | n South Fifth avenue.” A LA WEBSTER. Eruriom — ‘o’ de lawd, Elipholet! See de ignerant man tryin’ fo" to spell razzer wifa"b."” A QUESTION OF LOCATION. TAKEN LITERALLY. Suearep SHAMBLES— havin’ a square meal fer Harry Han SHEARED SHAMBLI give her de useral fake ‘bout ain't — She giv me dis soda-cracker an’ said dat wuz de squarest meal she knew on. She said ifyit wuz too square, fer to bite de corners off.” A FATAL MIS- TAKE. Featherstone —"Why, I thought that was a new pair of trousers you had last week, and now they are wom through at the knees.” Ringway —" Yes, they were new; but I sat too near the door on the elevated the other day, and- the other passengers wore them out.” OETRY is the lan- guage of love, music its song, all things beautiful are its. expression, your maid was in your boudoir fixing your hair when the fire broke out?” HIS OPINION WANTED. ‘ syou are pretty sick, Snick- ers,” said the editor of a comic paper to one of his con- tributors. “Yes, Lam.” “If you should die you might ask Saint. Peter what he thinks of the jokes that have been written about him lately. AN IMPEDIMENT. Seribendus — beautifully dramatic jdea fora story.” itor —" Then why don’t you write it up?” Scribendus—"Well, the only trouble is that it has been done before by Balzac.” AN AFFLICTED WOMAN. SN'T Mrs. Cubbage troub- led with strabismus ?” “Not that 1 know of, but she is awfully cross-eyed. os FATHERLY SOLICITUDE. McFappen —"* Oi hov a great joke on th’ kid, Ellen.” Mrs. McFapi McFappe: “*Ts thot so?" is thot. He's chewin’ a dinnymite ca’tridge he got out o' me pocket, tinkin’ it’s melassy candy.” comicbooks.com