Judge, 1892-08-20 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 20, 1892 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor. **"A la Hartshorn Roller"**: A visual gag about a magazine salesman pitching war maps (of Richmond and the peninsula, likely Civil War-era references) on a Hartshorn roller—a mechanical device for rolling up maps or documents. The humor plays on the absurdity of selling maps this way. **"Why It Didn't Trouble Her"**: Mocks a stuttering man trying to converse on a jerky train. His companion suggests he'd have similar difficulty maintaining conversation in a "fashionable two-wheeled cart"—satirizing both his speech impediment and the impracticality of courting in moving vehicles. **"A Study of Facial Expression at the Phone"**: Six panels showing Mr. Jones's increasingly dismayed expressions during a telephone call from his wife, who delivers bad news: her mother is visiting, has now decided to leave, and won't be home when he arrives. The satire targets domestic annoyances and the telephone's role in delivering unwelcome family news. All three pieces employ physical comedy and domestic situations for satirical effect.
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| EF A LA HARTSHORN ROLLER. Eprror —"* Who is it?” Jounnie—"' It’s a nice-lookin’ feller. He's not an agent, because he isn’t AGENT—"' I want to see if you don't want to buy one of these war-ma carrying anything.” of Richmond and the peninsula—profusely illustrated—eight colors for eight Eprror—"Show him in.” (7 visitor.) ‘* What will you have, sir?" _—_dollars—on a Hartshorn roller?” “WHY IT DIDN’T TROUBLE HER. “T do-o-n't stutter!” he protested hotly. “It’s this blame-blamed r-r-rock-rocky road.” “It doesn’t bother me,” she said pleasantly. “Tel see it doesn’t-ouch-doesn’t bother you.” She looked at him pityingly for a moment as he tried to say some- thing more, and then suggested : “I guess you never rode in a fashionable two-wheeled cart and tried to carry on a conversation.” HEY were riding on a train on a sharp-curved, jerky, little narrow- gauge road, and he found it rather difficult to keep up his end of the conversation, . “ Rer-rough r-road,” he suggested. “T beg your pardon,” she returned. “I s-s-ay it's might-might-mighty rough.” “Thadn't noticed it, How you stutter! Did you ever take anything for"— A STUDY OF FACIAL EXPRESSION AT THE ‘'PHONE.” MR, JONES IS CALLED TO THE TELEPHONE BY 1115 WIFE, Voice THROUGH THE TELEPHONE —"'Ts that you, Mr. Jones?" “Yes.” ** Well— —my mother — so she has made up her mind to go home ou <= aba ‘aves this “afbaraswa's SIS! —She wishes me to say good-bye for her to you, as she will not be here when you come home,” comicbooks.com