Judge, 1892-08-20 · page 7 of 16
Judge — August 20, 1892 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: **"Tommy's New Game"** mocks Wall Street stock trading through a child's simplistic game involving price manipulation and litigation—satirizing how real speculators engage in petty disputes that generate legal fees exceeding actual value. **"Watering"** appears to reference railroad practice of adding water to train engines at track stops, with a crude joke about the engine "taking it up." **"A Good Report"** plays on double meaning: when asked if her fiancé has "rocks" (slang for money/diamonds), the woman responds he has "geological specimens"—a clever wordplay suggesting he's wealthy in literal rocks/minerals rather than currency. **"Where Else?"** is a simple pun: a man got a close shave at a barber-shop (the obvious place for shaves). **The theatrical manager cartoon** jokes about poster sizing for a gladiator play adaptation, where low country fences forced bill-posters to omit sheets. These are light humor pieces rather than heavy political satire—typical Judge content mixing puns, social observation, and visual gags.
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JUDGE WATERING. TOMMY’S NEW GAME, SOV ILLIE, let's play Wall street.” “How do we do i? “Till offer you ninety-six for some- thing you have and you say no, I want ninety- six and one - eighth. J -adlewski and Flanigan were both kicked out of Then I'll say all right © and I'll take what you sold me at that price, party’. jam —"* Why was that ?” 1M —"* The former was born in Wien, the latter in Cork.” Pui. —"* Just wait till de engine reaches one o° dem water troughs in de track, an’ I'll show you how to take it up,” and he did. ginger.ale, Bass ale, w! CouNek —"* Well, it does me good to hear about ‘em occasionally—please give me a glass o° ice water wid a straw in it.” Then Lil try to pay you ninety-six and one-eighth, but f'll find I can‘t,.and then we'll go to law-about it, and it will cost you two- hundred-and-seven to get a half of what 1 owe you. It’s a bully game.” A GOOD RE- PORT. oe AS YOUR H fiancé any rocks?” asked Miss Bleecker of Miss Em- erson of Boston. “I believe he is quite liberally supplied with geological speci- mens,” was the satis- factory answer. WHERE ELSE? Peters—“\ had a close shave this morn- ing.” Soskins—"Where?” THEATRICAL MANAGER—"'Yes, that foursheet poster will Peters —“ At the —And so it did. The country fences were rather low, and make a sensation for our new adaptation of ‘The Gladiator.’" _ barber-shop.”” the bill posters had to omit one sheet. comicbooks.com