Judge, 1892-09-17 · page 5 of 16
Judge — September 17, 1892 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical sketches typical of Judge magazine's humor: 1. **Top strip**: "Tommy's Waterloo" mocks rural life through a slapstick sequence where a boy named Tommy carries eggs in a basin while riding a horse named "Maud S." The eggs' rattling disturbs the horse, causing comic chaos. The satire targets both rustic incompetence and the contrast between genteel society (Maud S. appears to be a racehorse name) and farmyard reality. 2. **"Why She Wept"**: This sketch ridicules newlywed women's obsession with shopping and home decoration. A bride weeps because her husband bought their house without consulting her on furnishings—satirizing female consumer culture and marital expectations of the era. 3. **"Foiled"**: A brief caption mocking rural architectural absurdity, where someone builds a hen-house atop their home. The sketches collectively mock rural/working-class life, female materialism, and domestic incompetence through exaggerated character types typical of late-19th-century American satire.
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JUDGE A RURAL HUMPTY DUMPTY; OR, TOMMY’S WATERI.OO. ‘Tommy is sent to a neighbor's to fetch a“ setting” Tommy decides to make “* Maud (The return.) ‘The eggs will rattle in the basin, and of eggs. S." a full partner in the enterprise. the unusual sound agitates * Maud S.” ** Maud 5." becomes more anxious Pee ee eastueran ielanexpectedly WHY SHE WEPT. ssTjyAUGHTER, D what is the matter?” demanded the mother of Mrs. McBride as she found her child crying bit- terly. “ Why — Charlie— Charlie" sobbed the young woman, “ Has he been treat- ing my lamb badly al- ready?" exclaimed the indignant mother. “Only been married three months and he leaves you crying your eyes out like this, Tell me what the trou- Nemesis. ble is.” “Why, mamma, you know that house we are going into?” she asked between her sobs. “Ido, What is the matter with it? Don’t the location, terms, fittings and everything about it suit you? I thought you were satisfied with it. What is the difficulty? Has Charlie refused to buy it, after deciding to take “Why, mamma, Charlie—Charlie "—— “Well, Charlie what? Tell me right away what the trouble is.”” “Well, Charlie (sob) went out and bought the (sob) first house he saw (sob) without giving me a chance to shop (sob) for it.” And the stricken young bride burst into a fresh torrent of tears. WILLIAM JeRWRY StYTTER, FOILED. G i i ae Eupen—"" Well, dat’sa nice-lookin’ house dey's pat up; bat, fo", THOUSAND dollars with which to begin life may be of as much help or de Lawd! dey’s got de hen-house on top. Ef dat ain’ scan'lous !" hinderance to a young man as could be desired. comicbooks.com