Judge, 1892-09-24 · page 6 of 16
Judge — September 24, 1892 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains multiple satirical pieces on gambling, poverty, and social hypocrisy circa the early 1900s. **"A Song of the Track"** warns against horse-racing gambling, specifically how initial small losses lead to compulsive betting to "get square"—a common social problem of the era. **"On a Business Basis"** satirizes the paradox of American credit: the well-dressed man explains that maintaining credit requires *spending* beyond one's means, while the poor man who paid cash lost all creditworthiness. This mocks how financial institutions discriminate against the financially responsible. **"Their Frey"** appears to be a racist dialect sketch about enslaved or formerly enslaved people (the language and imagery reflect period prejudices). The bottom cartoons mock food adulteration—a real contemporary scandal where businesses sold contaminated or misrepresented goods. "If you see it in the sun it's so [clean], if you see it in shadow it's soup [garbage]" jokes about deceptive food marketing practices that would later trigger food safety regulations.
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JUDGE . A SONG OF THE TRACK. FELLOW who loses the first little five ‘That he happens to risk on a horse Nine times out of ten is not tempted again, For he thinks he’s unlucky, of course. But it isn’t the first little five that you lose That tempts you to ty it once more. Though you'd like to get squafe, a voice cries "* Be- ware ["— The voice of the five gone before. It's the first little five that wins. There's where the trouble begins. Then you'll play ‘em or bust, and you'll lose all your dust Through that first little five that wins. MIvrans WILLETT. ON A BUSINESS BASIS. QE LOOKED seedy and one was well dressed. One seemed utterly discouraged and the other seemed to be in better spirits, although even he was apparently a trifle troubled. They shook hands, and the well-dressed young man suggested that the other looked as if he were in hard luck. “1 am,” replied the seedy-looking young man, “You couldn't let me have five dollars, could you? I'll be on my feet again inside of thirty days.” : “So will I,"" responded the well-dressed young man. “But I 1 THE ISTYLE. 5; iiaven't had 10k Gan’? Gellar wt One Hae GO hee ene OT oat Risinc AvTHOR (fo friend)—"' Tt won't be many months now till I become lavent F ng hace Sais le : the style, and"—— (Conversation is lost in the street noises.) my position unexpectedly, you know.” His pupeters (staring blankly after author and friend )—"* \mpawsible !" “So did I; and I've lived from hand to mouth ever since.” “Didn't you have any credit?” “T thought I did until I needed it. I was con- sidered the best pay in the neighborhood—paid ‘cash, you know, and never ran up a bill. Strict business. principles.” “Strict business nothing,” retorted the well- dressed young man, “I'd charge a suit of clothes if I had a thousand dollars in my pocket at the time. Then I could charge another when I hadn't a penny. A cash customer has no credit; he’s looked on with suspicion when he asks it. My boy, many a concern has failed because it didn’t establish a line of credit when it didn’t need it, so that it would have it when it did need it, That's only business sense.” RLLIOTT rLowER. UNFORTUNATE SUSIE. «*QUE made a bad break to-day, didn’t she?” asked Miss Bleecker. “Yes,” replied Miss Emerson of Boston; “she manufactured a serious fracture.” OF COURSE NOT. She—"Mamma doesn’t fancy co-operative housekeeping, John.” Impecunious John—" Doesn't she, dear? Why THEIR PREY. not?” Mus. Jerreitsox—" Yo', Claude! wot yo’ do to Ephraim?" ‘i é Et ome, Ciavbe—=1 didn’ do nuffin’, He's bin chawin’ sugar-cane an’ he's dun got it all ober him, _ Ske—"Oh, she says she doesn’t believe in mes- an‘ de flies is got after him.” alliances. Xe YOW Sikle xT UN THe SU | 11's SOUP dn if 4 ofl F —_— JOUNNIE TOUCHES IT UP A LITTLE. comicbooks.com