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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 248 This page contains multiple satirical sketches typical of late-19th-century American humor: **"The Old Rivalry"** mocks competing medical philosophies—"allopathy" (conventional medicine) versus "homeopathy" (alternative treatment using diluted substances). The joke presents doctors Smalldose and Bigdose arguing over which approach killed a patient named Browne. **"Most to Be Pitied"** is a sentimental poem where a compassionate woman asks a doctor which disease deserves most sympathy. The ironic answer: smallpox—a common, devastating affliction of the era. **Other brief sketches** satirize everyday absurdities: a child stealing a magician's "disappearing penny," lawyers joking about taking "the law into your own hands," a messenger boy distracted by dime novels, and intoxicated musicians. **"It Was Ever Thus"** depicts competing storefronts advertising for a boy—resulting in a crowded mob of applicants, satirizing competitive business practices. The page emphasizes working-class life, professional pretension, and social ironies through accessible, visual humor aimed at Judge's middle-class readership.
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THE OLD RIVALRY. pathy killed Browne,” said Doctor Smalldose. said Doctor Bigdose, “it was opathy—homa- MOST TO BE PITIED. THE WOMAN of sentiment asked of the doctor (And the answer he gave her most awfully shocked her), “Dear doctor, of all the relentless diseases That lie in dark wait, without warning to seize us, What malady is it so harshly attacks us, So wickedly wounds and so ruthlessly racks us, That, seeing its victim distressed in such fashion, You give him at once your profoundest compassion?” And the doctor responded, ‘'I think ‘tis admitted The man with the small-pox is most to be pitied.” Mes, GRORGR ARCHIBALD, es] WwW, opathy.”” ACQUISITIVE. AMATEUR MAGICIAN—"'I take this penny, and—presto! it disappears. Where has it gone?” Lirtte Tossty —"* Reckon gran'pop gaflled it, I heard pop tell marm this mornin’ ‘that the old man wanted the earth.” AN ILLEGAL PROCEEDING. ++ D)O YOU know that you are performing an illegal act?” said Lawyer Versus to his partner, who was taking a copy of the revised statutes from the table. “Why, no, In what way?” "You are taking the law into your own hands.” A MODERN WORK. Policeman —" Come, move on about your business.” Messenger-boy (dime novel in hand)—“ Please, Mr. Cop, jest let me see how Blood-thirsty Pete ‘prevents Devil-may-care Maggie from stealin’ her sister’s suspend- ers to hang herself wid, an’ I'll go a mile a minute.” AFTER THE BALL. sci ak wi . See NOT UP TO SNUFF. Madame—" How those musicians did drink wine last night, Wilkins ! I never saw Jor (profesional shor®)—"T calls 3011 What yo got?” anything like it. ROM (novice)—"* I'se got foh aces. ; Butler —" Sure, ma'am, it was Miss Clara's fault. She insisted upon having Joe—"* Dat ain't no good, niggah. I'se got five sixes.” sponge-cake served all around.” Pron No use mah playin’ pokah. I allus git ah good han’ IT WAS EVER THUS. Two neighboring stores advertise for a boy, Witness the result, comicbooks.com