Judge, 1892-12-03 · page 30 of 52
Judge — December 3, 1892 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This is a Christmas-themed satirical page from *Judge* magazine featuring multiple brief jokes and comic observations about holiday traditions and customs. **Main Content:** The "Christmas Comments" section offers cynical one-liners mocking Christmas commercialism and social hypocrisy—Santa Claus charges more than doctors, money motivates gift-giving, borrowed money mysteriously appears for presents despite debts. **The Burglar Series** (Nos. 1-5): A sequential comic showing a burglar attempting to hide in a folding bed that keeps collapsing on him—visual slapstick humor about the era's unreliable furniture. **Additional sketches** include wordplay about plum pudding versus government appointments, a bride's convenient duplicate wedding gifts for regifting to friends, and dialogue between what appear to be rural or working-class characters discussing Christmas gifts. The satire targets consumer materialism, social pretense, and the gap between Christmas ideals (Sunday-school morality) and actual behavior (debt, regifting). The tone is genteel mockery typical of *Judge*'s audience.
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CHRISTMAS JUDGE CHRISTMAS COMMENTS. the church has its Christmas-box. The Christmas-tree grows in queer pl Santa Claus charges more for his visits than the doctor. If money makes the mare go, it makes Santa Cls me, pawnbroker’s money brings Santa Claus to many a Christmas is h for the turkey, Tt makes him lose b ‘The satisfied boy at Christmas lives only in the Sunday-school book The girl who is caught under the mistle- ht around the waist. Claus makes a good Christ- Santa Cruz is better at a punch. ce-pie is the greatest Christmas grees with nearly every one. ‘The friend who is unable to pay the money he borrowed always has enough to make you a present There is a great difference between the mistletoe and the wall-flower ally the Kat er PHRENOLOGY IN SAUGERTIES. Whole ‘tal ieee Proresson—"' Ladies and gentlemen, T have had the attempt made on me before to deceive me with a Hubbard Now is the time when every man finds his wife in need of change, and she takes good care that he does find her in it. pegcore squash, Tt will not work.” THE BURGLAR AND THE FOLDING- SEASONABLE. BED THAT DIDN'T CATCH. Jack—" Plum-pudding is the fashion about the Christmas holidays, isn’t it?” Jill Nes” Jack—" That's what John remarked, A short time before Christmas he received a government appointment. ‘The job was spoken of plum,’ and soon John said it was *a regular pudding.’ ” EXPLAINED. ++ P)ID you come out wel Christmas morning, Tommy?" “Yeth, thir; 1 got more candy than any of my broth- erth or thithterth.” “Indeed! How did that come about 2” “1 got up two hourth before they di HOW CONVENIENT! 66 WERE in great luc WwW said the early De- cember bride to her husband, as she surveyed her wedding Jow is that?” Ve can distribute the duplicates among our friends as Chris presents.” THE woman who makes MUNIFIC her husband a pair of ‘ Whadjer git f 5 * Mammy’s ole gum shoes, Whad yo! git *L hain't quite suah yit, but I fink pop’s done fo'got t' lick me fo" measured way. suckin’ dem aigs lars’ night.” slippers goes about it in no comicbooks.6ony