Judge, 1892-12-31 · page 17 of 19
Judge — December 31, 1892 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a **late 19th-century advertisement section** from Judge magazine, containing mostly commercial ads for typewriters, playing cards, patent medicines, pens, soaps, and transportation services. The only satirical content appears to be **four brief humor items** scattered among the ads: 1. **Boston marriage joke**: A wife refuses to let her husband in at 2 a.m. without proof he hasn't been carousing. He quotes Emerson about the seashore to convince her, which works—the humor lies in using highbrow literary references as an excuse for late-night behavior. 2. **Street repairs joke**: A husband notes the workers removed their red warning lanterns, calling it "another old landmark gone"—light social commentary on urban change. 3. **Art gallery joke**: A confused amateur calls a painting by "Jings"; the connoisseur corrects him that it's actually by an artist named Brown. 4. **Democratic/duck hunting reference**: A one-liner about Democrats learning to "shoot ducks," likely a political jab, though context is unclear. The page reflects how Judge mixed satire with aggressive advertising.
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New York Offices 19 Rezxwaw STREET, th Edition, postnaid for ase. or stamps) THE HUMAN HAIR, cS ‘+I shall not open the door, Harvardson, said the Boston wife at two o'clock a.m.. til I have satisfactory evidence that you have not been spending the evening in riotous con. viviality.” ‘* Your precaution, my dear,” re- plied the Boston husband, who stood shiverin, le, “*is natural but unnecessary. attendance at an unusually inter- With y this passage from Emerson's essay on Seashore, sea seen from the shore, shore seen from the sea.” And the door was thrown open at once.—Chicago Tribune. Mrs. d’Avnoo—"* Those street- repairers have got through at last.” Mr. d'Avnoc— «Typewriter »» Presents many points of improvement which will readily commend themselves to all users. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Mrs, d’Avnoo—'* Yes ; they way their red lantern.” Mr. d’Avnoo—'Yaken away their red lantern? Well, well! Another old landmark gone,"— New York Weekly, Amateur (in the art-gallery)—"' That's a splendid picture, by jings!" Connoisseur (look- ing up)—'*Jings, Jings? Never heard his name before. H'm! That's no Jings; that’s a Brown.”—Cape Cod Item. JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS. GOLD MEDAL, paris ExPosiTiON, 1889. THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. EARL & WILSON'S. Why it Falls Off, Turns Gray, and the Remedy. By PROF. HARLEY PARKER, F. R.A. ©_K. Lone & Co., 1013 Arch St. Phi Every one should read thia little Book. OBACCt HA BIT. t by ‘ASE for HILLS OHIO CHEMICAL Co. and 55 Opera Block, ‘any. forma = conse prea oR Srowetes af mall on re take no others LIMA, 0. oymalt Aadres} 51,93. WEETHEARTS THE MIAN MYE IN TUE MOON and 180 latest Oc, H. Webman, 182 Park Row, N ie BLANK BOOKS.tacewses* FINDLER & WIBEL, 146 Nassau Street, New York. GREAT Very important changes have eee made in round-trip California tickets. 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