Judge, 1892-12-31 · page 3 of 19
Judge — December 31, 1892 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical sketches mocking contemporary social issues and figures circa the 1880s-1890s. **"A Further Supply"** depicts a man requesting more "glowing" Milwaukee beer, suggesting beer was marketed as a health product. **"Quite an Idea"** jokes about women wearing wedding presents—apparently large, impractical tin canopies—as fashion. **"The Girl Cyclist"** satirizes the new phenomenon of women cyclists, mocking claims she'll ride year-round despite weather. **"Mr. Hill and the New Year"** discusses Senator Hill's alleged plans to retire from politics to pursue various business ventures and remarry, treating his political future as gossip. **"Didn't Need Them"** shows a lame artist rejecting crutches, playing on physical disability for humor. The page reflects Victorian attitudes toward emerging women's independence, new technologies (bicycles), and political intrigue.
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D© NOT SHOOT the various weather prognosti- cators. They are doing as well as they can. E THINK the Evening Post's pamphlet regard ing the leaders of Tammany hall is in print again, Aes AS.WE HAVE SAID, it is an era of good feeling. The Republicans are about to take a vacation, and their responsibility had become irksome and vexatious. eae QUR GooD SOCIETY will not be sufficiently English until it begins to steal or charges its various women with stealing and brings them before QuiTE AN IDEA. Motner—* Heavens, Linda! what are those great tin things? They can’t be wedding- Presents?” Linpa—"* Oh, they are tin canopies that Jack and Lydia are going’ to wear when the rice-throwing commences.” ‘THE GIRL CYCLIST has announced that she will cycle all winter, regard~ less of snow, ice and cyclone. Very well. ‘There must be an ambulance-corps at every cross-roads. SOMEBODY says the girl with sus- penders ought to go off somewhere and hang herself. It is not pleasant to have a girl wasted that way, but she cer- A FURTHER SUPPLY, tainly has the requisite means right at Ixiz—"'Oh, Jakie, squirt der hose on some more gloding. “her back. All dot Milwaukee fire goots ees gone.” MR. HILL AND THE NEW YEAR. WE FIND on investi- gation that the va- rious stories regarding Senator Hill do not “con- sist.” If he is to retire from the senate it seems odd that he should at- tempt a new silver law and a ship canal through this state; and if he is to marry_a southern widow it does not seem actually necessary that he should get an insurance on him- self, as:president or what- not, of twenty-five thou- sand dollars a year. Then again he has not retired from politics—itis obvious that politics has retired from him, But, anyhow, Sree RNC eae the compliments of the Mr. Mal O'Note, the %250% to Senator Hill, silver-voiced tenor, rendered 20d commiseration to the the “Lullaby” song in a short-sighted beings who a ig manner that carried his think, or hope, that they DIDNORNEEDRCHEM® ee small but select audience 4.46 had the 1 ‘4 STRANGER—"' I'm the lame man that you engaged yesterday to pose. before him bodily, as it ave had the last of ArtistT—"' Heavens! where are your crutches?” were, him, StRANGER—" Oh, I left them home.” comicbooks.com