Judge, 1893-03-25 · page 7 of 18
Judge — March 25, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief humorous anecdotes typical of Judge's satirical style, rather than political cartoons. The humor relies on wordplay and social observation: **Key pieces:** - **"A Better Way of Putting It"**: Mocks pretentious speech about women's ambitions using deliberately inflated language ("terrene ownership" for "wanting land"). - **"A Humane Principle"**: A dinner etiquette joke about allowing the hungriest guest to enter first—gentle social satire. - **"Jack, How Could You?"**: Satirizes a governess's romantic interest in "Cousin Jack" being shattered when she learns he taught a child Columbus's discovery by quoting him saying he'd manipulate Queen Isabella into funding his voyage for personal gain—cynical commentary on heroic historical narratives. - **"Twisted Advertisements"**: Dark humor about advertising absurdity (a skeleton museum in baby food ads). The illustrations accompanying these anecdotes use period engravings. Overall, this page showcases Judge's specialty: gentle mockery of social pretension, romantic idealization, and advertising excess rather than hard political satire.
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JUDGE SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. [7 15. good thing that women have nerves to which to attribute perturbances arising from causes which one does not care to dwell upon. We can never wish for too much hap- pines for our friends, for it happens that Pi some of it is always spilled before it reaches a i i) them. ll Self-ridicule is a kind of vaccination ee with which the acute inoculate themselves to forestall and undo the venom of their antag- onists. THE HEV-DAY oF YouTH. The peculiar inequalities of genius might cause it to be defined as the inability to do what others do and the ability to do what they cannot. KATHARINE GROSJRAN, A BETTER WAY OF PUTTING IT. *¢AAISS KEEDICK wants the earth,” exclaimed Miss Bleecker, Yes,” replied Miss Emerson of Boston; “she seems ambitious of terrene ownership.” A HUMANE PRINCIPLE, Dumley—" Mrs. Markham gave me precedence of Dayton. I led the way in to dinner.” Benton—"\ beard her explain to Dayton that you looked hungriest.” No, gentle reader, this gentleman is not crazy. It’s the human sword-swallower choking upon a fish-bone. A FAMILY FRIEND. +4] M_SORRY I couldn't keep my engagement with you last Tuesday,” said Miss Keswick to Miss Barlow, “but Ju- piter Pluvius interfered.” “Why, I didn’t know you were acquainted with the Pluvi- uses,” replied Miss Barlow. HE WOULD HAVE ROOM. Bagley—" Where are you living, Bailey?” Batley—“ Well, since the crinoline habit came in I've moved to the outskirts.’ A DIFFERENCE. ly gwacious ! what does your father keep such an ugly dog as that for?" “Oh, just for company, he says.” ** Deah me—for h-his or yo-yours ?” JACK, HOW COULD YOU? Miss Dearborn (governess to Edith)—" Now, Edith, you know that our great fair commemorates the discovery of this country by Columbus; therefore I am very particular that you should pay great attention to your history lesson.” Edith (aged ten)—" Oh, I have ft perfectly. Cousin Jack read it to me last evening and made me repeat it over and over to him until I learned it by heart.” s Miss Dearborn (with secret admiration for Cousin Jack)—“ How very kind he is to you! Well, then, when Columbus conceived the idea of starting upon a voyage of discovery what did he do?” Edith —"When Columbus conceived the idea of starting upon a voyage of discovery he said to himself, ‘ What a dead cinch I will have if I can induce Isabella to hock her jewels and— and—to hock her jewels and—oh, yes—to hock her jewels and blow in the boodle on a dandy outfit!’ So he" — Governess faints with disenchantment. TWISTED ADVERTISEMENTS. HE COULD NOT STAND IT. Assistant—" Why, Mr. Cook, what's the matter? You look Hojack—"What made Staggers turn pale worried.” Mx. Coox—" Great Scott, man! you have put the living skele- and leave the theatre when the ballet began?” ‘ton museum cut in the baby-food advertisement.” Tomdik—" \t was the serpentine dance.” RAISING CATTLE IN THE WEST. comicbooks.com