Judge, 1893-05-06 · page 4 of 16
Judge — May 6, 1893 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple short humorous vignettes typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"It Makes All the Difference"** contrasts a husband's theatrical impatience (top left) with his serene composure when his wife is late for church—satirizing male hypocrisy about religious propriety versus entertainment. **"She Agreed With Him"** is a brief dialogue joke about a young man admitting his only lack is intelligence, which the young woman pointedly confirms. **Remaining sketches** mock various social foibles: a child's consumer materialism, a husband's obliviousness to his wife's shopping bills, Irish-dialect humor about a drunk's death, a wealthy husband's financial panic contrasted with his wife's concern only for concert tickets, and romantic rejection wrapped in flowery language. The cartoons employ visual exaggeration and period dialect (particularly Irish stereotypes) typical of Judge's satirical approach to middle and upper-class American social pretensions and gender dynamics.
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IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. This is Mr. du Mond when his wife is five minutes late for the theatre — SHE AGREED WITH HIM, SSGPEAKING about smart fellaws,” said young Mr. Gurley, “1 could be weal smart if I had a mind, Miss Giddey.” “That's so,” replied the girl. “That's all you ever lacked.” THE FAD PERVADING THE NURSERY. Bessie —* Mamma, won't you buy me a new dolly? I don’t like mine.” Mamma —" Why, Bessie, your dolly is perfectly lovely. Why do you want a new one ?” Bessie —" Because Jegsie has one that can kick twice as high as mine.” NOT IN AN APPRECIATIVE POSITION. McBride —*\ can't appreciate you funny fellows’ jokes about women who shop but never buy.” Snickers —" Can't you? Why?” McBride —* The bilis which come in on the first of every month seem to act as a preventive.” A KEDGE-ANCHOR. —and this is the selfsame Mr. du Mond when his wife is half an heur late for church Sunday morning. A DROP TOO MUCH. : O'BrieN—"** Top o' the mar-rnin’ to yez, Branigan, Did yez hear O'Toole is dead?" * Divil a bit—dead is Shure, he fill down dead in th’ shtrate from a siventh-shtory BRraniGaN —"* Poor divil! he took a dhrap too much.” CONSOLATION IN BEACON STREET. Husband —"1 am ruined! ruined! State street is crazy! There has been a panic—the worst since ‘fifty-seven! The bottom has dropped out of the mar- ket and my fortune has gone to""— chinner ’s ketched in yo’ head-laight, Paul.” Wife—* Wall, Charles, you know you have my sympathy. Have you the Tknows it, chile. Senge I's been studyin’ up _ tickets for Paderewski's concert?” ‘on d’ cull'd race ez a factum ob cib'I'zation — YTS only when they shadow us “Comparisons are odious.” SHE ATE THEM. [ TOOK my Rose some candied lowers. She shyly cried, “Oh, Hal! You know I couldn't eat them, dear ; I'd be a cannibal.” I purchased next marron glaces— My heart was filled with treason— “If you refuse these too,” I said, —mah haid gits pow'ful heavy in d’ aftahnoons.” “Tis for the selfsame reason.” "AN. MARY M, SCOTT, “A. watch and chain goes with this suit.” comicbooks.com