Judge, 1893-06-03 · page 6 of 16
Judge — June 3, 1893 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of Judge's format: **"A Valued Memento"** mocks women's education at Vassar by suggesting a grandmother used a hair-pin as a pickle-fork—implying female college graduates were impractical or unsuitable for domestic life. **"A Paradox"** and related quips critique pretentious modesty and superficial art criticism—common targets of satirical magazines. **"His Argument"** jokes about a man courting a woman by arguing marriage would be tolerable because he'd rarely be home—absurdist humor about marital discord. **"Setting the Time"** plays on a woman's deceptive invitation: she tells a suitor to visit "tomorrow night" while secretly planning to be absent. The illustrated cartoons depict rural/working-class characters (a farmer, hackman, preacher) in dialect-heavy scenarios, reflecting period stereotypes. The final panel shows a man arguing with a stubborn mule—slapstick humor. Overall, the page reflects Gilded Age satirical conventions: wordplay, social criticism of education and manners, and broad comedic stereotypes.
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"NEATH NATURE’S TOUCH. HE SUN had kissed her checks and left a blush, As, in the early morn, he folds a cloud In his embrace till, flashing ‘neath its flush, We read love's secret through its misty shroud. The sky had caught her glance and filled her eyes With kindling light, ia which the soul looked through, As quiet violets gaze, in calm surprise, From out their window-panes of morning dew. 5 Ab, wonder not then that a mortal man Who gazed impassioned in the face above Should print its presence over every plan And rise to find himself caught fast by Love. ALICE CxaKY, A VALUED MEMENTO. Mother— Here is a hair-pin, my child, that was used by your grandmother many years ago.” Child—" And did grandma use this to keep up her air?” Mother—" Mercy, no! That was her pickle-fork while she was 7 ” Fisnexsta at Vassar. enough for me A PARADOX, SOMETIMES men achieve a rep- utation for modesty which ar- gues such advertising of that virtue as might astonish a large bill-board. EAR-MARKS VERY PLAIN. Stranger (in Chicago)—* How much will you charge to drive me about the town for an hour and a half?" Hackman—* Twenty-five dol- lars. Stranger —" And how were things when you left Niagara falls?" A SOROSISTER says the Amer- ican critic of art knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. That is epigrammatic enough to atone for its falsity. —"* Oi hope th’ wather didn’t wet yez, sor." At least ten drops struck me in the mouth.” A MANIFESTATION, Rev. Mr. Purters—" Ff dat ain't ole Satan hisself at larst I ain't been a-preachin’ agin him fer goin’ on fohty year.” Farmer—" No fishing on these grounds, N UNPARDONABLE OUTRAGE. LANDED HIM. Didn't ye see that sign?” *Well, who is fishing on the grounds? ‘The water is good HIS ARGUMENT. +4] LIKE you very much, Charlie, but I couldn't marry you. 1 don’t think we could live happily together.” “But, my dear Maude, reflect. After we were married I wouldn't be home very much.” SETTING THE TIME. Dashaway —" Miss Palisade told me to ask you to call on her to-morrow night.” Cleverton—“ But I heard that she was going to be out.” Dashaway—" She is.” oe ORRY,” as the Detroit Ww Free Press says, “is a tack in the shoe"; but if nobody NEL. BREAKBONE (from Kentucky)—" Worse than that, you rattlesnake | Worried there wouldn't be any tack, ‘or any shoe either. Mr. Craws—" Whoa, dar_ yo’ Cora! How yo’ s'pose T'se gwine t’ git dat stone out o' yo' hoof ef yo’ keeps sasshayin’ roun’ de lot?” comicbooks.com