Judge, 1893-06-03 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 3, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical cartoons typical of Judge magazine's editorial humor: **"The Revolving Floor"** (top): Depicts an editor using a rotating floor to eject unwanted manuscript submissions from callers—visual satire of editorial gatekeeping. **"Two Old Soldiers"**: A Decoration Day joke where two veterans discover one fought for the Union, the other for the Confederacy, explaining their lack of combat success against each other. The humor relies on the irony of meeting an "enemy" decades later. **"Accessory to the Fact"**: Police humor about a burglar needing more explosives because officers outnumber his gang. **"Retribution"** and **"The Process Reversed"**: Brief joke columns about a medical expert strangling himself with his own theories, and a maid reconsidering marriage. **"It Fills an Inventive Niche"**: A prank device—an ink-bag worn under clothing to spray friends who slap the wearer's back. The page demonstrates Judge's mix of visual and textual humor targeting contemporary social situations and character types rather than specific political events.
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THE REVOLVING FLOOR—ADAPTED TO EDITORIAL USES. — “1 have a little bit of nonsense here, sir, that I Eprror—"* Yes, sir; just a moment. Please step to this side of the desk.” TWO OLD SOLDIERS. ie 66] WAS in the war myself,” said the S stranger to a man with ag. a.r. cap on, alter the parade was over on Decoration day. “Ah? Shake.” The two shook hands. “Yes, I was there through it all.” “ Went all through the war, eh?” “So did 1." “ Had great times, didn’t we?” “T should say so, You killed lots of Johnny rebs, I suppose?” “No, I don’t think I ever killed one.” “You went all through the war?” # Yes.” “Ina score of battles, then?” “Yes.” “And don’t know that you ever killed a reb?” “Don't think I ever did. In. fact I'm pretty sure I didn't.” No. 3. Orrices toy afore he knows ACCESSORY TO THE FACT. BurGLar (to supposed pal, outside)—** Ain't dat most enough, Bil?” Orricer CLANCEY (as the reserves come up)—'* Ye'd betther put ‘out two or t'ree more, young felly. They’s twinty officers at th’ stashun, an’ ivery wan dhry !"" IT FILLS AN INVENTIVE NICHE. Razdazzle's little appliance for discouraging those of his friends who are in the habit of slapping him unexpectedly on the back consists simply of a : rubber-snouted ink-bag to suspend between his shoulder-blades, Whir-r-r-r! “ How do you account for that ?” “Well, maybe the fact that I was a rebel myself had something to do with it.” | Then they changed the subject. WILLIAM IENRY SIVITRR. RETRIBUTION. THE MEDICAL EXPERT will some day get his neck in one of his own knots and strangle to death; then his successor will show conclu- sively that he died of five kinds of i poison, unhappily not having the i | strength left to take the sixth, which i would have neutralized the effect of all | the others. THE PROCESS REVERSED. i} Mistress “So you have con- cluded to marry Dennis, have you, Mary Ann? Well, I'm very glad.” i} Mary Ann—"Yis, mum. This It time I'd me second thoughts first.” comicbooks.com