Judge, 1893-06-17 · page 6 of 16
Judge — June 17, 1893 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple unrelated satirical sketches mocking early 20th-century American culture and trends. **Top cartoon**: Mrs. Shopper warns her husband that today's bargain sale is so chaotic an ambulance waits outside—satirizing the dangerous shopping frenzies at department stores. **"Shades of Matthew Vassar"**: Mocks women's education by having a parent boast his daughter won a "gum-drill" prize (chewing gum contest) at Vassar College—implying women's colleges produce trivial rather than serious accomplishment. **"Modern Idea"**: A Sunday school teacher asks a biblical question; the child references a "dime-museum" (cheap tourist attraction)—satirizing declining religious knowledge and education. **Fair cartoons (bottom half)**: Multiple sketches show people at a fair encountering a "talking machine" (early phonograph or similar device). The machine malfunctions, leading to chaos and violence—satirizing both fair attractions and the novelty of new technology failing spectacularly. The overall theme critiques modern American life: consumerism, education quality, and technology.
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Mus. SHoprer—' Oh, John, to-day must be bargain-day at that store, The ambulance is at the door.” SHADES OF MATTHEW VASSAR! . A MODERN IDEA. SS YVHAT do you hear from your daughter at Vassar?” Sunday-schooi teacher —" Now, what did Lot do when his wife was “Oh, extraordinarily good news. Clara won the first prize in turned into a pillar of salt?” the annual gum-drill last Chewsday.” Bobby—"1 know; took her to the dime-museum.” , ‘Say, Bill, yer ‘s an ole box. Come wid me —Step right dis way! Wonderful talkia'- an’ we'll make a fortune at the f; in. machine! On’y five cents!" Pawnek Bitt—"' I believe this thing ‘s a fake. — —Come out, er I'll blow the head off o' yer!" ‘Tue Macuine—" Help, help! Murder!” AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT AT THE FAIR. comicbooks.com