Judge, 1893-06-17 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 17, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page collects various short humorous pieces typical of Judge's satirical format: **Main Cartoons:** - "Left to His Fate" depicts a rescue at sea where Fritz (a German immigrant stereotype, identifiable by dialect) worries about his flute while being rescued—mocking immigrant concerns and accents. - "Keeping Up Appearances" shows a coachman and footman discussing their employers' pretensions, satirizing class-conscious social climbing. **Joke Sections:** - "A Cowardly Pain" makes a crude pun about stomach-ache being "below the belt" - "The Lights o' London" presents transatlantic class commentary—an American woman insults English working classes; a British man counters that her own "swell set" are immoral - "Menagerical" mocks a woman's animal collection by calling her husband a "superb bear" - "Merely Ornamental" jokes that marriage (represented by Hymen's torch) sheds no light on the subject **Overall:** The page reflects turn-of-the-century American satirical humor targeting immigrants, class pretension, gender roles, and Anglo-American social differences. The tone is lighthearted rather than biting.
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LEFT TO Mrp-ocean_rscugr—"* Now I've got you, » Just keep cool and they'll pick us up in a) minute. Fritz (the emigrant)—‘* Say, mein tear frent, safe dot flute, von't you? 1 vas yoosd learilin’ to blay id?" REFERRING TO THE MOON. HEY sat beneath'the moon And talked of gentle love ; But I don’t see how, as things are now, ‘They could have sat above. _ A GOOD REASON. She—" How many times. have you. been ‘in love-before you met ame?” He—" Once.” She: And why didn’t” you marry her?" "He —"She was married ale ready.” _ Mr. Boo: Mari weighs on (hic) my mind. WORSE, THANSALL. -.I (hic)—er—got:somefing (hic) awful to tell you. Tt (hic) KE Mrs. Boozy—'' Good gracious, John! Come, have some sense. What is it? Is mother sick? Has anything happened to Brother Sam?” Mr, Boozy—"* No (hic). “Worse'n that. I've (hic) been drinkin’ again.” * Who's th’ tarrier ‘THe CaMrr Vhisht ! A GREAT APPETITE. . ‘| HAD three invitations to lunch to-day,” said Oscar. “Which did you accept ?” ask- ed his mother. “All,” returned Oscar proudly. A- COWARDLY PAIN, STOMACH-ACHE''s the mean- est, I declare, Most cowardly of all the pains I've felt; That is if, as is said, it isn’t fair To strike a man at all beneath his belt. THE LIGHTS O’ LONDON. She (American, innocently)— “The middle and working classes in- England are savages, are. they not?” Th’ . 5 nold. He said your ‘swell set were the moral class.” MENAGERICAL. 44H. YES, Mrs, Stetson is a very charming woman, and the newspapers say that when she is: not on the stage she spends her time in great Contentment among her birds and- animals, of which she has a perfect menagerie.” “Ah?— including, I suppose, that superb bear, her husband.” MERELY ORNAMENTAL. Afiss Gushem (in a studio) —" Oh, Mr. Clawed le Rain{_ This ‘Marriage’ of yours is such an exquisite picture! But do tell me why Hymen is always represemed carrying a torch?” s Clawed te Rain (solemnly) —" It.passes my comprehension, my dear Miss Gushem. It always has since | found out that the torch’ never throws any light on the subject.” HIS PROUD POSITION. ‘] SUPPOSE your son doesn’t take as much interest in music, now he is in linghast “to © Mrs. Biggerstaff. “Oh, yes, he ~ does,” replied the latter. “He's a member of the ca- tarrh and bandoline MEDICAL EXPRESSION. club.” “A counter-irritant.” comicbooks.com