Judge, 1893-06-24 · page 10 of 16
Judge — June 24, 1893 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical sketches typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"Suggestion"** mocks women's newly gained voting rights in Kansas by suggesting women first learn practical skills (driving a nail) before voting—a dismissive jab at female suffrage. **"The Trouble"** presents marital financial tension: a husband cannot afford the fair while his wife can, because he supports her expenses entirely. **"A Summer Idyl"** jokes about a woman threatening to break an engagement unless the man accepts her flirting with a college football player—implying the athlete's physical prowess intimidates him. **"Overheard at Sunday-School"** satirizes a child's mercenary misunderstanding: the rainbow promised Noah no more floods so he could sell his yacht for family support. **"At Mount Vernon"** uses period dialect humor: an old woman dismisses George Washington's mansion as small, then a child notes Washington wore "small clothes" (knee breeches)—a crude joke. Other sketches mock Irish and Jewish immigrant characters through exaggerated dialect, ethnic stereotyping common to era publications. The humor relies on period-specific class anxieties, gender relations, and ethnic caricature.
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JUDGE SUGGESTION. WAY down in Kansas state woman now can vote, ‘tis said, And go against the many schemes of the man that she has wed ; But I'd suggest a test before which other tests should pale— That before she tries to throw a vote she should learn to drive a nail. THE TROUBLE. SARE you going to the A fair?” “If 1 can afford to. 1 doubt .if I can.” “Why, your wife said she was going.” “Yes, but I pay her expenses, I haven't anybody to pay mine.” A SUMMER IDYL. He—"So you demand that our engagement shall be broken, just because you desire to flirt with that college youth. Suppose I decline ?” She (carelessly) —" Well, you'd better think about it, The youth is on the university foot-ball team, you know.” NOT VERY EXPENSIVE. Well, a dozen quail won't cost a great deal.” < PIAS A PERSONAL MATTER. Miss BLooustein—" Vy, Mr. Samuels, anypody could tell dot dey vos engaged. It's shoost as blane as der nose on your vace.” Mr. Saaunis (Aaughtily)—"" I see no ogashuns for you do ged bersonals aboud it, Miss Bloomstein.”” OVERHEARD AT SUNDAY-SCHOOL. © AND for what purpose was the rainbow set in the heavens, Willie? “As a promise to Noah that there wasn't goin’ to be no more floods, so’s he could sell his yacht and get money to support the family on.” AT MOUNT VERNON, Grandma Greenmount —" Well! this bankettin’ hall ain't much bigger ‘n our settin’-room to hum. They can’t a’ bin very big folks in Washin'ton’s time.” ot 9 Tommy —*Well, gran’ma, teacher read to us that Washington went very little into society at the capital; an’ you know they wore small clothes. THE USUAL CURE. Mike —" They does be afther tellin’ me at the dispinsary that I has insomnia, Biddy.” Biddy —" Thin why don't yez Ve be afther goin’ to bed an’ sblapin’ CLOSED FOR REPAIRS, it aff?" AT DONAVAN’S CHRISTENIN' Mrs. Doxavan—"'If Mrs. Corkey ‘ll shtop h’atin’ her tay over th’ condle we'se wud hov moor light fr th’ cilibration.” “SPEED THE PARTING GUEST.” WHEN from a visit she's going away ‘A woman has always the most to say; More than during the whole of her stay. She's like a gun that our peace destroys— It’s when going off that she makes most noise. WOMAN, WOMAN! She—" Why don’t you tell me that noise isn’t a burglar, George? A woman always needs to be reassured.” George —" Of course it isn’t a burglar, dearest. * That is only the rain dropping on the eaves. There! don’t you hear it again?” She—" What do you want to keep talking about it for?" INSIGNIA GONE WRONG, SeRGEANT—"' Look here, Tumphy, we don’t want your kids loafing ‘round the station-house.” mesilf, Orricer Tumpny —"* Plaze, sor, Oi had t’ bring him or shtay away Ie shwallyd me shield this mar-rnin‘, comicbooks.com