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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 409 **Top Cartoon: "The Hoop-Skirt Craze in Dudedom"** This satirizes men adopting women's fashion—specifically the voluminous hoop skirts that were controversial Victorian women's wear. The cartoon mocks the absurdity of gentlemen wearing such impractical garments, suggesting a reversal or confusion of gender norms that contemporary readers would find ridiculous. **Lower Section:** The page contains satirical commentary on current events and public figures, including references to editors being knighted, robbery, and various political/social topics. "On the Rialto" appears to reference social gatherings or theater culture. **Overall Purpose:** This page exemplifies Judge's role as a satirical publication critiquing social trends, fashion absurdities, and public figures through humor and caricature—typical of American satirical magazines from this era.
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THE HOOP-SKIRT CRAZE IN DUDEDOM. ‘THE KNIGHTING of several editors by the queen is gracious and graceful courtesy: but if the gentlemen so honored meet with sudden death they needn't lay it to any cheap and vulgar epidemic. ME: LI HUNG, a distinguished robber chief, having killed himself in prison, two of his wives immediately committed suicide. Their simple faith was as touch- ing as their devotion. They probably thought he could steal for them over eee in accepting the place of private secretary, not being a newspaper man; but Secretary Dan gives him instruc- tions in such intervals of peace as oc- cur, and again there is necessarily a new foreign mission for a newspaper man to M®- THURBER fractured a precedent A CURVED “BALL.” Such as some of our best base-ball pitchers throw ‘* home.” A CUT AWAY COAT. EPWIN BooTH— A Par “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” eens A DIRGE to the memory of J. Davis begins with the pathetic words, “Oh, do not bury him some more.” DR: JENKINS may be correct in his theory that flies carry cholera germs, and in that case what strong constitutions flies must have. eases KAIULANI has felt ill since taking note of the favors showered upon Eulalia; and as for the ex-queen of Hawaii she never expects to recover her health or her kingdom. . JOSEPH COOK proposes that the people be kept out of the world’s-fair grounds by soldiers. We may judge from this, perhaps, the tolerance of the church if there were only one of it. ON THE RIALTO. BINGERLY (0f the "* Wrecked in Siberia” company, who fails to see the popular actor behind him)—"' If every one of them nobs who seem t’ know me so well would chip {n ten cents I'd git a square meal.” comicbooks.com