Judge, 1893-07-08 · page 3 of 16
Judge — July 8, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **"His Charge Insulted"** (top cartoon): A woman (Miss Sadler) confronts a man about a horse named Poncho. The dialogue suggests she's questioning whether he properly cared for the animal, with implied insults about his competence. **"The Society Tough"** (middle section): This satirizes wealthy young men who throw their financial privilege around recklessly. The text criticizes a clubman who behaves badly—refusing to pay debts, insulting women, and escaping consequences through wealth and connections. The satire targets his assumption that money insulates him from social and legal accountability. **"An Error in Mining"** and **"It Failed to Work"** (lower cartoons): These appear to be separate comic vignettes about mining mishaps and labor disputes, though context is unclear without fuller reading. The page overall mocks wealthy privilege and social hypocrisy.
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HIS CHARGE INSULTED. Miss SADLER —‘‘ Did you have Poncho shod, as I told you?" THe NEw GRoom—" Oi did not, ma‘am, an’ walked out.” AN ERROR IN MINING. Coney (the rock-boss)—" Vez ‘Il nade lashins o' powdher fer th’ nixt blasht, sor. AN (the contractor) —"* What's th’ trouble?” —"Thot grane-hor-rn cousin o' yure's, yez put wid th’ shtame pside down an’ it's dhrillin’ th’ air he is.”” HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY to the Rev. J. H. Ecob of Albany —“ It is the voice of Esau, but it is the hand of Ecob,’ PEAKING OF EULALIA and Chicago worship of her, the Boston Journal asks, “ Where is the vaunted spirit of western democracy?” Let a search-warrant be issued without delay. ‘Thot murtherin’ blackshmit’ demaned th’ harse be sayin’ he had frogs in his fate an’ Oi scorched him wid a glance THE SOCIETY TOUGH. A CLUBMAN in this city, young and vigorous, and recently rich, has lived to enforce the idea that when a lady refuses to marry one, one must pound her aged father to death, The father in this case will prob- ably recover and so, unhappily, the clubman will escape the electric chair; but there ought to be a summary proceeding, illegal if necessary, to teach him the fallacy of his fad. Another clubman a couple of years ago thought it his privilege to shoot at a policeman who wanted to protect cer- tain ladies whom he had insulted, and he had to run away. Surely it ought to be understood by this time that the privileges of a rich young clubman reach their limit when he plays cards and it on counting with his own counters. ~ l40 ear al IT FAILED TO WORK. Lieutenant Cuaucer (returning from an allnight Calcutta reception, stops suddenly and whistles a variation of “God save the queen)—"' Ber-rorgh | Music don’t sheem t’ tame mine worth a penny.” (Stumbles along.) comicbooks.com