Judge, 1893-07-22 · page 4 of 16
Judge — July 22, 1893 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This *Judge* magazine page satirizes several targets: **"Higher Education of Women"**: A Vassar student claims she and her aunt must complete "morning calisthenics"—implying educated women prioritize physical exercise over domestic duties like preparing breakfast, mocking concerns that higher education made women neglect traditional roles. **"O'Rourke's Wake"**: An Irish immigrant (O'Shea) invites Garvin to a wake, but Garvin can't attend without his mask, suggesting the event is actually a masquerade party—satirizing the Irish working class's social pretensions. **"A Subtle Distinction"**: Wealthy snobs distinguish themselves by using "cards of admission" rather than "ordinary tickets"—mocking class-conscious affectation over substance. **"Sentences Passed"**: A sentimental piece about motherhood contrasts with the page's mockery, offering earnest reflection. **"To Make Her Happy"**: A working-class woman requests cigarettes, gambling bets, and gossip—stereotyping lower-class female interests as vulgar and materialistic. Overall, the page ridicules both women's education and class pretension.
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WHAT THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN IS COMING TO. Miss Brextwoop (Vassar ‘gg, at home on vacation) —"* Don't wait breakfast for us, auntie, We'll be down as soon as we're through the morning calisthenics.” 'S WAKE O'SHEA —"* Won't yez come in, Mishter Garv in Garvin (sizing the assembly up as a masquerade)—" Oi would, Jerry, but Oi haven't me mask wid me.” A SUBTLE DISTINCTION. Mr. Cumso —" That is not a very high-toned entertainment that you want to attend.” Mfrs. Cumso —"How do yo know it isn't?" Mr. Cumso —“Because they have ordi- nary tickets printed for it, instead of ‘cards of admission.” HE devil never closes one door with- out opening an- WORN-OUT WORLD'S-FAIR TRAVELERS. other. SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. A FATHER’S joy grows by anticipation, but a mother loves the helpless little creature on her breast. When a woman's girlish dreams have been woven into a fabric for the man she loves and she finds a tiny baby in her arms she begins to suspect that as the world has done before her, so does she; and that as those who came before her gave an impulse to the wheel of life for her, so do her acts for those to follow her; and when silence begins to fall in place of the frequently spoken parental name, and parental voices are but echoes in her ears, she feels very, very sure, and her egoistic willfulness dissolves in a mist which overhangs a longing, a hope, and a regret. KATWRINE GHOSJHAX. TO MAKE HER HAPPY. Atoxz0—"*Sweet Lucille! what can I do to make you happy ?” Lucitte—*Oh, Alonzo! would you, would you buy me a pack of Sweet Mackerel cigarettes and put a dollar for me on Slop-over to win de jackass handicap? And as you lub me, Alonzo, don't fail to let me hear de last news about dear Eulalia before you tell dat odious Jones girl.” comicbooks.com