Judge, 1893-07-22 · page 5 of 16
Judge — July 22, 1893 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humorous pieces typical of late 19th-century American satirical magazines: **"A Live Scarecrow"** and **"Rusty"** appear to be simple sight gags with no political content—one about tricking someone, another about military naval duty confusion. **"The Gold Bug's Daughter"** satirizes the silver currency debate of the 1890s. The woman rejects a suitor because his silver wealth is unstable ("down as low as fifty-four"), referencing the actual silver price fluctuations that drove fierce political debate between gold and silver standard advocates. **"The New Caravels"** is a light ethnic joke about a visiting admiral mispronouncing Chicago and requesting water in Spanish-accented English. The remaining items—"His Wounded Feelings," "A Good Example," "Had a Birth-Mark," and "Head-Work"—are domestic humor sketches with no clear political meaning. This page mixes political satire (the currency reference) with simple domestic and ethnic comedy typical of Judge's content.
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Nimpop—"I'll bet you a cigar you can't knock the hat off of that scarecrow.” Deap Game—"' I'll take you.” HIS WOUNDED FEEL- INGS, +4 JIMMY, ‘ere comes de party ‘at allus calls me ‘little shaver.’* Jimmy—* Well, why don't yer tell ‘im yer dad ain't no barber?” THE GOLD BUG’S DAUGHTER. COM father owned a silver lode And now ‘tis mine,” he cried, “Oh, take a load from off my heart And say thou'lt be my bride :” “Unload thy heart elsewhere,” she said; ** Thy lode's a fickle store. Love laughs at silver when ‘tis down As low as fifty-four.” Weary WitxiNs—" Great Cwrsar ! A GOOD EXAMPLE. . ‘| WILL admit that I sometimes have difficulty in selling my poetry,” confessed Stanzer. “TI sell all 1 write," replied Ricketts. “I didn't know you wrote poetry.” “T don't.” THE NEW CARAVELS. THE admiral, duke of Ver-agua, Traveled west to the town of Chic-agua, And when he got there And had seen all the fair He ordered two schooners of la-gua. IT WAS RIPPED. Esste—*Mamma, is Aunty Fatte made of soap?” HAD A BIRTH-MARK. What are you doing there?" Mamma—* Xo, dear. Why?” ? - E VAIN. SPERMILE—"' Pipin’ the port-watch, sir; but I've been door- pikes 3 4 Little Isracl—“ Papa, dot new ender at th’ bureau of navigation in Washington so long I ain't dead sure I'm Essie— Well, she's bubbling paby is tamaged. Sendt him pack.” doin’ it accordin’ ¢’ rules.” out of her waist.” 7 HEAD-WORK. _Signora Traghano buys some ice and, as is abit and most convenient with her, carries it on It is very warm, She perspires ; so does the ice. et head, . comicbooks.com