Judge — September 2, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Page 131 Analysis This page contains three unrelated satirical sketches from Judge magazine: **Top cartoon** ("Why is it..."): Mocks the absurdity of gender roles in equestrian activities—a small man rides a large horse while a large woman rides a tiny horse ("Lilliput"), inverting typical expectations. **"In the Smoking-Room"**: A man presumes another hasn't visited "the place" (likely Chicago), creating a joke about regional assumptions. **"The Wrong Kind"**: A clerk and customer miscommunicate—the customer wants a "mosquito-bar" (bed netting) but is offered a "crow-bar" (tool), playing on homophonic confusion. **"Oh! What a Difference!"**: A husband loses money at horse races; his wife scolds him for the loss while revealing she won five hundred dollars betting herself—satirizing female hypocrisy about gambling. The page targets gender conventions, regional stereotypes, and marital dynamics typical of Victorian-era humor.