Judge, 1893-09-30 · page 4 of 16
Judge — September 30, 1893 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous sketches typical of Judge's satirical style: **"Refuting an Old Proverb"** jokes about a habitual drunk father—the child misapplies the saying "lightning never strikes twice" to his repeated drinking habits. **"Let Us Be Accurate"** mocks recent presidential health rumors as baseless gossip ("tooth out" = dental extraction, not serious illness). **"A Deleterious Effect"** shows a tramp blaming bank failures for his shabby appearance—satirizing economic anxiety from banking collapses. **"The Katydid Corner"** is a romantic poem playing on the insect's "Katie did" sound, using it as backdrop for young couples' courtship on porches—gentle mockery of sentimental Victorian romance. **"A Counter Action"** presents a couple meeting at seaside ("hard hit" = smitten) then encountering each other in the city where he deliberately ignores her—reversal of romantic expectation. The page blends social commentary (banking panic, presidential gossip) with gentle domestic humor typical of 1890s Judge magazine.
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vase feer* THE ‘ORDINARY MAY BE OUT OF STYLE—— ——BUT IT GETS THEKE AT TIMES. REFUTING AN OLD PROVERB. +s MAMMA, [heard you begging papa to give up drinking ‘that lightning.’ Does he take it so often?” “ My child, I'm afraid your father is a confirmed toper.” “Then it isn’t true that lightning never strikes twice in the same place 2” SOUVENIRS. Mrs. Fyer (of Chicago)—* What are those two silver rings you are wear- ing, Helen?" Miss Fyer (just from the fair)— “The Isabella ring and the isn’t a Bella ring LET US BE ACCURATE. THE story of the president's illness was too thin; the only basis for it was tooth out. A DELETERIOUS EFFECT. Woman —* You look as if you had seen hard times.” Tramp—* Well, mum, with banks bustin’ all over the country it’s not to be wondered at if a poor fellow like me shows wear and tear.” LET IT STAY THERE. Kacées "Do you like your beer in one of those cold stone mugs?’ Macies —" Indeed 1 do.” “Then what do you dri you drink THEY WERE RIVALS ONCE. A COUNTER ACTION, He met her at the sea-shore And he was quite "hard hit.” THE KATYDID CORNER. LEN stars shine down in mystic splensi:- And moonbeams throw a halo tend O’er all the dreamful land, Clear from the swaying branches o'er us ‘There beats that never-ending chorus Of “* Katie did, she did! She did ! You know she did!" And—? Of course, right here where we are sitting, Where bats and fire-flies are flitting And shadows deepest dwell, clinging touch responding and round us sounding tie did, she did! She did! You know she did!" Well—? Because the night is filled with glory And breathes out love's unending story In murmurs soft and low How can a mortal man resist her Nor fail to heed that bold insister Twit ‘ Katie did, she did! She did! You know she did!” So—? Just so! Though Katie 's not her name, nor Could a nook be found secluded more ‘Than this recess Out in the porch’s shadowed spell, Yet when they all begin to tell ‘That “* Katie did, she did! She did! You know she did "— Why, yes! She did! Though Katie ‘s not her name, well Do I know; nor would I secrets tell. I do declare Ske only did what Katie did. You hear? ** Katie did, she did ! She did !" 7 know she did, So there! REGINA ARMSTRONG HILLIARD, ANXIOUS TO KNOW. Dr. Probe—" Never fear, sit. Two years ago I was just in your condition, but I recovered.” Patient (eagerly) —"* What doctor did you have?” He met her in the city And he took a counter fit! comicbooks.com