Judge, 1893-10-14 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 14, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical sketches and humorous anecdotes typical of Judge's format. The cartoons mock: 1. **"A Query/A Diagnosis"** - Social commentary on women seeking club memberships, suggesting only "two actresses" apply, implying theatrical women were considered unsuitable for respectable organizations. 2. **"Too Smart"** - A joke about a fair girl displaying artificial eggs, with crude humor about "limbs." 3. **"Imitating Their Elders"** - Children playing house in dark corners, mimicking adult behavior. 4. **Various vignettes** on servant management, civil service examination debates, and domestic situations. 5. **"Fooled a Trifle"** - A cartoon about an excited team with a large barrel, suggesting someone's been tricked. The page reflects late 19th/early 20th-century class attitudes, gender stereotypes, and servant-employer dynamics common to Judge's satirical content.
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A QUERY. AT SOROSIS. “Is there any business of importance to transact at the meet- ing to-day ?” “No. There are ‘ only two actresses. to e blackbail. I wonder i why more of them * G don’t send in their \ A applications for mem- | Aes) bership.” us 1 LLOI II = too smart. 1s | 64 ONE of the great- est sights at the fair was the girl who was showing ar- 74 tificial eggs.” P He holds three of a kind, but he “Limbs, my boy; isn’t pleased a bit. limbs.’ y IMITATING THEIR ELDERS. r R—'* What are you sitting here in the dark for?" En We're playing I’m Sister Sue and Jack 's that Mr. Smith that comes to sce her.” J SHE WAS PLEASED. Sr 66 Now there's a man for you!” exclaimed Mr. Munn as the conversa- tion turned on the duke of Mudmore. “Oh, papa, how generous you are!” replied Miss Munn gleefully. “And may I have him for my very own?" : DELICATE FLATTERY. Miss Uptown (to colored servant who is cleaning the hall) —" Hand me my overshoes and umbrella, please, Jackson.” Jackson —" Yeah's de umbrill, miss, but yoh obahshoes ain't yeah.” Miss Uptown —“ Why, of course they are. Right there by the hat- rack.” Jackson —" Bress my soul, Miss Uptown! Is dem yoh shoes? Well, ef I didn’ t'ink dey wuz some little chile’s shoes, sho’ nuff!" SARCASM, Wuirrer —** What do you think of this coat, old man?" Snapper —** Was it made to order?” Winprer —"* Certainly it was.” SNAPPER —"* Who for?” TO PRESERVE THE UNITIES. SSYVHY do you have a colored butler, Binks?” “Te match the mahogany furnishing of my dining-room.” NOT UNDER THE RULES. Applicant— Then the em- ployés of this department don't have to pass the civil-service examination ?” Government official —“ No, indeed. We require bright, act- ive, intelligent men for our work.” A SAFE PROMISE. a fairy tale, mamma, Mamma—"1 don't know any, dear. Wait till your father comes home to-night, about San a en.” midnight ; he'll tell one.” FOOLED A TRIFLE. —"*Cut-cut-cut, cut-cut, cut-cut-cut-cut-cut !"* it off'n thar, whoever yer be, The team's got all it kin haul comicbooks.com