Judge, 1893-12-16 · page 3 of 16
Judge — December 16, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous pieces rather than political cartoons. "A Backslider" depicts a domestic scene where a man (Charlie) has forgotten what he promised his wife (Ethel) that morning—likely a joke about absent-mindedness in marriage. "Change in the Rules Necessary" shows a husband-wife dialogue about dinner not being ready, satirizing domestic role expectations. "A Fearful Missile" appears to reference a divorce case. "Lost and Found" and other brief items are poetry or jokes about common situations. The illustrations are generic domestic scenes typical of Judge's satirical humor targeting middle-class life. Rather than addressing specific political events, this page focuses on everyday social situations and marital dynamics that contemporary readers would find relatable and amusing.
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A BACKSLIDER. Eruet (very softly. after an hour's seance)—"* Well, Charlie, you know you wrote me this morning that you had something very important to ask me to-night. Now—er—what wa-as CHARLIE (timidly) Oh, Ethel, I don’t think [ can remember what it was.” Ernen (snuggling up encouragingly)—"* Try, Char-lie.”” Cutartie—" Oh, I have it! LOST AND FOUND. +6 AH, ME!" cried the heavy villain As his arms toward heaven he tost, “If perchance I am discovered Then sure am I lost, lost, lost !” ‘Then up spake a boy in the gallery high, “ There's too much of that to go round. For if by chance you're discovered Why then you are found, found, found.” M. ¢. MUNGERFORD. CHANGE IN THE RULES NECESSARY. Husband —“ What! ready >” Wife—"No; everything is de- layed.” Husband—* What's the matter?" Wife—" Well, Bridget has been filibustering all day.” Dinner not A FEARFUL MISSILE. $4) ONE occasion, your honor,” said Mr. Dumsquizzle, who was suing for a divorce, to the judge, “on one occasion she threw a biscuit at me and hit me on the head.” “That surely did not hurt you.” “ But it was one of her own bak- ing, your hoaor.” HE registrar of the Paris morgue has written three hundred popular songs. Death doesn't have much of a victory over him, you bet. Er—what do you—hem '—think of the Yale foot-ball team 7" LOVE'S INCONSIDERATENESS. BrakEMAN—"* Here, git a move on yer there !” Mr. Oates —** You shut up! Me an’ "Mandy is a-goin" to kiss good-bye if it paralyzes th’ whole steam-railroad system of th’ state.” THE SEASON’S LESSON. GAY winters the season forall pleasure, And girls are brightest when the days are cold ; But it is well to recollect they measure Your worth according to your wealth of gold; For theatres and little midnight suppers Are just the things to put one on his uppers. CROSS-LIGHTS. Beyond all reason— Intuition. The reign of sorrow—Tears. Jn the goo—More than one 0. In the swim—A shoal of fish. Fireside muse—Cat and kittens. Sowing tares—The boy's mother. Kg to the origin of man—Mon- key. A correct costume—The convict's garb. The great divide—X royal vorce, A two-faced scheme — Lovers’ kissing. Swallows in the atr—An open mouth. Jumping at a conclusion—The end of a breakdown. by oc. ZOLA says nobody in France desires war, Certainly not. All that wear- ing of soldier-clothes comes of a desire to look pretty. comicbooks.com