Judge, 1894-01-27 · page 6 of 16
Judge — January 27, 1894 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor: **"Aggravated Bad Form"** mocks a Kansas woman's social gaffe—praising borrowed silverware at a dinner party, revealing her hostess's poverty. **"Spelling-Match at Brogger's Crossing"** satirizes rural education through malapropisms: children define "shepherdess" and "hazardous" phonetically rather than correctly, suggesting poor schooling in small towns. **"Small Blame to Him"** features upper-class British speakers discussing a man who killed his servant, joking they can't blame him if the servant was incompetent—dark humor about class relations. **"Contagion of Example"** shows a boy wanting to become a clergyman not to save souls but to "stir up the police"—mocking both religious hypocrisy and children's literal-minded mimicry. **"Tommy's Diary"** depicts a child imitating circus clown behavior at home with destructive results, critiquing parental discipline and children's reckless imitation of entertainment. The page uses working-class and rural dialect to suggest inferior intelligence, reflecting period attitudes.
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AGGRAVATED BAD FORM. ¢*LJORRID form in that Kansas girl to psaise the silverware at Mrs. Rollin’s dinner, wasn’t it?” “Yes, Was she much offended?” “Deeply. Most of it was borrowed from her neighbors.” SPELLING-MATCH AT-BROGGER’S CROSSING. Teacher—* Huldy Smeel, spell shepherdess “and give the defini- tion.’ Shep-herd-ess, shepherdess—a female shepherd.” * Bobby Yager, spell hazardous and give the definition.” Bobby —" Haz-er-dess, hazardous—a female hazard.” SMALL BLAME TO HIM. “Did you notice the chap that we just passed? They FIRST SPEAKER say he has killed his mai SECOND SPRAKER—"‘Aw, weally? Well, I cawn’t say that I blame him if his man was as big a chump as mine is!” CONTAGION OF EXAMPLE. ITTLE BOB had confidentially informed his mother that when he grew up he intended to become a clergyman. She was pleased with the / idea and told him it was a blessed work to save souls. PERFECTLY SAFE. “But I don’t want to save souls,” he replied, __, Ma. Jouxsox—" Dey ain’ no danger ob dis yer bed foldin’ up an’ squeez- “Then what do you want to be a clergyman for?” Tal de wind outen me- is de ; : t LANDLORD JACKSON. ‘To stir up the perlice,” said Bob. bed, whar dey bilongs.”” Not ef yo" keeps dem feet down at de cend ob de A PAGE FROM TOMMY'S DIARY, I went to the pantermine with ma an pa an see the clown smart chap he is wen I got home I thort ' Then I sat on our baby jist as the clown did on Then I lay down in front of the dinin room jist i vood ke BN ered peeler = his baby but ma didn’t seem to like it so I quitted as Bridget was comin out with the dishes well there pa jist as he was sittin down my didn't he squirm ‘Pat. was a smash, an say funny things. Then I soaped the front steps my you should I , But pa aint got no fun in his constitootion an have seen rich Uncle Hogham from Chicago revolve Then I stole the sossidges what cook was goin so he persuaded me not to play clown any more. I before he struck the ground. ma says she ain't got __ter stuff the turky with. have to stand up while I write this it hurts so sittin, no xpectations from him now. down, comicbooks.com