Judge, 1894-04-07 · page 7 of 16
Judge — April 7, 1894 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief satirical sketches typical of late-19th-century humor magazines: **"From His Point of View"** mocks a snobbish father (Mr. Crusty) rejecting a suitor as a fool, only to be trapped by his own logic—implying only a fool would marry his disagreeable daughter. **"Credit to Whom, Etc."** references a real incident involving Sir Edward Burne-Jones's daughter, satirizing parental excuses. When the father blames the devil for the child's kickings but the girl claims the spitting was "entirely my own idea," the joke exposes how parents shirk responsibility. **"Indispensable"** gently mocks a commuter's obsessive newspaper-reading in cable cars. **"A Letter to a Milkman"** addresses contemporary health concerns about contaminated milk and microbes—a real public health issue of the era. **"The Right Feeling"** is sentimental social commentary, with a kind woman giving a poor barefoot boy shoes, suggesting charity among the working class. The page satirizes class pretensions, parental hypocrisy, and social anxieties about hygiene and poverty.
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SS ‘aa 1% il [si FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW. Mr. Crusty (who has just received his daughter's bills) —" No, sir; L won't allow my daughter to marry a fool.” Freppy Lortus—"A fool, sir! What do you mean?” Mr. Crusty —"*I mean that nobody but a fool would want to marry her.” CREDIT TO WHOM, ETC. THE little daughter of Sir Edward: Burne-Jones has a good temper of her own, and ‘recently she vented it upon her nurse one morning because nurse objected to something she wished to do. The naughty child kicked her and spit at her, whereupon the father, hearing of the affair, called the young maid to account. “I don’t know what can be the matter with you,” he said, “ unless the devil puts you up to do these things.” “Well.” replied the small miss, ““maybe the devil told me to J kick her, but the spitting was entirely my own idea.” MBS: DOMINIS has a retiring way, and we dare say that is the reason she never put on airs with respect to her own virtue, if she happens to have some. INDISPENSABLE, Sne— "Can't you leave that paper with me this morning, dear? You certain! must have read it through since breakfast.” In the cable-car, He—"* Not much! I need that paper in the cable-car.” A LETTER TO A MILKMAN. +MY DEAR SIR, your milk is excellent ; your prices are reasonable; the serv- ice is entirely satisfactory. We do not desire to complain in the least. I would like, however, to know if you used boiled water. It is very important that you should not spoil'such admirable milk by the infusion of the microbes that swarm in ordinary streams." If you would kindly kill these creatures by a certain amount of heat you would relieve us of many fears and your able cow of a great re- sponsibility.” A SMART MAN. +6 VELL.” remarked one heated pedestrian to another, “I guess summer is here.” Barlow,” returned his friend admiringly, “if I had your guessing powers I'd make a fortune.” PERHAPS. F THE rich were as generous as the . poor and the poor were THE RIGHT FEELING. as exclusive as the rich KIND-IRARTED WOMAN — “* Barefooted such weather as this! th dit Mercy on us! Satah, go up stairs and get those shoe-strings of ‘© iaraeh ae oS Isaac's. Some other kind-hearted person may give him a pair of Would think more of shoes.” the world. “WELL THOUGHT oF.” comicbooks.com