Judge, 1894-06-09 · page 10 of 16
Judge — June 9, 1894 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short satirical comics typical of Judge's style: **"A Good Investment"**: Two hungry homeless men convince a farmer's wife to feed them by claiming they're rival sewing machine salesmen who'll keep quiet about each other's products—a joke about the ubiquity of aggressive door-to-door salesmen in this era. **"Ambitious"**: A boy skips school, claiming successful men didn't need education. The satire mocks both his faulty logic and the era's romanticization of self-made success stories. **"Being Agreeable"**: A guest compliments an inventor's airship by saying "there are no flies on it"—meaning it's excellent, but the inventor takes it literally as criticism. The joke plays on awkward social interactions. **"Not Explicit"**: A man receives an ambiguous love letter without clear intent. **"The Ambitious Dog"** and **"A Sensitive Animal"**: Brief visual gags about animal behavior. The page also includes "Judgments"—philosophical aphorisms about human nature (extremism, slyness, fitting in, friendship). The magazine's blend of social observation, wordplay, and gentle mockery of contemporary life is evident throughout.
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. you make yourself agreeable to 368 A GOOD INVESTMENT. JUDGE Huxcry Hoxe—' Madam, if you could let me an’ Willie have a good meal we'd do you a great favor Mus. FARMER—" flow?” Huxcry Hox see, we're rival sewin achine agents, an’ ""— * By not tellin’ you "bout de merits of our machines, ma'am, You Mxs. Fakaex—* Don't say another word. Will you have chicken or turkey?” AMBITIOUS. “Why ain't you in school, sir?” Bouny Suau— se I read in me history dat great an’ successful men usually started in life widout much educa- tional advantages, an’ I'm more ambitious dan the other kids.”* BEING AGREEABLE. + ETARRY," said the hostess to her son, “why don't Mr. ITARDTACK, that gentleman in the corner?” Who—the inventor?” "Yes. “T tried,” was the despond- ent answer, “but he won't talk of anything except his air-ship.” “Can't you say something about that—something nice and encouraging ?” “1 did “What was it?” “1 told him that judging from his description there were no flies on it.” NOT EXPLICIT. GHE told me yesterday she'd write, And now I'm filled with gloom No letter "s come. Alas for me! Borneo gorilla. She did not say to whom, voter, doesn’t he?” Mr. Javrick (af the museum)—* Th JUDGMENTS. A® EXTREMIST is al- ways a misfit. Slyness is the only vice that does not write itself upon the face. “A good shape is in the shears’ mouth” and a good fit is all in the needle’s eye. If you wish to keep your friend you must laugh at his jokes, but you are not bound to hear his stories twice. Tt is a mistake to en- dow a man with imaginary capabilities. He knows no more than is shown by his works, Make allowance for the follies of youth and hope for the best. THe cat, the grav- est of all animals, is the most frisky when young. MADELINE ORVIS. . my dear, is a Me looks nearly as intelligent as an’Irish THE AMBITIOUS DOG. T ay yez A SENSITIVE ANIMAL, GORILLA ‘ez Yankee shnake! Oi'll tek a fall out if Oi lose me job.” comicbooks.com I " « I