Judge, 1894-06-23 · page 5 of 16
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This page contains multiple satirical cartoons addressing turn-of-the-century American social concerns: **"At the Ladies' Literary Club"** mocks women's intellectual pretensions through a heavenly vision joke with a "Keep off the grass" sign—suggesting even paradise has mundane restrictions. **"Brass Buttons"** satirizes young women's infatuation with naval officers at Annapolis, depicted as a fever or affliction. The poem suggests this romantic obsession is an illness requiring treatment, reflecting period anxiety about female sexuality and military romance. **"When Lovely Woman Votes"** references women's suffrage debates, showing a woman dismissing a man's political candidacy based on his appearance (red beard) rather than merit—implying women voters would be irrational and shallow, a common anti-suffrage argument. **"Waterloo of Their Favorite Scheme"** and other smaller vignettes continue the domestic humor typical of Judge's era, focusing on marriage, courtship, and class interactions. The overall tone reflects late 19th/early 20th-century anxieties about changing gender roles and women's expanding public participation.
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JUDGE AT THE LADIES’ LITERARY CLUB. SYOU remember the words of Moore's song, Clara— “* We'll take a flight to heaven to-night And leave dull earth behind us" Well, here's an account of a man whose spirit took that flight and yet he wasn’t fied. The first thing he saw after passing St. Peter was a broad, green meadow, on the border of which stood a jasper columa inscribed with gold letters.” * How beautiful!” “But it was the inscription that dis- heartened him so.” “Dear me! What did it say?” “+ Keep off the g NOT TO BE RETURNED. Briggs—" Gander seems to be very hap- *, py in his newly-married life.” , Griggs —" He ought to be. Allof his A MELANCHOLY AD- wedding presents were given him by people = already married.” “Say, dem‘ in it er little bit “WITH THIS RING." He offered her a ring which she smilingly accepted; but, after all, it simply ended in smoke. BRASS BUTTONS. PEAK in accents slow; ‘Try change of scene and clime Pull the curtains low ; And the healing hand of time Her case is surely sad, May bring her round again. Try to keep her quiet ; And perhaps another season Feed her on milk diet, Will restore her blighted reason For she’s got the button-fever, And make her quite contented And she's got it very bad. With the common run of men At Annapolis she took it. One medicine 1 know Although it doesn’t look it Might exorcise the foe It's a bad place to roam. If administered with care, She's got the button. fever. You take it with a spoon ; 3 ae a < 1 fear it will not leave her Neneath a summer moon, Bnooxs: (ceeitediy) Fer beavic's sake, plsme im) change quick, mum! Me friend ’s in a fit, an’ whisky is ther only ‘Till it’s run its course of drills and hops And the name of this decoction thing ‘Il fetch ‘im outer it." And her mother takes her home. Is—a serious love-afiair. She's very, very low, And indeed I hardly know If she be sane or mad. I Aoge she will pull through it, But I can't be sure she'll do it, For she’s got the button-fever, And she's got it very bad. Mus. SpLattExs (equal to the occasion) —" Don't you believe it (splash). My son Ike (swish) has had ‘em (swish) ten years, and nothing but water (souse) would bring him to.— EN LOVELY WOMAN VOT! Miss MAWBANKS—"* Vote for that horrid man! Why, how can you, when such a big, ugly red beard?” wenys —Thhere you are, poor man! Here's your hat.” : | comichoohs oo