Judge, 1894-07-07 · page 5 of 16
Judge — July 7, 1894 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several brief comedic sketches exploiting double meanings and wordplay: **"A Rational Conclusion"** jokes about a child mishearing "French" as "Wee, wee" (a pun on both the French word and bathroom humor). **"Prepared"** plays on "powder"—Miss Rouge denies celebrating July 4th, but her companion misinterprets her powder use as Independence Day preparation. **"A Plausible Explanation"** references General Grant's Civil War victories, crudely suggesting his success came from wearing protective padding rather than military skill—a jab at Grant's reputation. **"Double Entendre"** uses "fur-in-view" (fur in view/furtherance) as a sexual innuendo about an Alaskan expedition. **"A New Kind of Coal"** puns on "pianissimo" (a musical term meaning very soft) applied to soft coal. **"Our Glorious Fourth from a Japanese Point of View"** (drawn by "Wun Lung") is a large comic strip using stereotypical caricatures and broken English to mock how Japanese people might view American Fourth of July celebrations—reflecting early 20th-century orientalist humor and xenophobia common in American publications of the era.
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A RATIONAL CON- CLUSION. 46] GUESS those litle pigs rench, just Mattie; luke our nurse, “cause when I Wee, wee, means yes.” PREPARED, Freddic—" Are you cele- brating the Fourth?” Miss Rouge—" Gracious, no! Whatever put that into your head Freddie" heard ma say you had your powder A PLAUSIBLI simply can’t get this lessor Don't give it up, Thomas Remember that General Grant's great successes jue to the fact that he never knew when he was licked ” yhen he must have wom a board in the seat of his trousers, same as Tilly EXPLANATION. OUR GLORIOUS FOURTIL FROM A JAPANESE POINT OF VIEW. Drawn by Wun Lung. DOUBLE ENTENDRE. OH. Jon ighed Mrs. Simpson, “ other of those lovely expe- ditions is going to start for Alaska in a week, and what an excellent. opportunity it would be for me to go!” “1 see,” replied John; “you probably have a fur-in- view.” A NEW KIND OF COAL. $+ [)O THEY get good soft coal at these mines?” “Madam, it is so soft that we call it the pianissimo brand.” comicbooks.com