Judge, 1894-07-14 · page 4 of 16
Judge — July 14, 1894 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple brief satirical jokes typical of late-19th-century American humor: **"At the Wild West"** mocks Wild West show authenticity—young audience members note the performers lack the constant bloodstains promised in dime novels. **"Hard on the Flowers"** plays on a child's misunderstanding: "tantalize" flowers sounds like "tantalize" (torment), creating innocent comedy. **"Rather Primitive"** offers gender-based fashion satire: men wear 60-year-old styles while women have regressed to Biblical-era swimming attire. **"She Wouldn't Take the Risk"** uses Irish dialect humor; Mrs. O'Flannigan refuses life insurance because her husband works in a powder mill and could "be blowed up." **"So Nice"** satirizes women's suffrage advocates' proposed constitutional language changes. The remaining sketches target Irish immigrants (dialect humor), marital age-gap deceptions, and sailor drunkenness—typical Judge content reflecting period prejudices and social commentary.
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20 Beira AT THE Patsy —"' Say, Chimmie, dis yer wild-west show 's a fake.” fon —" How s07 Parsy —"* Why, don't yer remember in de novels, how de scouts an’ cowboys always swears a mighty oath ter keep dey'r han's continually red wid Injun blood? Dere’s no blood! on dese fellers but mud an’ terbacker-juice.”” HARD ON THE FLOWERS. LITTLE BERTHA came home from school the other day in a state of great excitement Rushing in upon her mother, she exclaimed, “ Oh, mam- ma; guess what we're going to do!" “Nothing very dreadful, I hope, my dear.” “ Why, our class is studying bot- any, and we're going to tantalize the flowers next week.” RATHER PRIMITIVE. Cora -—* Fashion repeats itself. Here are you men wearing the styles of sixty years . Merritt— As usual, my dea women get ahead of us, I have just been watching the bathers, and they seem to have gone away back to the time of Mother Eve.” AN INSPIRATION. Intoxicated individual (embrace ing a lamp-post) —** What a (hic) wise thing it (hic) is to have (hic) lights on the lam’posts. so’s a feller can (hic) find ‘em (hic) at night of / ~ \ {o Nottin’ * WILD WEST. JUDGE SHE WOULDN'T TAKE THE RISK. INSURANCE AGENT—"‘I called to see if I couldn't insure your husband's life.” Mrs. O'FLANNIGAN * Shure, it wuddent be wort’ th’ whoile ; he wurruks in a powdher-mill, an’ is loiable t' be blowed up at anny minute SO NICE! Cuarrig—"T hear that some one has proposed to strike out the word male, and substitute female, in the constitution.” CHottie—" Oh, how lovely THE FARM- HOUSE. MUCH comfort you witl meet with there, And no complaints you'll utter. That is, of course, so you don't care About fresh milk and butter. A PLAUSIBLE EXCUSE, Judge —The policeman says you were drunk.” Prisoner —" 1 was nothing of the Judge—" Then wh ing through the streets Prisoner —" Force 0° habit, your honor. I'm a sailor and it takes me some time to get my land-legs on.” sort. ere you reel- SATISFACTORY. Judge—" Wow do you make out, madam, that you are only thirty-five, when you admit that your daughter is thirty?” Mrs. O' Toole —" Och! sure, yer honor, she’s me daughter by me furrest husband.” NO DELICACIES. Hummer —"\ see you are de- voting yourself exclusively to Miss Chubb this summer. Hoppergrass—" That's where I'm foxy. Times are hard and she's re- ducing her weight. THE JUGGLER, THE BAD BOY, AND THE FIRE-CRACKER. comicbooks.com