Judge, 1894-07-21 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 35 This page contains multiple satirical vignettes mocking contemporary social situations. The top cartoon shows "Popular in These Hard Times," contrasting Miss Jaylors's success with men against Miss Batherson's declaration that "she has ice cream." Other sketches humorously address middle-class concerns: a discussion about parliamentary seating arrangements, a book about achieving success, and marital dynamics around learning the flute. The "Overheard in the Chicken-Yard" and "No Fear of Microbes" sections use anthropomorphized characters and domestic situations for social commentary. The "Trapped" vignette satirizes young women eager for outdoor recreation. Overall, these interconnected jokes target Victorian-era social pretensions, gender relations, and the anxieties of respectable society—typical of Judge's satirical approach to American life.
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‘MY DEAR SIR," asked an English lady of the miember from Slabtown, at Albany, “why do you not have screen gratings in front of the ladies’ gallery, as we do in parliament at home?” “Oh, I don’t think it necessary, madam,” he replied. “ Necessary? Whatever do you mean?” “Why, I think we have quite fine-look- ing women here,” and then he hurried into his committee-room. M®- WIMAN wrote a book telling how to win success. Perhaps his next will tell us how to lose it, WHY HE GOT THE FLUTE. * How do you like your new flat 2” “All right, except that the man across the hall is learning to Van Pevr—"*I did; that's why he got the flute.” OVERHEARD IN THE CHICKEN-YARD. $4] DON'T see, Chickabiddy," said the bantam, “why you stand up for that spring chicken, He's awfully tough. You're not his mother.” “No, but he’s one of my set,” said Chickabiddy. THE IDEAL SPOT. Cobwigger —“ Where are you going to build your new summer health-resort ?” Dr. Kilsum—* Down in that place where I was shooting last fall, where 1 TRAPPED, mistook the mosquitoes for snipe and where the malaria kills spring poets and Tue cirts—" Oh, what a lovely place for a picnic! We will book-agents.”” :, eat our lunch here and then read the rest of that lovely novel, NO FEAR OF MICROBES. See say reis ia a wokdtelh aicam olin at temperarwie ot Three Mother— Did \ hear you kiss young Dr. Phlynn at the door ?” degrees above zero, as Smith behind the bushes knows,” Daughter—" Yes, mamma; but Charley applied an antiseptic immediately.” comicbooks.com