Judge, 1894-08-04 · page 7 of 16
Judge — August 4, 1894 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* contains several short satirical pieces mocking late-19th-century political and social issues: **"For Equal Rights"** ridicules women's suffrage advocates by suggesting they're motivated by self-interest rather than principle—specifically referencing "Mr. Lease," likely Mary Elizabeth Lease, a prominent Kansas Populist lecturer on women's rights. **"A Test of Tact"** mocks the social burden of entertaining unmarried women at dinner—satirizing Victorian social conventions as tedious. **"The Best Way to Do It"** sarcastically suggests running a summer hotel as a money-laundering scheme, implying such establishments were associated with financial fraud. **"Democratic Arguments"** depicts an Irish immigrant using crude logic to equate horses with politicians—ethnic caricature humor common to the era, mocking working-class political understanding. The cartoons collectively reflect *Judge*'s conservative stance against reform movements (women's suffrage, Populism) while also mocking corruption and ethnic stereotypes typical of Gilded Age satirical publications.
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FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. + +YOU say you believe in equai rights for both men and women?” “1 do indeed.” “In whose interest are you carrying on this crusade?” “Mr. Lease’s.” A SLIGHT ALTERATION AND WHAT IT LED TO. ir, that is my daughter ! y}—"*As I was about to say, the deveined and matured vocalization of a Pattl.” A TEST OF TACT. +S YOU presided at the head of the table, eh?” “You enjoyed the occasion, did you?” “Well, I had to carve a goose and simul- taneously entertain, two spinsters on either side, who don't speak, in stich a way as not to unite them in conversation.” THE BEST WAY TODO IT. Bagley—“A friend of mine stole'a large sum of public money: some years. ago, and now he wants to make restitution without making his object known, Can you suggest ‘any method?" Batiley—“ Too easily. Why doesn’t your friend run a summer hotel ?”” WENT AGAINST HIM. The tramp awoke and softly wept. His bed was not of rocks ; Twas worse. Unwittingly he'd slept Upon an old soap-box. DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENTS. 1g Washington)—" Lishten v' thot now, Mary Ann! Aven thi’ harses are poll- O'SuLLIvAN ( ticians in Warshin’ton, comicbooks.com