Judge, 1894-08-11 · page 3 of 16
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# Page 83 Analysis This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's miscellaneous humor format. **Top cartoon** ("Those Pretty Bathing-Suits"): Mocks women's beach attire, with characters debating whether new swimming costumes will get wet—a joke about the impracticality of fashionable beachwear. **Middle sections** include brief joke items: "A Respite from Theology" (religious humor), "Hard Up for an Excuse" (employment humor), and "In the Mountains" (sentimental verse). **"The Bicycle Church"** and **"The Goat Could Read"** are advertisements for Jackson's Best Plug chewing tobacco, using illustrated vignettes to promote the product. These ads were common revenue sources for magazines. The page lacks overt political content, instead offering general social satire and commercial advertising typical of late-19th or early-20th century Judge issues.
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UM Teake THOSE PRETTY BATUIN! Tom —" Look out, girls ; it’s going to rain.” Mary—" Oh, dear ! let's hurry back, Kate, or we'll get soaking wet.” A RESPITE FROM THEOLOGY. : : oa | that Reverend Mr. ‘Rhirdly’s congregation has HARD UP FOR AN EXCUSE. given him a three-months’ vacatio R. HENLOW had advertised for a clerk and, being a kind-hearted man, dismissed “Why? Did he need it?" the surplus applicants as gently as possible. * My lad,” he said to the last one, ““ you're too young for the posit “Too young!" echoed the unfortunate.“ Why, I'm a grandfather. “Well, if I were to hire you it would be an cncouragement to men to become grand- fathers at your age, and I'm dead against anything of the sort.” “No, but the congregation did.” IN THE MOUNTAINS. (AMONG: the summer hills and dales She wanders night and day, Although she finds her searching fails, For no man comes her way. And while she vows she can't exist Without a single one, Yet all the summer through she’s kissed, But only by the sun, J JAY o'conwRLL. THE BICYCLE CHURCH has made its appearance; but we are glad THE SOUTHERNER, according to the Atlanta Constitution, is. the to say that there is as yet no device in the pulpit to show the record only American who is master of pure English. H'm! Perhaps it is of the pending game of base-ball. his modesty that prevents his using it. CIGARS & TOBACCO ; 5 LACIGARS 8708 CIGARS &TOBACC CHEW ' CHEW JACKSON'S f Rats, © JACK SONS BEST PLUG | g “wl | BEST) PLU! y welll “5 {| THE GOAT COULD READ. comicbooks.com