Judge, 1894-09-01 · page 3 of 16
Judge — September 1, 1894 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical sketches and humorous vignettes typical of Judge's format: 1. **"Reverend Moakley McKoon on Lynching"** (top): A moral commentary on a clergyman's hypocritical stance regarding lynching and social justice. 2. **"On the Brain"** (left): Depicts a chess game's effect on someone's thinking—likely mocking intellectual pretension. 3. **"A Fearful Test"** (bottom left): Satirizes anxious parents regarding their daughter's educational prospects, with dialogue about Australian social customs and dated stereotypes about whiskers. 4. **"Love at First Sight"** (right): A romantic vignette about meeting through hats—a lighthearted social comedy. 5. **"Those Hats"** (right): Sketches commenting on fashionable hat styles of the era. The page reflects typical early-20th-century American humor: domestic situations, social pretension, and period-specific fashion commentary.
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JUDGE REVEREND MOAKLEY MCKOON ON LYNCHING. ‘- BREDDREN, | bring yo" good news frum de souf. Three cullud men cted ob murder has escaped lynchin’. De promp’ness an’ per- 4 spicacity wid which de cullud man has been interduced into de mystic hence- forth is appalling to de uncultivated mind, It has been neck or nothin’ wid us eber since de prancipation mocula- tion, Not eben de obscenities ob good society has been observed toward us. We has been jerked wid a free an’ liberal han’, Jestice would not stretch a point, but stretched us. Now we see de ebenin’ ob hope risin’ on de dawn Z ob despair. Three cullud men escaped lynchin’"—— “How did dem coons escape?” asked Deacon Dinkwater. “ Dey escaped lynchin’ bekase dey was hung by due abscess ob law by de sheriff. Pour some water dawn dat niggah’s back what's a-snorin’, and den take up de collecshun.”” LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, Se]MAMMA, what does ga. r. mean? ‘Those oli! men have it on their hats.” “Grand army remnants, dear.” HE was going to the dentist's to have a tooth pulled, The dirt and cinders from the street blew a hurricane into their faces, “Oh, dear!" she said, ** my eyes are full and so is my heart.” “Is your heart full of grit too?” he asked. THOSE HATS, ON THE BRAIN, Effect upon Mr, Bishop after playing a ten-hour game of chess. A FEARFUL TEST. seTHaT was a terrible test of sincerity, aid Dawson, “ Mrs. Barber showed her daughter's graduation essay to the editor of the Clarion at the Mountain house. He said it_ was wonder- fully clever, and then, 5 Achibald ie when he'd gone back to Gee Wey cre? work, she sent it to the Clarion for publication.” AS USUAL. Hipps—“So your Australian prima-donna took acold on the opening night, did she?” Sydney Melbourne— “Worse than that, A regular frost.” Flossy—"1 hate whiskers.” Bessy —"1 wouldn't marry a man with whisk- ers; no, not even if he “GETTING A LIVING BY FOWL MEANS.” asked me.” And this is how they met, comicbooks.com