Judge, 1894-09-15 · page 3 of 16
Judge — September 15, 1894 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 163 The page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Coming Thro' the Rye"** (top): A sketch mocking a woman admiring scenery while sitting in tall grass, with commentary on female vanity and shallow judgment. **"Judgments"** (center): Philosophical aphorisms about human nature—criticizing empty hope, women's role in family integrity, and the tendency of loud prayer-givers to lack true piety. These reflect period attitudes about gender and morality. **"Discretion"** (right): A brief comic dialogue about an office boy's claim that a thousand-dollar note disappeared, suggesting workplace petty theft or dishonesty. **"Miss Oldtimer's Lost Canary"** (bottom): A six-panel wordless comic strip depicting the escalating chaos when a canary escapes from a building, showing period middle-class domestic life disrupted by a small animal.
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JUDGMENTS. N O TRUE woman lives to be forty-five. There is a sort of kind word that is a blow. Hope only creates appetite; it never satisfies. On woman alone de- pends the integrity of the home. A rare but beautiful quality in woman is se- renity. Pity a man or pull his nose, he won't care which, It is easy to submit to the will of God toward others. Troubles are dread- ful bores ; especially other people's. The man who prays the loudest and longest is usually the one who thinks he can give the Almighty points. We are never willing to admit there is insanity in our family until some member of it makes a will that doesn’t suit us. “The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts "— from fourth of July to Christmas, and from Christmas to fourth of July. , “COMING THRO! THE RYE.” Miss TALLER —‘*Oh ! do look at the beautiful view from here, Mr. Shorty.” s the editor in?” No, sir. He's jest gone enth drink this mornin’, "Ver see he's jest lost a four-hundred-dollar adver- tising bill, dere’s a thousand-dollar note due to-day an’ nothin’ to meet it, his baby’s down with the mumps an’ his ‘mother-in-law is comin’ to-morrer."* MISS OLDTIMER'S LOST CANARY—A STORY WITHOUT WORDS, comicbooks.com