Judge, 1894-09-29 · page 4 of 16
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# Judge Magazine Page 196: Satirical Humor and Social Commentary This page from *Judge* contains multiple short jokes and cartoons typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American humor: **Key content includes:** - **"Not Utterly Depraved"**: A boy admits to putting fly-paper on his teacher's chair, showing moral nuance—he regrets cruelty to flies more than disrespect to the teacher. - **"A Tall Man's Confession"**: A Rhode Island visitor admits relief at fitting properly in bed, poking fun at the state's small size. - **Social commentary**: Several pieces satirize class interactions—a street-car scene references Mr. Comstock (likely Anthony Comstock, the moral crusader), suggesting suspicion of immigrant behavior; a final cartoon shows racial caricatures with dialect, reflecting the era's casual racism. - **General humor**: Includes puns, observations about cigarette advertising, and domestic situations typical of period satire. The page reflects *Judge*'s formula: mixing political/social observation with slapstick and wordplay, often targeting immigrants, reformers, and social pretension.
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Farmer Creene first invests in a new hat. A PROTEAN NUISANCE, PT !S hard to tell just which is worse About the cigarette— ‘The vapors which assail you, or ‘The picture that you get. RUNNING NO RISKS. Cleverton (at the seashore) ave you got that life- preserver on for, old man? | thought you were a good swim- mer.” Dashavwey “1 but I a girl a swim- am going to giv ming-lesson.” NOT UTTERLY DE- PRAVED. sys IT true, my son,” said the old man to him reproachful- ly, “that you put fly-paper on the seat of the teacher's chair and laughed when he sat down on it?” “TI cannot tell a lie, father; that's the fact. But I felt sorry for it afterward.” “You felt that it was disre- spectful to the teacher?” “No, sir; I felt that it was cruel to the flies.” A TALL MAN'S CON- FESSION. HODE ISLAND? Yes, 1 was there a spell. For a state I like it pretty well ; Though now that I'm out of it I'l confess To something you might easily guess, It’s a comfort to find, on going to bed, My feet in the self-same state as my head. NELAN Ww. GROVE. BOTH TOOK THE SAME. ATA BOSTON BaR. First indulger—" Give me a cocktail.” Second indulger synonym.” Till take a A CASE OF EVOLUTION, ‘The cook Mrs, Brown engaged to tend to her husband's wants while she and the rest of the family summered at the shore. JUDGE NOT ASKED TO APOLOGIZE. Mr. Kimpy (the host, censoriously)—"" It hab been ramored, Mr. Ropers, dat yo" broke de Copenhagen rules ob dis club by kissin’ Miss Snow on de lips. Mr. Ropers (carnestly)—"* Dat am a fac’, sah. But won't yo" be kind ‘nuff toe look at de lady an’ tole me how I cud obey dat rule in a scuffle fo’ a kiss?” RETORT COURTEOUS. 46] COME to steel —I trace you!" To the trap exclaimed the rat. “And I spring to embrace you,” ‘The trap replied to that. HIS PREFERENCE. SSYVJHICH song would you Ww rather hear Miss War- ble sing ?” “* Mariner Bold.’ “But she doesn’t sing that at all.” “1 know. That's why 1 prefer it.” THE DIFFERENCE, Mamma—* Do stop erying, Tommy. You don’t hear me cry when my hair is combed.” The cook she found installed on her Tommy Boo -hoo-oo! retort: Yours isn’t hitched on.” IMPROPRIETY IN STREET-CAKS. Mr, Comstock —"* What does this familiarity on a public car mean?" Nothing more than Guiseppe del Carara delivering two orders. comicbooks.com