Judge, 1894-10-13 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 13, 1894 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 229 This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of Judge's format: **Top illustration** ("The Sportsman's Hour"): Shows a man fishing while a woman approaches—likely mocking leisure activities and gender dynamics of the era. **"Sarcasm" dialogue**: A couple discusses marriage and art, with the woman questioning whether marriage represents artistic failure—social satire about bohemian attitudes toward matrimony. **"Sharply Kicked Along the Line"**: Appears to mock urban transit or crowd behavior, possibly referencing streetcar culture. **Bottom caricatures**: Four grotesque male head studies labeled "Novelties in Canes—Designs to Suit Faces," making fun of fashionable accessories by matching ugly cane designs to ugly faces—a common visual joke format. The pieces employ typical Judge humor: relationship mockery, fashion criticism, and exaggerated physiognomy caricature typical of early-20th-century American satire.
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THE SPORTSMAN’S HOUR. NOW is the time to wander forth, Ye hunters bold! Now is the time ‘The breezy upland crest to climb And look east, west and south and north With rifle aimed and pose sublime, Letting the strong, frost-sweetened air Redden your cheek and toss your hair, And sweep the mists from eye and brain, ‘These are the days when hill and plain And mellow distance seem to say, Ho, sportsmen ! rally once again And take your pastime while you may, While in the autumn fields there is A rabbit left for you to miss.” MADRLIN & mIDGKS, HE HAD A CHOICE. Tommy (who lives on a plantation and who has been praying for a little brother or sister)—"Seems to me the Lord is a mighty long time sending that baby. Aunt —* You must have faith, Tom- my. Which do you want most, a baby brother or sister?” Tommy —*\t don’t make no differ- ence to me, so it’s white.” ‘And so you are wedded to your art.” Yes; body and soul.” ‘And don’t you consider marriage a failure :” t SS. SHARPLY KICKED ALONG THE LINE. Torr Lux (savagely) — ‘* Wouldn't I nail de inventer of dem pointed Pickydilly’s ef T had ‘im here!" Atwiess ANDY—"' Wot's he done ter hurt yer?" S Torr Lux—" Nuthin’, person'ly, But de wearers o' his style o' shoes has, Between here an’ Chicarger dey wuz applied on me so of'en dat I had ter do all me restin’ layin’ down, NOVELTIES IN CANES—DESIGNS TO SUIT FACES. MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN. HE WAS 2 peddler and loved to chat In merry mood of this and that. Sometimes in journeying he would pass From New York state to neighboring Mass., And he could tell by just this sign, When he had crossed the Bay state line— Whate‘er the subject he might choose, The women, one and all, had views. MRLEN Ww. GOVE, A MAN OF HIS WORD. Office-boy —" Won't you sit down? Mr. Quill left word that he would be back in ten minutes.” Client —""How long has he been gone?” Office-boy —* Oh, "bout two hours.” AN INVIDIOUS COMPARISON, Lucifer (to new arrival in hades) — * Pretty warm here, isn’t it ?” New arrival —“ Warm? Call this warm? Why, when I was in Chicago in the summer of "— Lucifer (interrupting) —* Hi, there, Asmodeus! Dump four barrels more brimstone in this pit and put on the forced draught.” comicbooks.com