Judge, 1894-10-27 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 27, 1894 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Page 259 Analysis This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"Not Eligible"** (top): Satirizes New York's elite social circles, mocking prominent families who claim superiority while hiding scandals. The joke is that the Smiths, despite their prominence, are "ineligible" for exclusive society due to undisclosed family issues. **"Modern Fiction"** and related poems mock contemporary literature's melodrama and predictability. **"No More Interest in It"** jokes about Sadie Tillinghast's lost interest in an engagement after Joe Gibbs proposes—a commentary on women's changing attitudes toward marriage. **"Nice Weather"** (bottom comic strip): A sequential gag showing a man and woman's different reactions to temperature—he finds it cold, she finds it warm. The final panel suggests a romantic resolution, poking fun at courtship conventions and gendered perspectives.
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NOT ELIGIBLE, *L see the De Smyths in the other room. They are prominent society people here in New —" Oh, goodness, no! MODERN FICTION. Ott. AUTHORS, pity our sad plight And give us back the summer novel ! We cannot read the stuff you write, Oh, authors, pity our sad plight, We want a story gay and light, We want to soar, instead of grovel ; Oh, authors, pity our sad plight And give us back the summer novel ! CAKOLYN weLts. NO MORE INTEREST IN IT, Se \YVHAT made Sadie Tillinghast resign from the woman’s-suffrage league? She was one of the most earnest members. “Yes, I know; but she seemed to lose all interest in the cause after Joe Gibbs proposed. They are to be married in a couple of months.”” ON THE RIVER.” ENOUGH TO “TAKING A PULL Emmeline—" So Marie's eng: Harry loved each other devotedly. and both got sea-sick.” ek lew mck en York, aren't they ?” Why, they've never had a divorce or any sort of scandal in their family.” APPRECIATED. YOUNG TODDLEKINS is very rich, And there is something more, too ; He makes an after-dinner speech One likes to say encore to. We think it equal to Depew, With quite as much to back it; Thus does he e’er express his views, ** Boys, I'll pay for this racket !" GkORGE mKDsEVE, BREAK ALL TIES. agement is broken, I thought she and Maude— So they did; but they went out sailing together last week Mr. New York (00 foreign friend) — we Kaye the finest climate in the world, and no mistake, — —(Ten minutes later) — Yes, it’ —(Ten minutes later)— Whew! Aas blown up a little cold, — this is rather warm, isn't it?—— NICE WEATHER. —(Ten minutes later) — Quite a shower, hey?” comicbooks.com