Judge, 1894-10-27 · page 7 of 16
Judge — October 27, 1894 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief satirical sketches typical of Judge's humor: **"Simply a Woman"** mocks domestic power dynamics—a hungry vagrant seeks food from a cook, who aggressively corrects his polite address ("lady," "kind lady"). The joke: she's domineering and the man regrets not noticing her bicycle earlier (implying he could've avoided her). **"A Manifest Improbability"** plays on honesty—three characters discuss finding a purse with fifty dollars, each claiming they wouldn't keep it, but the final character sarcastically asks if he "looks like a gent" who'd be honest. **Other brief sketches** cover romantic disappointment, courtship miscues, and social awkwardness typical of the era's comedy. The language includes period slang and dialect humor. Overall, the page satirizes class relations, gender dynamics, and human dishonesty through exaggerated character types rather than topical political commentary.
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PERT AERIAL. Mister Earty—“' Dis niggah didn’ uster was champeen kite m'niperlatah fo" nufin'— SIMPLY A WOMAN. THE good man, weighing a hun- dred stone, knocked timidly at the portal of the culinary depart- ment, and as the door swung heav- ily back upon its hinges doffed his tattered (we omit the firm name, as this is not an ad.) hat and piteously whispered, Kind lady “—— “I'm not kind,” she interrupt- ed rudely. “ Excuse me, lad “Don't lady me!” was her quick response. “Yer don’t mean ter say yer only a woman?” he asked scaredly. “That's what I she shouted. And as the heavy bolts shot back into their places the vagrant took another reef in the clothes-line about his waist and sighed, “Oh, my! why didn’t I take notice of dat bicycle on de stoon before I spoke?” am!" Mrs, Fiporrs—" Mr, Ma Mrs. Fincrrs—" Yes; fift Frowery Firins—" Say, found a purse wid fifty doliars in it?” NAVIGATOR'S A MANIFEST IMPROBABILITY.” have you found a purse around here?” FLowery Fieips—“‘Anyting in it?” dollars,” jonest now, lady; do T look like. 4 gent dat's TRON-CLAD RUSE. an’ in case Squiah Pettigrew kicks up a fuss ‘bout losin’ enny pullets I kin sw'ar on de good book dat I didn’ eben step a foot in he’s yahd.” COULDN'T JUST TELL. SéPYON'T you like dates, Bag- Pia “I don’t know, Bailey.” “You don’t know?” “No. You see I have a poor memory for dates.” HOW HOPE CAME, HE CALLED oon her. words made Sweet hope into his bosom creep. She turned to him and softly said, ** My little brother is asleep.” Her first THE AUTUMN CROP. Van Dorn—" Why did Highfly- er look so depressed this morning ?” Jelleby —" Why, he called on Mabel Million last night and found Miss Dollars and Miss Banks both there.” Van Dorn—" Well?” Jelleby—" Why, you see he's engaged to all of them.” INQUISITIVE, Krew Raveit— Hello, old Leather! Keep open Saturday afternoons?” Baer ‘GATOR (ofening)—"* No; but it's no trouble to show goods to a friend.” comicbooks.com