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# "That Diamond Robbery" Cartoon Analysis The cartoon depicts two policemen discussing a recent robbery. One officer says "Any news regarding the robbers?" while the other responds "Naw, but they've found the tray of diamonds" and "Where did they find it?" with the reply "In a pawnshop, sonny." The satire mocks Chicago police incompetence—they've recovered stolen diamonds but apparently failed to catch the actual thieves. The joke relies on the absurdity that criminals quickly pawned their haul, yet police couldn't trace them through this obvious transaction. This reflects contemporary concerns about organized crime in Chicago during the early 20th century and public skepticism about law enforcement's effectiveness. The "sonny" condescension suggests the younger officer's naive faith in police work contrasts sharply with the cynical reality of bungled investigations.
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PUBLISHED: ONCE A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE. One coy one year, or s2 numbers - $3.0¢ One copy. six months, or 26 numbers - 2.%0 One copy: for 13 weeks - nas Including the Cuntsrwas Juoce. FOREIG. dign countries $6 THE Jupox PUBLISHING’ COMPANY (JupGe Burnina) Cor, Fifth Ave, and 16th Street, New York. Judge's Artists and Writers HAVE THIS YEAR OUTOONE THEMSELVES IN The Christmas Judge, which will be published on December rst simultaneously throughout the United States. The CHRISTMAS JUDGE isa looked-for holiday number by fun-lovers, and this year it will sustain its wellewon reputation, Order of your newsdealer. 25 cents per copy. [F YOU CAN'T give thanks, do something to win a few from your neighbors. SOYVE VIEW with alarm "—this is all that is left of many Democratic platforms. ANNOUNCEMENT by the Japanese—"We haven't met the enemy because we can’t catch him.” W'TH A WILD SHRIEK D. B. Hill cried “Let up!" but the majorities went right on rolling rap- idly. THE NIHILISTS will not old Nick for some time yet; but the young one had better look out for himself. ise the HE THREATS which attended the promotion of Nicholas unmistak- ably indicate that that young man will live to a great age. MES. SCOTT of Denver, who whip- ped three burglars, is perhaps the distinguished individual whose first name is Great. CHICAGO has fifty women physi- cians, and they have formed themselves into a club with which to break themselves up. Gs FROM REFUSE recently set the Chicago river on fire; but there isn't a Chicagoan who doesn’t claim that he did it. LILLIAN RUSSELL refuses to discuss the matrimonial question, and we must remember that actions speak louder than words. SARAH GRAND ask: Shall irascible old gentlemen be taught to knit?” Has this lady never noticed the corrugation of their brows? THERE WILL be no war and no killing of ordinary persons in Europe for some time to come. The rulers are too busy with their weeping for the dead czar, THE EMPEROR of China whipped his empress possibly by way of retaliation upon the Japanese who are whipping him, It was charac- teristic of the nation he represents, even to the running away of the woman, CERTAIN PORTRAITS on exhibition emphasize the fact that money and beauty seldom go together. On the other hand, as a rule the less money the more beauty. A bountiful providence vouchsales every- thing to nobody, and the pretty girls and handsome women of New York had better congratulate themselves on their poverty and let it go at that. “Any news regarding the robbers?” Naw ; but they've found the tray of diamonds,” Y: Where did they find it?” ** They found it in a pack of cards, sonny.” POOR CHILD! ALIX. the wife of Nicholas, cannot wear her very numerous bridal dresses. She must go in mourning six months at least, and by that time there will be new fashions that will render them useless Her grief has an additional poignancy for this reason. Poor girl! It is not every- thing to be an empress. THE GREATER SACRIFICE. SENATOR HILL is a brave man and a good fighter. His discretion is absent, but his coat-tails drag on the ground, His recent experience may have made him timid, however, and he may object to leading his party in the national election. He may like to be licked, but he doesn’t want to be destroyed. In that case his party will be a homeless, hopeless orphan, WOMEN AND CHURCHES. ‘THE METHODISTS of Canada have decided that women may not preach, but they may act as deaconesses. This is not concession enough. Let the women secede and get up a church of their own, and their congregations will outnumber those of the others two to one. That is the road to victory; and we may add that there will be more genuine Christianity in their church than in any of the others. ST. JOHN THE PROHIBITIONIST. THE DECLARATION of John P. John that he won't leave Kansas as long as there is a drop of whisky in the state shows, we suspect, atotal lack of judgment as to the various inspirational liquids. Mr. St. John must have indulged too copi- ously, for he doesn’t know what he ix talking about. The whisky of Kansas is the worst outside of Maine, and the statistics of the local insane-asylums prove it beyond a doubt. Has this man got into his second childhood, or hasn’t he left his first? EVOLUTION OF THE WOMAN. HE T CENTURY will see many colleges for women if the co-education idea i8 not received more favorably. The classes of the women’s institutions show a great increase, while those of the colleges for young men show a falling off. The young woman of the period is more determined than the young man, though she encounters obstacles of which the latter has no knowledge. There may be a woman president fifty years hence. The negro has been emancipated, and the woman comes next. THE BEST BREAK. NOT THE LEAST of the gratify- ing results of the late political disturbance was the breaking up of the solid south. Let us have broader politics and less sectionalism’ though the heavens: fall and the Demo- crats occasionally get a northern state. General Agnus of, the Bal- timore American accepted this view coincidently with the transference of his Maryland to the Republican column, as appears by this dispatch to the chief artist of the JuDc Bacrowoer, Marytann, Nor To Bixxwaeo Gittam, 210 Fifth avenue, New York—For the first time since the war Maryland goes Republican. All the terrapin and ducks and oysters and fowl are ¢’ uckling and crowing with Gelight, that they are no longer to starve under Democratic depression, ‘Some of them wil! be over to call on you later in the season with congratulations on your superb work Feux Acxus, TWO BIRDS. E OUGHT to have a well-observed Thanksgiving this year. Any good citizen, whatever his politics, may! join in it, to the good of his ribs and stomach and the delight of his heart. If his political theories have not been successful, at least the people have shown that they are their own masters; that they favor law and morality; that they know prosperity when they see it, and are equally aware of the methods to drive away hard times. ‘The ballot system, though not perfect, is safe. The people think for themselves, and no sophistry convinces them against their own knowledge. This is glory enough for every day of the year. The eagle has a right to scream; but let him be set aside, according to the president's proclamation, in behalf of the more peaceful bird that soothes the raging appetite and brings consolation to the perturbed soul. comicbooks.com