Judge, 1894-12-08 · page 40 of 60
Judge — December 8, 1894 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated comic sketches satirizing American social life, likely from the early 1900s: **"A Theo Logical Deduction"** mocks a Black minister's circular reasoning about money and evil, using dialect humor typical of the era's offensive racial stereotypes. **"He Got It"** depicts a tramp exploiting a farmer's wife's charity by complaining about vinegar in another woman's salad—suggesting con artists prey on competing female vanity. **"A Sign"** jokes that a tenant family's gift of a flute to upstairs neighbors signals they're moving (implying the gift is meant to apologize for noise). **"Christmas Feeling"** satirizes women gossiping about others' clothing choices at church services rather than attending to worship. **"Preparing for the Fray"** shows women exercising to build strength for Christmas shopping bargains—mocking both female shopping habits and newly fashionable gym culture as motivated by consumerism rather than health. Throughout, the cartoons ridicule human selfishness masked by social convention.
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GOOD INTENTIONS NOT A “THEO Exper Fowter (sfernly)—"' | beliebes, brudder, dat de reason dat yo" resigns an axcepts yo’ new call am fo’ mo' money, sah—money, which am de root ob all ebil!” Parson Krens—"' Yo! am right in one respec’, eldah—money am de root ob LOGICAL DEDUCTION, all ebil. Whar dey am de mos’ root dey am de mos’ ebil. ebil dey hab de mos’ need ob a pastor. Derefo’, eldah, da de call.” Whar dey am de mos’ am de reason I axcepts HE GOT IT. Tramp (at farm-kitchen door)—" Do you happen to have a little peppermint in the house, ma‘am?" Farmer's wife— \'m afraid not, my poor man.” Tramp—A little whisky would do, ma'am, The lady on the farm below you, who handed out the Christmas dinner, has committed the vul- gar error of putting too much vinegar in the salad-dressing.” ARSENT-MINDED INVENTOR—"* Now these pul- leys and cog-wheels working in opposite directions,” etc., etc., ete. (Proceeds to lay out plans of it on his friend's shirt-borom.) ** Now tell me, what d'ye think of it?” Tue rRIEND—"* Well, I think— ALWAYS BENEFICIAL, A SIGN. Collector—"1 guess the Jones family are going to move.” Landlord —" Did they tell you so Collector —* No; but they gave the man who lives up- stairs a flute for Christmas.”” CHRISTMAS. FEELING. Mrs. Quig "Did you enjoy the Christmas serv- ice?” Mrs. Twillers— “Ever so much. Mrs. Hotspur wore her last year's bon- net; and what do you think? Daisy van Tassel had on that flimsy sack she bought early last fall.” Myre PREPARING FOR THE FRAY. Clara— Do you enjoy your exercises at the gymnasium?” Ethel—* Not particularly ; but I think it is the duty of every woman to cultivate muscle—especially at this time of year.” Clara—* Why at this time any more than any other >" Ethel— Why, my dear girl, just consider the Christmas bargains at the stores ! — it's a blamed bad scheme, and I guess you'd better draw a few more cog-wheels on there so 1 might at least have a polka-dot pattern.” comicbooks.com