Judge, 1894-12-08 · page 45 of 60
Judge — December 8, 1894 — page 45: what you’re looking at
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This page collects several brief humorous sketches with accompanying illustrations, typical of Judge's satirical format. **"Unfailing Signs"** depicts a domestic servant advising her mistress that a suitor should propose tonight or never—he looks ill and insincere. The humor relies on Irish dialect comedy (common in period American humor). **"An Argument"** shows a couple revisiting a mistletoe kiss, with the man insisting this kiss "feels different" than before, implying changed feelings or circumstances. **"Ever Brought to Mind"** jokes about installment buying: a husband's comment about thinking of Christmas "all year" refers to ongoing debt payments. **"Easily Explained"** presents an absurd scenario—a woman receiving implausibly large items in her stocking—resolved by revealing she's extremely obese, allowing everything to fit. This relies on fat-shaming humor. **"Master and Mastered"** contrasts a "wild west bully" behaving one way at home versus differently during a New York visit, suggesting frontier roughness versus civilized constraint. The illustrations are typical period line-drawings emphasizing character types and physical comedy.
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UNFAILING SIGNS. Miss Ethel, Mr. Shallowpate has jist come ; an’ it's me opinion thot if he don’t propose to-noight he nivir will.” ely uncalled for, Mary Ann.” but Oi tought Oi'd tell yez, fer he looks loike a sick pickpocket, an’ wid a shmoile ahn ‘im loike a Fenian abn the schaffold,” AN ARGUMENT. oe ENoucu ! This is the same mistletoe you caught me under before when you kissed me.” “IT know; but this is a different kiss “ and he took it. BROUGHT TO MIND. What did your husband mean by saying that he would be thinking of Christmas all the coming year?” Mfrs, Penfield—" We bought the presents on the installment plan.” EASILY EXPLAINED. Kidkins —"1 see by the paper a woman found in her Christmas stocking a pearl-ornamented mandolin, an_alarm-clock, a five-pound box J candies, a dictionary, a quart bottle of cologne, and some other sdkins —" Pooh! 1 sible?” don’t believe it. How could that be pos- Kidkins —* Why, she is the fattest woman in the world, so a dime- museum manager says.” MASTER AND MASTERED. The bully of the wild west at home— —and when he paid a visit to New York, comicbooks.com