Judge, 1894-12-15 · page 6 of 16
Judge — December 15, 1894 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of 1890s American humor: **"A Broad Hint"** mocks African American dialect and financial dishonesty through a church elder's accusation that Brother Leghorn Brown paid with counterfeit money, suggesting his family's "transmigration of souls" occurred during hog-killing season—implying he's soulless or animalistic. **"Funereal Courtesies"** satirizes sentimentality and misguided gesture. A Sunday-school superintendent's students create a floral fire-badge for his funeral, which accidentally becomes darkly ironic when placed beside hymn lyrics about "more to follow." **"Getting Even"** jokes about consumer excess: a man punishes a rival by having his wife display an expensive fur coat to the rival's wife—the implication being feminine vanity and social competition constitute suitable revenge. **"Obstructions in Public Vehicles"** (bottom) appears to satirize women's elaborate fashions (large bonnets/hats) creating literal physical obstruction in streetcars—a recurring complaint in 1890s urban life. The cartoons target class pretension, racial stereotypes, feminine materialism, and urban inconveniences typical of Judge's satirical focus.
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A BROAD HINT. BROTHER Leghorn Brown had tried to pay his share of the annual salary to Reverend Moakley McKoon with a tin dollar, and the elder apostrophized him as follo’ “Brudder Brown, I woulda’ wish ter insinuate anyt'ing d'ogatory to yo’ character or intrinsical to yo" standin’ in de chu’ch, but in regards ob yo" methods in fnancial trans- actions dar am a sort ob closeness or contiguousness dat elucidates de philosophy ob de transmugrashun ob souls. F'rinstance, if it am true I would sejest or hint widout any fur- der peramble dat when dat trans- mugrashun took place in yo’ fambly it must er took place along about hog- killin’ time.” FUNEREAL COURTESIES. TOO HIGHLY HONORED THE superintendent of Simtown Sunday-school had held the post for many years, and by his eager interest and tender sympathy endeared himself to all the children. He was a modest bachelor of upright char- acter and pure life, whose faint courage had precluded matrimony. When he died the Sunday-school children contributed each a mite—shaken from GETTING EVE: Joxes —"' I told you that I would get even with Smith, and I have.” Brows —"" How did you do it?" Jones—"t1 made my wife put on her new two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar sealskin sacque and go and call on his wife.” of fires, and as appropriateness was deemed desirable the grief of his mourners found expression in a large floral reproduction of a fire-badge, without which, as every one knows, no one is admitted inside the safety lines at a city fire. The possible misconstruction of its legend struck the staff just as the choir was singing “Still there's more to follow.” Picked out in fine flowers was the usual fire-badge legend, now glowing with a double and sinister meaning, “Admit bearer within fire lines. te y" OBSTRUCTIONS IN PUBLIC VEHICL Did you? Did she send me any message by you?” 1800 and — * No: but she sent you a dozen kisses.” the slits of penny banks or saved from outlays on bolivars and cocoanut- drops—wherewith to express their grief in flowers. The children sought CS no advice from their elders, and | the result was that the most con- spicuous decoration at the pious bachelor’s funeral was a floral pillow bearing the words, “ Our father.” WHEN RABRITT CROSSED THE LINE When “Grandpa” Babbitt died he was the oldest reporter on the staff, and was beloved by all the boys, who contributed JUDGE'S PHOTOGRAPIIS. each a bit of money to send a Picture of the man who smokes the floral offering to the funeral, cigars his wife buys for bim. His work had been the reporting —1894—where’s the difference? comicbooks.com