Judge, 1895-01-05 · page 3 of 16
Judge — January 5, 1895 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor: **"Judge's Favorites"** features Theresa Vaughn, a performer known for her stage presence during the era when Columbus discovered America. **"The Size They Wear 'Em"** is a poem mocking spiritualism and séances—likely referencing the popular craze for communicating with ghosts that swept America in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. The humor targets believers in supernatural phenomena. **"A Praise-Service"** depicts a church scene with clergy and congregation, satirizing religious practice and sermon-giving, with a caption referencing Parson Johnson's Christmas blessing. **"Too Dear" and "Cheap Enough"** appear to be brief comedic dialogues about expense and value. The overall page reflects Judge's typical satirical approach to contemporary social phenomena: spiritualism, entertainment culture, and religious hypocrisy.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES, THERESA VAUGHN, When C. Columbus came across. this continent to work, He missed the opportunity of visiting New York. Blithe gypsy gil! its . yet. jor you would certainly have mashed Columbus and tis crew, If you had been with E. E. Rice in 1492. THE SIZE THEY WEAR ’EM. 66 \AJHAT'S this that gleams, a snowy spark, Through the deep shadows of the dark— Is it a meteor, or a star? ‘Tis white, as ghosts and phantoms are ; It makes me faint, it strikes me dumb.” * Why, that’s a big chrysanthemum !" “+ Impossible! How can it flit Now here, now there? It hath no wings Nor other speed-propelling things.” ‘No; there's a man attached to it." MADRLINE S. “BRIDGES. PARSON JOHNSON (a week after Christmas) —"* Bredren, let us t'ank de Lawd dat Christmas is ober an’ we's all got out ob it alive. Suapge \- SOLEMN FACTS, THE new woman isa success until she meets the new servant. A man’s past is measured by his sins; a woman's by her loves. Uncle Sam, having borrowed fifty millions, will now be able to spend a whole week in a fashionable Florida hotel. ‘There is one huge consolation in the re- port that the puff- sleeves are to be made still larger. It insures more elbow-room at dinner- parties. The only reason why a woman should not propose is that one rejection would crush her proud spirit. With the average man noth- ing under fifteen noes is serious, He is built in the way to stand it. She is not. I held three aces—drew one more— My joy you'll understand ; And then the man who had stayed in Said he'd lay down his hand. A PRAISE-SERVICE, CRALTED {CRO TOO DEAR. You called me once your dearest dear With emphasis extensive ; ‘As now the words fall on my ear ‘They sound like “* blanked expensive.” CHEAP ENOUGH. Cutting —" These spectacles won't do, Cohen. I can see double with them.” Cohen —" Vell, dere vos notting schmall apout me. 1 sharges you no more for dem ‘on dat account, All de bredren dat kain’t sit down comfor'bly kin stan’ ‘roun’ de stove an’ wuship de Lawd in deir own way, Deacon Ketchum hain’t had all de shot picked out ob his mortal body yet, so Brudder Jackson will pass de plate while de choir sings ‘Steal away home.’ ” comicbooks.com