Judge, 1895-01-19 · page 4 of 16
Judge — January 19, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of Judge magazine's social commentary: **"On the King's Highway"** - A romantic poem using medieval robbery imagery as metaphor for love's conquests, suggesting love takes what it wants without negotiation. **"Going Higher"** - Satirizes corporate corruption, suggesting receivers of bankrupt companies are as dishonest as the original board of directors who mismanaged them. **"Sworn Off," "Business Thrift," "Won't Give Himself Away"** - Brief ethnic-stereotype jokes (Levy character) and commentary on financial desperation and legal evasion. **"An Astute Woman"** - Satirizes divorce as transactional: a woman deliberately hires an unmarried lawyer, then marries him before he bills her—avoiding payment through matrimony. **"In Jersey City" and "A Word to Conjure With"** - Children's street humor, with the final reference to "Lexow" likely alluding to the Lexow Committee (1894 investigation into NYC police corruption), where simply shouting "Lexow" reportedly terrified corrupt officers. The page reflects late-19th-century American preoccupations: corruption, class anxiety, and urban crime.
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S*PPANDS up and halt on the king's highway! Who would journey further hath a toll to pay.” “*Prithee, little road-knight, with what must [ part?” * Not a word of parley, sirrah ! Give me up your heart.” SS ‘Thus is life's scrip lightened. For who would dare say nay To Love, who always has the drop, on the king's high- way? MenRY TYRRELL. GOING HIGHER, HE old proverb says, “The receiver is as bad as the thief," and sometimes it happens nowadays that the receiver is as bad as the original board of directors. SWORN OFF, ** Did you hear apoud Levy schvearing off ?” No. Vot did he schvear off ?” come tax.” BUSINESS THRIFT. *¢QEE yon common- looking codger with the basket?” “Well, he- commenced go- ing round picking up sticks and bones ten years ago, and had to go on tick for the basket"— “And now he’s worth fifty thousand, I suppose?” “Nothing of the kind. He still owes for the basket.” j WHAT INDEED? Fond mother — "Dear John, 1 do wish you would not go out / dil {~ so much evenings; 1 do so hate to have you | ——~ WON'T GIVE HIMSELF AWAY, breathing this night ioeramned “Did you ever earn a dollar in your life?” air!” THAT LITTLE FOOT. Waystor Wattkr—" I decline ter answer dat question, yer honor, on de grounds dat John —"All tight Hers the daintiest little foot it would tend ter degrade an’ disgrace me.” ‘ Pi Of any in our town; mother. What air Yer all my strength is useless quite shall I breathe ?” To stir it when it’s down. AN ASTUTE WOMAN. 6s] OU’S divorce: cost her anythi said one Chicago woman other. ii AMTHTL! 1 L w does she man- he always selects unmarried attorney to ke charge of her case and marries him before he presents his bill.” IN JERSEY CITY. Mickey —" Jamesey. Jamesey! They've new lights on Monticello ave- nue.” Jamesey ~* Electric 3 7 lights? “Naw: Ik A WORD TO CONJURE WITH. 4 iia —" Naw; Is- First noy—"* Want ter see me make dat cop jump?" 7 ° " rasiies: SECOND pov" Yep" First woy ( yelling) —" Lexow comicbooks.com