Judge, 1895-02-16 · page 4 of 16
Judge — February 16, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several Valentine's Day-themed humorous sketches satirizing romance and courtship customs of the era. **"One Woman's Valentine"** depicts the irony of a wife's attempt to prevent her husband from mailing a hastily-written valentine to a woman she'd quarreled with. She gives it to him to post instead of mailing it herself, fearing her "momentary burst of anger" would cause "untold suffering." The joke mocks both her emotional volatility and the notion that giving the letter to her husband somehow solves the problem—when he simply mails it anyway. **"The Bashful Lover"** and **"Up with the Fad"** offer brief comedic observations on romantic hesitation and literary pretension, respectively. **"A Human Stomper"** appears to be a racial caricature using dialect humor, likely depicting an African American character being asked to compact snow—a dehumanizing joke treating a person as a tool. The sketches use sentimental romance as a vehicle for satirizing human foolishness, emotional irrationality, and social absurdities of the period.
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UNAPPRECIATED. | SEND my Pete a watentine, He mail it to dat ole Cristine ; She shove it off to Sam, an’ he— He send it skatin’ on to me. I jes’ so mad I almos' cries, An’ den I writes my name—Jane Lize+ Across dat walentine so sweet An’ send it flyin’ back to Pete. ONE WOMAN'S VALENTINE Brown—" \ met Cob- wigger this afternoon and he told me a story about a letter his wife had given him to mail”. Mrs, Brown—"And of course he forgot to mail it.” Brown —* Hold on there, and give me a chance. If you begin in- terrupting I'll never get through. Well, as I said, she gave him a letter to Derostror —"tIs the cashier in mail as he started dows Dixecrors —"* Yes, he's in all that the safe held!” town in the morning. When he returned home in the evening his wife threw herself into his arms and said how thankful she felt that she had given bim the letter to mail, instead of eeBeIDUS BON following her first impulse and dropping it into the box herself.” ; ATRECOCIOUS FUN gous Mrs, Brown —"1 don't understand what she had to be thankful for, my Mrs. STucKEY (@ widow)—'* What are you staying behind for—are ‘eae you tired?” = . P r WILLY (rwho Aas overheard the proposal) —**1 should say so; I kin =f . Brown —" Neither did Cobwigger until hardly go a step-father.” _ _ ay € his wife burst into tears and confessed that THE BASHFUL LOVER. SS she had done a thing she would never do again, The letter contained a valentine ad- dressed to a woman with whom she had had a slight quarrel. ‘The communication was of such a nature that its receipt would entail untold suffering. Mrs, Cobwigger realized how foolish she had been to let herself be carried away by a momentary burst of anger, and she said it would be a lesson to her she would never forget.” [F YOU'RE afraid she might decline, My boy, don’t make it worse, And hide behind a valentine, ly asking her in verse UP WITH THE FAD. Librarian —* What books will you have?” Applicant — Guess Vl take the life of Napoleon and "—— Mrs. Brown —* What a narrow escape! Librarian —* What other book did you It seems as if Providence interfered and prompted her to give the thing to her husband to mail, instead of posting it herself.” Brown —"\ don't know about that. You “APTER DARK.” see her husband mailed it.” Applicant —" W-e-ll, g-u-e-ss Vl take z the life of Boneparte too, Drefful fond of CF hist’ry.”” A HUMAN “STOMPER.” Mr. CLaupe-2"' Oh, Miss Coopah, hit’s been snowin’ powerful hard outside since weze been yer, an’ de snow ‘s quite deep, an’ de committee wanten to know ef yo" won’ please go home first, so 's to stomp an’ tread it down,” comicbooks.com