Judge, 1895-04-13 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 13, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple satirical cartoons and humorous vignettes typical of Judge's turn-of-the-century social commentary: **"Another Lie Nailed"** mocks poets' dishonesty—a poet claims originality but his black eye and crutches suggest he's been beaten, implying the poem was plagiarized and the original author retaliated. **"Perquisites"** jokes about a teacher's pet, where the girl's "privilege" is merely doing menial labor (errands, dusting), satirizing how authority figures exploit eager subordinates under the guise of favoritism. **"In His Element" and "Passing of the Poet"** mock incompetent poets—one dies after pawning winter clothes, another dies of pneumonia after submitting a spring poem during a blizzard. **"A Reminiscence of April First"** depicts rural characters being duped in various April Fools' schemes, suggesting rural/working-class gullibility and exploitation. The overall tone satirizes pretension, gullibility, poverty, and the gap between appearance and reality in Gilded Age society.
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228 ANOTHER LIE NAILED. Editor—* You're sure you haven't submitted this poem on spring any- where else?” Poet—"V . Editor —“ Then how is it you have a black eye and walk on crutches?" PERQUISITES, Eloise—"V'mn teacher's pet.” Jack — * How do you “THERE'S NO USE TALKIN.” know you are?” Eloise —" Doesn't she let me run alll the errands and dust her desk every day?" BOY can be Little Lord Fauntleroy all right until he begins to shed his first teeth. A DIPLOMAT. Fair ratox —"* Don’t you think the flesh tones are a trifle loud 2” Dirromatic awtist—"Ah! but you forget that it's a portrait of a belle.”” IN HIS ELEMENT. PASSING OF THE POET. THE fool who thinks the winter o'er» FOR a poem on" Spring, gentle spring,” And pawns his heavy kersey Some stray robin gave him the tip, Should straightway move to Brooklyn or When a blizzard came out of the wild, Somewhere out in New Jersey. woolly west And he died the next morning of grip. SENTENCE PASSED BY THE JUDGE. NE. becomes accustomed to luxuries sooner than to privations, If he be not too old he will slip from poverty into wealth with the changing of a pair of cotton stockings for silk ones, and the next day he will have forgotten that he ‘ ever wore anything less fine; but let the process be reversed and old traditions REFRACTION EXTRAORDINARY. will practice their deception upon him while he wonders at rusty hose and Mks. Batpy — "Henry, won't you please change your position? ‘The refraction is too hard for my eye averted heads: KATIIRINE GROSJHAN, Rownay Staccers —" Don’t pick it up, Fields! To- day's de fust ot Ape Frowney Fratbs Frowary Figuns—-"An' dat’s where de wise man gits See? Dere'sa dollar in it.” Frowsry Feu: blows hisself. See?" I don't keer; I'm a fool anyway.” left. Fuowery Fertos—" What's dat? Counterfeit 2" Tee A REMINISCENCE OF APRIL FIRST. Dis is what a countryman gits in Fro ay Fieips—" Well, I allus wuz a blame fool, anyway. comicbooks.com