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# Judge Magazine Page 267 Analysis This page contains several humorous sketches and poems satirizing social attitudes toward women and marriage around the turn of the 20th century. "The Central Girl" mocks a young woman who plays coy while actually pursuing marriage. "The New Woman" depicts a wife criticizing her husband's cooking, suggesting anxieties about women's changing domestic roles. "Her Aim" shows a bishop advising a young lady to maintain "high ideals" before marriage—satirizing how society's romantic rhetoric contrasts with reality. The sketches present women as either manipulative, overly opinionated, or unrealistically idealistic. The humor targets both female ambitions and male anxieties about women's evolving independence during this period of social change.
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uae BUT IT DIDN’T SUIT HIM. SeYES.” said Mr. Wyncoop, heaving a sigh, my wife is a delicious cook ; and when we kept house and the hired girl's cooking didn't suit me she'd do it herself. I wish you could have a cup of her coffee! Why, in the whole two years we lived in Bunk street she never once set a poor cup of coffee be- fore me. And her biscuits! Why. they were just like marrow. “Someway I don’t relish anything in the hotel where we are now. Now. to-night, for dinner, I ate a little soup, of course, and just tasted of the fish, with a little tartar-sauce and potatoes. Then we had roast lamb—I don’t care much for roast lamb, but I thought I'd better eat some—and some French pease, and some potatoes roasted with the meat—I care more for them than I do for the meat itself. I didn’t eat any of the tomatoes, they say they'll give you cancer. I did manage to eat the most of the broiled chicken, for I wasn’t , feeling very well and broiled chicken PORN TOLBCUSIEUNS always agrees with me—especially if I eat water-cresses with it; but I didn’t touch a bit of the lobster-salad—just turned my plate into Mrs. W.’s; she’s very fond of it. I don’t know as I ought to have eaten that lemon-pie, but their pies are pretty good there and I ate two pieces ; ree etc toda akan = and a little wine-jelly and some You're a ray. (etaey widow, fruit and cheese. “Mrs, Wyncoop Win tel dangerous asc isn't very much of a hand for ice- , 2 : cream, so I ate hers—and a few —_ : : PS lady- fingers. I didn’t eat any of THE CENTRAL GIRL. Fc the nuts, though; just a few raisins, MY BEST girl is a Central girt, ‘ and drank a small cup of coffee; She often strikes me dizzy ; ee i" -€. and here it's only ten o'clock and I For sometimes when I ask a kiss ay é ian don’t feef as if I'd eaten anything She pertly answers ** Busy.”’ S | in a week.” And if I hesitate for words ¢ il AT A PARIS CLUB. While trying her to woo ; , is Fills — 5 How did pouty She looks up with a roguish smile Li Nee your perusal of *Trilby'?” And saucily asks, “* Through 7 4 Victor —"The illustrations are Ss SEMAN Re De very interesting indeed; but there AND GETS HIM, TOO is so much English interspersed " : ; throughout the text as to render the __ Bobby— Pa, is there any office THE NEW WOMAN. story quite obscure to one, like my- ttiat hast 66K: the to Site (to hubsy)—"* My dear, these cakes are not as good as popper used to self, not thoroughly conversant Pa— ithe police- make. 1 must get you his old recipe. with that tongue.” office.” HER AIM Tie misor—" L hope, my dear young lady, that you have always before you some high ideal, some exalted type of womanhood, that you hope in time to reach.” Miss PINKERL I have, indeed, bishop. I have always looked forward to being a bride.” comicbooks.com