Judge, 1895-05-18 · page 4 of 16
Judge — May 18, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge magazine (circa 1880s-1890s) contains multiple satirical vignettes mocking contemporary society: **"Bobby's Observation"**: A child notices a well-dressed man's conspicuously creased trousers, joking he's just emerged from a box—mocking the fashion obsession with crisp trouser creases. **"Turning the Tables"**: A playwright and American theater manager negotiate; the playwright threatens to produce a rejected play in London, reversing their power dynamic. Satirizes theatrical business practices and American cultural insecurity. **"Nothing Lost"**: A Yiddish-accented tobacco shop scene where a customer smokes a cheap pipe but the smoke escapes through his nose rather than providing enjoyment—so he "loses nothing" buying cheap tobacco. Uses ethnic caricature for humor. **"De Banjo"**: Uses racist dialect to celebrate the banjo as superior to piano and fiddle. Reflects period entertainment stereotypes. **Other items**: Brief quips mocking vanity, success, and social pretense typical of Judge's satirical style. The page prioritizes ethnic/social caricature and observational humor over political commentary.
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Photo. by Fath. FAVORITES. MIR GOLDTHWAITE. Yes, Jennie. that's the way you use us, ‘Your toys, your puppets, and your * mashes." First you amuse us. thea abuse us, In penitents’ sackcloth and ashes Vet who complains deserves at once ‘That cap of yours and the name of dunce. SHOCKING. S+GRACIOUS!” exclaimed old. Mrs. Dairyville in horror, looking over the magazines, each of which contained a“ Life of Napoleon"; “1 knew Napoleyon Bonyparty wasn’t jest as circumspec’ as he might have been, but I never thought he led so many lives as these books tells of.” HER GOWN. © gutter-bands have had their day, And all their former prototypes, Since fair Clarissa holds the sway With her big, flute-like organ-pipes. MAKING SUCCESS CERTAIN. Footlytes—" 1 am going to call my new play * The Baby.’ a1 hat’s a queer name.” know; but a baby is WARDEN (0f insanc-asylu the man who stole his umbrell: Suage BOBBY’S OBSERVATION. HEY had just passed a young gen- tleman whose trousers were con- spicuously creased. “Oh, mamma!” exclaimed Bobby, “that funny man has just come out of his box.” A VAIN REGRET. AT! HAD we but the eash we've spent In years long gone before, ‘That all for foolish pleasure went- I fear we'd buy some more. TURNING THE TABLES. Playwright—"You haven't read that play I handed you two or three years ago, have you >" American manager —* No, 1 think not.” Playwright—" Well, you needn't bother. I'm going to produce it in London next season.” Manager —“Dear me! what ‘Il you take for the Ameri- can copyright ?” A HOPELESS CASE. Vhat is his peculiar form of insanity 7” NOTHING LOST. Customen—" You don'd mean to dell me dot dot glose-fisted Levinstein is shmoking dot short gollege-bipe fur shtyle 7" Couns—" Nein ; quide der reverse, Vat shmoke esgabes frum der bowl ohf dot bipe goes ub. his nose und he geds der full penefit ohf dot tobacco alretty.” cess of his a rich girl and marry her, and he succeeded.” ** He thinks he can find BUSINESS AND BUSINESS. Jones—"* Now that Smith has made such a suc- iness { suppose he will retire.” Brow 1 didn’t know he was in business.” Jonrs—"* Yes. He made it his business to find THE APPRECIATIVE PUBLIC, s6]N THE end the world always fittingly rec ognizes her geniuses. “Yes. There's Tompkins; gave his life to the study of ceramics—and is buried in the pot- ter's field.” DE BANJO. DP AUt’S er heap ob satisfacshiun in er fiddle, Er a gran’ pianner standin’ ‘gin de wall ; But fo" swing yo" co'ners, ladies in de middle, De banjo, chile, am whad kin beat ‘em all, TRAINED. Catterson—"\'ve been hanging pictures all the morning.” Hatterson—* Didn't it make you tired to hold your hands above your head?” Catterson—" No; I've just been on a rail- road trip through Texas.” comicbooks.com