Judge, 1895-05-18 · page 7 of 16
Judge — May 18, 1895 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several Victorian-era satirical sketches: **"The Coming Woman"** mocks the emerging "New Woman" of the 1890s. A woman named Bella proposes to her suitor's mother, boasting she'll *support* him financially—inverting traditional gender roles. The satire targets women seeking economic independence and marriage equality, presented as absurdly emasculating. **"Requital"** is a literary morality tale about a lady in purgatory tormented by a woman she once befriended but apparently wronged. It illustrates themes of karmic justice popular in Victorian fiction. The smaller cartoons make quick social jokes: one contrasts how a father of seven daughters eagerly greets a potential suitor versus a father with one daughter (suggesting desperation to marry off multiple girls versus protective possessiveness). Another jokes about college friendships over tobacco preferences. The bent-wood chair sketches on the right appear to show physical comedy with furniture. The overall tone reflects upper-class anxieties about changing women's roles and marriage customs in the 1890s.
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319 ia] a, if ty zy “Ble Ai yy THE BENT-WOOD CHAIR Ni i y ‘ t ! } AND THE. SLEEPER. ies || MEAT Ca 4 THE COMING WOMAN—THE ORDEAL OF THE FUTURE. Betta—"'I—I—I love your son Chollie, Mrs, Goldrock, and I've come to—a—a—ask for his hand. I'm sure, with your aid, I shall be able to support him in the style he has been used to.” REQUITAL, ‘A EADY once bowed her fair head and walked through the gates of purgatory. As her garments trailed across” the threshold she heard a malignant hiss and glanced around in fearful expectation. No serpent reared its head, but a haggard dame stood lolling against the gateway and eyed the newcomer with a bold, unshrink- ing and impertinent stare. The lady paused with wide, pained eyes. Surprise and wonder were upon her face and a question struggled at her lips; but she held it back and passed in silence. At every turn the haggard beldam lay in wait for her. There was the ready hiss, hypocritically denied by the sardonic silence and crit- ical stare. _ At length the lady's guide glanced at the quiet, unrecriminating figure at his side. ~ #You have a-faithful tormentor here,” said he. “Can you tell why she pursues you thus persistently ?” “T once befriended her,” the lady said, and passed. KATHHINE GROSJEAN, CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT. Tom (at college) —* Why has Ben cut the ac- quaintance of Harvey?" Dick —"He complains that Harvey keeps his smoking-tobacco too dry.” THE DIFFERENCE. The father of seven daughters greeting a possible suitor. The father of one daughter doing the same.