Judge, 1895-06-22 · page 5 of 16
Judge — June 22, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical vignettes typical of Judge's humor circa early 1900s: **"Lack of Good Breeding"** mocks women who won't chat during musical performances—treating silence as social rudeness rather than courtesy. **"Chagrin"** jokes about women's vanity: they're prouder of keeping secrets than sharing them, annoyed when no one asks. **"A Careful Criticism"** satirizes theater-goers praising bad acting as "lifelike" when the actress merely lies motionless like a corpse. **"The Flesh is Weak"** shows a parson punishing a youth for sabbath fishing—typical 19th-century religious moralizing humor. **"Steady Thing"** jokes that an "ossified man" museum exhibit was fired and now scratches matchboxes at a cigar stand—a mundane job for a curiosity. **"The Jealous Sparrow-Cop's Revenge"** (illustrated sequence) appears to show a police officer punishing someone, though the specific reference is unclear. Other items mock wealthy people's pretensions and an arrogant Philadelphia writer visiting Texas. The humor is genteel, period-specific, and relies on social class commentary.
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wiage LACK OF GOOD BREEDING. **QHE certainly was a person of very poor breeding.” “ Why do you say that?” “She absolutely refused to enter into conversation while the quartette was singing.” CHAGRIN. WHEN a woman a secret has to keep. And proud she is to show it, Naught makes her madder than to find ‘That no one wants to know it, A CAREFUL CRITICISM. Cawhker—"You have seen Mrs. John Smith Shotter play ‘Desdemona,’ haven't you?” Cumso —* Yes.” Cawker—" What did you think of ee tari dis Gaaissene >" THE FLESH IS WEAK. re Parson—"‘Alas ! some ungodly youth hath been fish- Cumso—" She made the most life- ing on the sabbath and, fearing my wrath, hath concealed like corpse I ever saw on the stage.” him—— Photo. by Sareny. A STEADY THING. JUDGE'S FAVORITES, Visitor —" What's become VESTA TILLY. of your ossified man?” Are vou going, Vesta gay? Museum-attendant—" He's $0 long ! : é London Johnnies you portray in a manner quite au fait, got a better job at a cigar-stand And you sing a comic song with the laughs where they belong hotel.” YOu must Ko, please don't stay. ina hotel, ‘Away so long. Visitor — Selling cigars?” Museum - attendant—" No. JUST TO OCCUPY HIS MIND. They use him to scratch match- + SV HAT is your ten-thousand-dollar chef going todo while you are away for the summer?” "He's going to write a book on how to live on four hundred a year.” Great Jehoshaphat ! there’s a bite.” THE PROPER THING. *SSAY, fellers." said Bad-eyed Jake to the rest of the vigi lantes, “that tenderfoot who stole the hoss claims to be an artist.” “In that case,” replied Arizona Pete as he shifted his wad of to- bacco from his left cheek to his right," it would only be doin’ the proper thing to appoint a hangin’ committee to attend to his case.” ROOM FOR HIS SWELL. ODESTY is not the predominating trait in a well-known young writer, née Philadelphian, at present resident in New York. A while ( NO TIME, ago he visited the west for literary purposes. A co-laborer with him on a Susmernorn—" Now, if | engage board here for the summer you must be city periodical was told that the youth had started for Texas. very particular about giving me my meals on time. so teatwatenar tes TRS iver cane tea ey comment Mr. PHAkMER—" Not by a gol-darn sight! My terms are a week's board t's well that it's one of the larger states,” wa ry 3 in advance.” “If it had been a small one it wouldn’t hold his head.” THE JEALOUS SPARROW-COP’S REVENGE. comicbooks.com