Judge, 1895-08-24 · page 5 of 16
Judge — August 24, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains multiple unrelated cartoons and humorous pieces typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American humor. **Key content:** - **"In the Orchard"**: A romantic poem by Guy Wetmore Carryl about unrequited love—a man's hesitation to confess feelings to a girl named Peggy. - **"A Warning"**: Political satire mocking women's suffrage, suggesting female voters cannot be trusted with accurate ballot counts—reflecting anti-suffrage sentiment of the era. - **"R.S.V.P."**: A young woman misunderstands formal invitation language, thinking "repast" means something else entirely—a joke about social pretension and class confusion. - **"The Difference"**: A limerick mocking women's scanty fashionable clothing while implying men couldn't get away with the same. - **"Placing the Responsibility"**: A joke blaming George Washington (the cherry tree fable reference) for crop damage caused by Hessian flies. The overall tone reflects period attitudes toward women, fashion, voting, and rural life.
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EXPLAINING ABNER'S UNCERE- MONIOUS EXIT. Two “soles” with but a single thought, ‘Two hearts that beat as one. A WARNING, LADIES who fain would titles wed And to high station mount, To woman's voting should object. They know they never can expect To get an honest count. RS. Vv. PL SHE was young—so youn, ed excitedly to the door in answer to the postman’s well-known ring all?” she asked, tearing open the envel- ope; and when assured that it was, read the following invitation : “ My dear Miss Novice—We should be glad to have you. take luncheon with us on Thursday, the twentieth, at two o'clock. Most cordially, Ros.vep. May Hupsoy.” *T suppose,” she mused, thoughtful- ly, “that means repast served very pre- Auge IN THE ORCHARD. WHEN Pexey gathered: apples ‘The trees above: her: head. Like stately gothic:chapels ‘Their slender arches spread ; And ob! the azure tender Of Peggy's witching eyes Was clear as is the splendor Of blue September skies. When Peggy gathered apples Her cheeks were like their own ; The flush their sides that dapples Athwart her throat was thrown, Of dearest dimpled whiteness Was Peggy's dainty arm ; Her heart all laughing lightness, Unknowing love's alarm. And yet I never told her The love that strove to start, Or how I longed to hold her Consenting to my heart. For oh, she seemed so slender ‘And shy as any bird, That lest I might offend her— I never said a word. GUY WETMORE CARRYL, Mr. Licut#incer—" Well, say! I never thought the day would come when I could do this.” IMPROVEMENT ON THE FARM. THE DIFFERENCE, A EADY named Trilby O'Ferrall Wore‘exceecingly scanty apparel. She was charming, they say. If a man dressed that way He would have to walk home in a barrel. PLACING THE RESPONSI- BILITY. Cumso—" George Washington is re- sponsible for the damage to the wheat crop.” Cawher—"1 thought it was the H sian-fly which was doing the damage.” Cumso—"\t is; but Washington made the Hessian ILL some Chicago authority on eti- quette please enlighten us as to how a lady should act upon the occasion of meeting one or more ex-husbands ? Uncte Country—" Jes’ let me take him ter th’ farm fer a few weeks an’ yer won't know him when he comes back. And she didn't. Comicbooks.com