Judge, 1895-09-07 · page 5 of 16
Judge — September 7, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains miscellaneous satirical humor and social commentary typical of Judge magazine, rather than a unified political cartoon. **Key items:** - **"Judge's Favorites"** celebrates "Billie Barlow," likely a popular character from contemporary theater - **"Where They Are Wise"** mocks returned travelers who bore people with European trip stories - **"Where Ignorance Is Bliss"** jokes that lawyers deliberately confuse juries with lengthy arguments, exploiting the legal principle that silence is wise - **"A Mistake Somewhere"** presents a simple rural humor bit about mistaking oats for hay - **"Judgements"** offers aphoristic social observations about human nature and fashion - **"Ought to Suit"** satirizes simplified literature—a clerk recommends "Jack and the Beanstalk" in "five-syllable words," mocking dumbed-down children's books The content reflects genteel, middle-class humor focused on social pretension, linguistic confusion, and Victorian-era gender dynamics rather than explicit political satire.
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THE FAT MAN AND THE BEAR. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. BILLIE BARLOW, © Little Bille” is a sad one In the Trilby book and play ; ‘Whereas, you—you are a glad one, For you're built another way. Little Billie, Billie Barlow ! may you tarry with us long, For your presence isa poem, and your merriment a song. WHERE THEY ARE WISE. S*ROBLEY’S friends seem to avoid him. Why do they do it “ He's just returned from his first trip to Europe.” “ WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.” +4 A WORD is enough for the wise” Is a proverb that tells us no lies ; Which is why to a jury, they say, A lawyer must talk half a day. A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE. Dupe—"' Hey, there!" FARMER—"* This ain't hay ; it's oats, Johnnie.” JUDGMENTS. G5Nius is the soul in blossom. Bloomers are degenerate sleeves. Dress is a revelation not only of our tastes, but our bank-account. A man likes to feel that he is loved; a woman likes to be told. ~ The woman of the world is an April day; the sunshine successfully hides the tears within. When a man seeks a woman’s.so- ciety it is because he has need of her— not because he thinks she has need of him, According to the quality of the waters on which we cast our bread, it returns water-logged and uneatable, or spread with butter and jam. If it be a fine art to wear your best clothes unconsciously it is a still finer art to wear your old clothes as though they were your best ones. OUGHT TO SUIT. ¥ Woman—" 1 want to buy a book PARSON PLUNKEM Vhad’s dis? Whad’s dis, for a little Boston boy. Have you any- Bradder Marks—perfa: v thing you can recommend?” Brupper 3 Clerk—" Yes, ma'am. We have ole pile-drivah? “Ligion er no ‘ligion, yo’ kain't use mah cranicum fo' just received Jack and the Bean-stalk’ no mud-diggah.” (Wades out.) in words of five syllables.” comicbooks.com