Judge, 1895-09-21 · page 5 of 16
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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains multiple unrelated humor pieces targeting upper-class and rural American stereotypes circa early 1900s. **"Out of His Element"** mocks wealthy yacht enthusiasts—two snobbish characters (Cholly and Clarence, portrayed with exaggerated upper-class speech) discuss a man losing his mind over a yacht race loss. The satire suggests that obsessing over such trivial pursuits indicates either insanity or incompetence. **"And She Did"** jokes about a Boston dentist's awkward interaction with a child patient during dental work. **"In Wayback District"** satirizes rural politics, depicting unsophisticated country folk discussing populist anger at "money power" and pledging to remove wealthy interests from politics—likely referencing late-19th/early-20th-century agrarian reform movements. **"An Occasional Necessity"** makes a dry joke about yachts needing "drying out" because they're constantly full of liquor—mocking wealthy excess. The page's scattered "Judgments" section offers sardonic observations on human nature.
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OUT OF HIS ELEMENT. CHoLLY—"* What's this I heah about Willoughby's losing his mind since his yacht lost the lawst race?" CLARENCE —" Why, he claims, ye know, that his yacht was clearly outsailed. ye know—actually stated that she was in perfect condition aftaw the race, and wouldn't even allow the skippaw to lay her up faw wepairs, bah Jov CHoLLy—"* The deuce, ye say! e's eithaw dead cwazy or a dawmed poor sort of yachtsman, bah Jupitah !* AND SHE DID. BETWEEN intervals of sobbing the Boston dentist remarked, * Little girl, just evacuate into this receptacle the fluid con- tents from your oral cav- ity “Mamma!” wailed JUDGMENTS. A TRAMP cat purrs the loudest. Tt is never too late to mend a boy's clothes. The proof of the pud- ding is in the heating. If you explain you might as well acknowl- edge. So few of us know when we have said enough. There is many a ~ shrewd woman posing for a simpleton. There is nothing bet- ter for a’child than a little wholesome neglect. On the most com- monplace level and with- in the narrowest limits men and women love and suffer. Some people are so fond of butter that they would rather have poor butter than none. Same with music. MADELINE OnvIS. the child, “what does he want me to do?" And with an amused smile the woma OVE.W ii'lWie THE! BLOOMER GIRL. She can make that shot now, ger blind. AN OCCASIONAL NECESSITY. Mrs. Otprimter—* Why do they put yachts in a dry-dock, Josiah ?" Mr. OLprimeR—"' To sober ‘em up, Mirandy. That's the only time they ain't full of liquor." IN WAYBACK DIS- TRICT, +6 LJ OW’s politics down H here?” “They're hot and they're gittin’ hotter, and they're goin’ to be bilin “It's all on account of the money power, I suppose.” : “Yes, sirree; and we ain't goin’ to stand no foolishness no longer.” “You're going to make the money-men come down?” “We're goin’ to do what?” “Make them come down.” “Not by a jugfull. They've got to. go up. No two- dollar limit carries this deestrick this year.” HE size of the woman has nothing to do with the size of the devil she carries. LITTLE.