Judge, 1895-11-02 · page 10 of 16
Judge — November 2, 1895 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"In Extremis"** depicts a woman in dramatic distress—gasping, tearful, clutching the air—whose crisis resolves anticlimactically: she simply sneezes. The satire mocks overwrought emotional expression. **"A Misconception"** plays on a woman's family vase "dating to the revolution," which her husband misunderstood as being called by a disrespectful name—likely a crude joke about the object's appearance or purpose. **Baseball cartoon** shows a Black player in dialect speech, typical of the era's racist caricature humor common in Judge. **"From Pie to Pi"** features Professor Cophagus delivering pedantic lectures defending American pie as nutritionally equivalent to shortcake and biscuit, ending with the punchline that despite his reasoning, his digestive condition next morning was simply "pi" (implying digestive distress). These pieces reflect Judge's focus on domestic humor, romantic sentimentality played for laughs, and intellectual pomposity undercut by physical reality.
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286 Suapge GREAT SUCCESS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AND FLAT FAILURE OF THE BALLOON- IN EXTREMIS. AS! ION, ER countenance was set and drawn As if in fearful, racking pain ; Tears slowly trickled from her eyes To evidence her mental strain ; Her breath came gasping from her lips, Her agony would not be eased ; ashe struggled—clutched the empty air, And then—she sneezed. JENNIE D, Lockwood. A MISCONCEPTION. She —* Yes, this vase has been {in our family for generations, and Idates back to the revolution.” He —* So I heard, but I never heard it called by that name before.” She—*No? What did you He —"1 always understood Mr. Q (the Blackville heavy-hitter) janta’, (ree behiad, t'reé men ov: base) two Out an’ two tirlkeg ete wancone Of the schooners n. QuEEVES (the Blackville heavy-hitter)—"* Ninf innin’, tree behind, n tw oh Now ef de wind ‘Il only blow dat biloon ovah heah an’ 1 git a good bali I'll retriebe de loss ob de mawnin’ by a commanded by your great-grand- (swish !—erack |) — father.” BETWEEN THE LINES. READ her little letter over. Unstudied, courteous, friendly, wise— No hint of hope to waiting lover, No tender word to glad his eyes ; No vaguest sign nor indication Of even discreet and mild flirtation, Yet, oh, I kiss the scented missive As I would kiss her, could I hold her As I hold it—mute and submissive, And heart beats high and hope grows bolder. Her written words I skim, unheed- ing — “Tis what she doesn’t say I'm read- ing. MADELING S, nRIDGRS AN APPARITION. Sa. [ MET a timid maid yestreen 15 1 Who blushed a conscious red. . Together smote my knees with fear, T shook with inward dread. “A spook, a spook !" I cried aghast. No modern maid doth wear Such gentle mien—I crossed myself And breathed a silent prayer. With quaking limbs I turned and fled, Scarce knowing were I ‘live or dead, DELLE, HARRISON, —lion ob de houah !" FROM PIE TO PI. #4MY DEAR,” said Professor Cophagus at the table one day, “your pie is excellent. Give me another piece.” “Tam afraid, dear,” said Mrs. Cophagus timidly, “ that we are eating too much pie. I think it would be a good thing if we were to make custards and stewed fruit take the place of it.” “Tam aware,” returned the professor, lapsing into an attitude adopted on the lecture plat- form, “1am aware that there is a popular prejudice against the American article of diet called pie. This might be overcome by calling it a tart. Let us investigate and sce if it has any rational basis, Pie is but the fraction of a degree removed from short-cake, which is gener- ally accepted as a good, wholesome New England dish, being composed of a crust of flour and butter with fresh berries between, and a little sugar to modify the acidity of the fruit. If there is any doubt about short-cake, however, it may be said that the foundation of short-cake is identical with what we call biscuit (from the Latin, meaning twice cooked, or baked), biscuit differing from bread only in the fact of being raised with baking-powder instead of the yeast en ferment. And bread is the staff of life Please pass me another piece of pie.” ; ASMASHER, But in spite of the professor's lengthy reasoning, his condition next morning might be briefly described as pi Uncte Waysack — By gum, ef thet pooty gal didn’t look right at me an’ smile !" comicbooks.com