Judge, 1895-11-30 · page 4 of 18
Judge — November 30, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of the magazine's format: **"The Geographer"** jokes about geographic confusion—a scholar is bewildered to find Turkey (the country) "floating around in Greece," a pun on Thanksgiving dinner. **"Why They Were Dirty"** depicts class humor: a working-class messenger boy hasn't cleaned his feet because he's walked through "yer building" since last cleaning—mocking both his dialect and casual attitude toward cleanliness. **"His Only Objection"** features a husband appreciating his wife's chattiness despite it being "a reflection on my wisdom"—gentle marital humor about female talkativeness. **"The Turkey"** and related pieces offer Thanksgiving-themed jokes about the holiday bird and dining excess, including "His Consolation," where a turkey is comforted it will never be "put up to be raffled." The page demonstrates Judge's mix of gentle domestic humor, class-based comedy, and holiday satire targeting middle and upper-class readers' sensibilities around 1890s-1900s America.
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Suape THE GEOGRAPHER. IS studies grow misty and murky, While his wonder must now in- crease As he finds at Thanksgiving that Turkey Is floating around in Greece. MIXED INFORMATION, APROPOS of women being, as Major Max says, “inconse- quential,” the following are the clos ing lines of a letter recently re- ceived by one dear girl from an- other : “1 expect this writing looks awful, but we are so hard up this A PAIK OF OLD SLIPPEKS. year I have been for more than an hour cleasing a pair of gloves to wear to Mandie’s wedding—I hope you will be there—you are sure to smell benzine, so if nothing happens you may expect me next Saturday to lunch,” ete. WHY THEY WERE DIRTY. Irate merchant (\o messenger-boy)—" Why don't you clean your feet before you come in?” Messenyer-boy —"*1 does.” Merchant —* You do! Look at the dirt you've tracked into the office.” " : Messenger-boy—" Well, Vnain’t FAVORITES, i , =s 5 cleaned ‘em sence I walked troo PRINCESS BONNIE, $ 5 Pace whose sweet notes w Fe: yer building. Like leaves from a Suill do thy echoes av ELYSIUM. “Oh, bring back my Boanse to me! Batson—" | hear you have just — f ¢ fi returned from the holy land ?” HIS ONLY OBJECTION. y ; Al Judson —" Nes, and. 1 shal Ss] LOVE to hear you talk, my never regret the expense of that dear,” said Mr. Bickers to ¢ trip. Why, the sight of the pyra- his wife, when she paused to take mid of Cheops alone is enough, breath at the end of the second and”. column of a curtain-lecture, “but Voracious Vedder (who has your volubility is really a reflection overheard conversation) —" Pyrimid on my wisdo ‘f chops. Bilieve I'll take dat trip * How so? meself. Wonder was dey muttons “ Because a word to the wise is or veals ?* sufficient.” THE TURKEY. S / HIS CONSOLATION. AbtHoucit you are this time of @ Cora —* Talking of Thanks- year giving, what has the poor turkey the th A ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE ADVANCED. to be thankful for?” se Ok AY. tO Mr, Drustaen —* What do you think of the new-woman joke?" Merritt—" Why, he never lives From lips of those who love you dear, Mr. HenreckK—" Think ? — it, she is no joke! Blankety ail to blank! ees ye ne z You also get a roast. she's here.”” to see himself put up to be raffled. SUPERFLUOUS ADVICE, DEACON Kesteuuat (after grace) —" Now, chilluns, de Lawd hates gluttony ; so jes’ restrain yor carnal appetites an’ doan eat so much ob dis yar tukkey dat yoll git de dyspepsia. comicbooks.com