Judge, 1896-01-04 · page 4 of 18
Judge — January 4, 1896 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several short humor pieces and cartoons typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American comedy journalism. **Key content includes:** - **"Anticipation"**: Political satire referencing Ottoman instability and European imperial ambitions regarding Turkey's partition—a real geopolitical concern of the era. - **Short jokes** on various topics: romantic relationships, character assessment, widow definitions, and legal system critique (the "blind justice" reference mocks Lady Justice imagery). - **"A Satisfactory Substitute"**: The bottom cartoon satirizes poverty—a man cannot afford ice skates for his family, so he improvises with makeshift alternatives, commenting on class disparities. - **Social commentary**: Multiple pieces critique hypocrisy, false morality, and human nature with cynical humor typical of *Judge*'s tone. The page reflects *Judge*'s mission: mixing topical political commentary with genteel social satire aimed at educated, middle-class readers amused by wordplay and observational humor about courtship, character, and contemporary affairs.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. YVETTE GUILBERT Yvette, divette! Yvette cherie! "Twas au Concert Parisien Could 1 but tell yo You know que vous éte THE POINT OF VIEW. Miss Gush —* Isn't it just lovely to listen to the chimes ringing the old year out and the new year in?’ Gayboy—" You bet. 1 wouldn't miss it for the world. 1 always go down there with a couple of fish- horns,” THE OLD GROOVE. ** And that?" he asked, * Executive ability.” \d she replied, ** Indeed !" he murmured thoughtfully, As silently he struck a match. “ Well, I must stop that with ex—ex— Oh, with—executive dispatch.” jor. ONE phrase | always know you by,” she smiled with sweet tranquillity, him with, bh Suage ANTICIPATION. HILE the sultan insultin’ is trem- bling with fear And affairs in his realm look murky, We can surely look forward when Christ- mas is here To see the partition of Turkey. PLAUSIBLE, Jaggles —" The living picture heard she was liable to arrest. That was why she put on the drapery.” Waggles—* Isn't that what you might call a stitch in time?” WISE WORDS. WHEN you need a friend don't pick out a man whose dog won't fol- low him. The man who never told a lie hadn't beter spoil his record by say- ing so. Whatever may be said of a sweetheart, she can't be too good to be true. DIFFERENT. Rous Dick—"' Ve tol’ me yer father kep’ a clothi |. an’ now I find out he was hung fer hoss-steali ARIZONA Ant (indignantly), Understan’?" le pastime, A SATISFACTORY SUBSTITUTE; OR, A SKATORIAL GENERAL. . Rigfoot Johnyon could not afford skates for himself and family, but then he didn’t allow a little matter like ¢/af to put a veto on the exhilarating and “T never said he kep’ a clothin’-store ; I said he was jn the clothes line when he died. That's what they hung etn — ‘Vhe man is there, and be is feeling out of sight too. It never does any good to talk re- ligion with a snap like that of a steel trap. It is easy to discourage a man who realizes that he is not entitled to any- thing. The woman who marries a man to reform him is a noble example of wasted effort. When you call a fellow a gentle- man and he gets his back up it's a sign that you are lying. A widow is a woman who has buried her husband ; a grass-widow is one who has simply mislaid hers. ‘The dignity of the law is interest ing to contemplate. The men made the laws and then they represented justice by a woman with a bandage around her eyes. They have hoisted this travesty around on monuments and court-houses too much. Justice has been * going it blind” long enough. WILL ot, CLmstENS, comicbooks.com