Judge, 1896-02-08 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 87 **Top Cartoon**: Depicts "Bronco Bill" at Dead Gulch, apparently a Western character. The dialogue suggests he's offering someone an inferior gun as a "favor," with crude Western dialect humor. **"A Timely Warning"**: A poem warning against crime and punishment's soul-torturing effects, referencing religious damnation. **"A Tarara of Gems"**: A brief joke about diamonds and love, likely a pun on the popular song "Tarantara." **"Hardly Successful"**: A woman rejects an artist's self-portrait, joking he painted it for himself rather than as a genuine gift. **"The Long and the Short of It"**: Comic dialogue between a poor man and woman discussing lost feet and begging, with gentle class-based humor. **"Winter Roses"** and **"Cause and Effect"**: Appear to be separate humorous poems/verses unrelated to the cartoons. The page contains typical satirical content—crude humor, social commentary, and light verse characteristic of late 19th/early 20th-century American satire magazines.
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\y TRAGICAL TEMERITY A’ Bronco BI (in a hoarse whisper as he throws up his hands)—"* Do me a favor, Ike?” ALKALI Ike (drawing)—" Yep! Who gets it?” Broxco Bit. (Jowly)—"* Give it to th’ tenderfoot that's a-coverin’ me wi’ th’ new-fangled gun, thar,” A TIMELY WARNING. WHAT shall his fated foture be— The man who tells the musty joke? His carcass in a brimstone sea Shall Dante's direful demons poke? Ob, worse than that the ample fate Of all who tedious tales relate ! When erring men have done with time And passed into eternity, A “punishment to fit the crime” Is doled to each in severalty— The tortures of the soul, that gall Beyond mere anguish physical. And dismal devils say and sing, With endless iteration, slow, Monotonous and maddening, Tohim who “‘chestauts” told below, The same trite stories, void of pith, He bored his fellow-mortals with. JONN GOADBY GREGORY. A TARARA OF GEMS. AT THE shop window. “Ain’t thim iligint dimands ?” “is; fur th’ love av hiven luk at thot tarara!” Kixp Lapy— “How did you lose your foot, poor man?” Poor MAN—“ Trolley.” Pr y. Kinp Lapy—"Ab me! Here's a quarter.” HARDLY SUCCESSFUL. S1e—** What a handsome man! Who is he 7* ‘The artist intended it for himself. = THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT. Frienp—“* Hello, there! Wot's de matter — had yer leg pulled ?” POOR MAN—"* Nope | Pullin’ other people's. — WINTER ROSES. 'HE roses on her hat are false as art And only art can make them ; ‘Those at her throat will fade and fall apart As soon as chill winds shake them. But ten small buds she carries in her maf, Sweet as all June's together, ‘That through life's length ‘twould be delight enough To shield from cruel weather. With hot-house wares she’s prodigal, indeed, But—that! for all my ruses— To give me them, though earnestly T plead, She steadfastly refuses. RDWARD W, BARNARD, CAUSE AND EFFECT. Wife (at the piano) —“ John, you're singing dreadfully to-night. ‘There, you've skipped a bar!” Jokn —* Didn't skip any on comichooks.com