Judge, 1896-02-15 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 103 **Top Section ("Reminiscent" and "Fate"):** A man sits reading while a woman enters with flowers—a Valentine's Day scene. The poems reference romantic disappointment, with "Fate" describing a love letter sent long ago that went unreciprocated, and "One of Many" (Baltimore, January 28th) mourning the death of Mr. Gilliam, a childhood friend. **Bottom Section ("The Bad Boys' Boomerang"):** A comic strip sequence showing boys throwing snowballs at a Sunday school student passing by, then experiencing consequences when an adult (appears to be a policeman or authority figure) retaliates forcefully. The caption "let him have it" suggests the moral: bullies receive comeuppance. This reflects period attitudes about discipline and juvenile misbehavior.
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REMINISCENT. He is thinking of the time when she was so shy that she would hardly speak to him, FATE. [LE SENT his love a valentine all trimmed with lace and decked with roses A Cupid shooting at a heart peeped coyly out among the posies, And underneath—these tender words, all writ and wrought in letters golden : As Cupid’s dart hath pierced this heart, so am I by thy magic holden.” But tho’ he sealed the valentine and kissed her name in lover's fashion, ‘The postage-stamp he quite forgot, so filled was he with tender passion ; And she—ah, well ! she never knew what ardent sentiment went straying, And so she married Jonas Jenks, who helped her father with the haying. MAMY CLARKE MUNTINGTON, ONE OF MANY. JALTIMORE, January s0th, 1856. WE LEARN with deep regret that our friend Mr, Gillam is dead, We have shed tears. of laughter at his cartoons. Now we shed tears of sorrow at his uotimely taking way, He was our friend, although we had never seen him. Any one who makes us little folks laugh and grow fat, as did Mr. Gillam, is certainly our friend. We are twollittle boys, native sons of the golden west. Before papa came here to live from San Francisco we took Juocr, and we loved Mr. Gillam because he made us happy in his happy veins of amusement. All litle ones loved him. LENNIE L. GooDRicH. TOMMIE M, CooDRiCH. i | i) h fl A —— Mt Comicbooks.com