Judge, 1896-02-15 · page 4 of 16
Judge — February 15, 1896 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from **Judge** (a late 19th/early 20th-century American satirical weekly) contains multiple unrelated humor pieces typical of the era: **"Julia Arthur" poem** mocks the actress for leaving America for England, suggesting Americans need British approval to validate their talents—a jab at American cultural insecurity. **"Problems in Modern Arithmetic"** uses absurdist math problems to satirize contemporary social issues: bargain-hunting women, low wages, Hebrew merchants (invoking antisemitic stereotypes about Jewish business practices), and women's suffrage advocates—reflecting the period's skepticism toward these movements. **"Hanging Too Good for Him"** presents frontier dialect humor contrasting horse theft (serious) with reckless shooting that killed a mayor (played as trivial)—dark comedy typical of period Western humor. Other pieces include romantic verse, musical puns, and observational jokes about human nature. The cartoons feature exaggerated character types and physical comedy. The overall tone is conservative, mocking social change, women's rights, and minority groups through period-typical stereotypes.
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Copyright by B. J. Fath. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. JULIA ARTHUR, Ttold you, Julia, quite some time ago That you were dowered as the muses’ daugliter ; And you agreed with me that it was $0,— ‘Then straightway sailed away across the water. Right well you knew this country of your birth Requires the English stamp on native worth i, Fixst musican—"* You're ‘A sharp.’ TO A POET. 1, YOU write of a girl with sylph-like grace And glittering hair and an angel's face, While 1am old and commonplace And short and fat; and yet I wot, Not with her, but with me, you will cast your lot, For I read your verses and she does not. PROBLEMS IN MODERN ARITHMETIC, A OMAN purchases at a bargain-counter 6 towels at 49 cents each, tearing her dress and losing her umbrella and temper in the crush. How much does she save by her venture, the regular price of the towels being 50 cents each ? In what proportion is the shrinkage of a man’s pocket-book to the swelling of his head the morning after the night before ? Cholly, whose salary is $8.00 a week, takes his girl to the theatre 4 times a month, How early in the spring must he pawn his winter overcoat in order to pay the installments due on it? By what method does a Hebrew merchant, selling his stock below cost, make a profit of $5,000 in one year on an investment of $2,000? How many bedrooms could a woman sweep in 1 day if she utilized the superfluous energy ex- pended in speeches at a woman’s-rights meeting ? WILL camaro, A MUSICAL CONTROVERSY. SECOND sMusict be that than * B flat Sage THEN COME, O RARE SAINT VALENTINE! THERE isa sail upon the sea That bears a precious argosy, And it is plying straight for me. A hundred ships salute its mast ; The lesser craft go courtesying past. Tenvy them! But I at last Shall catch the shining of its prow, Shall spell the legend on the bow, And laugh for joy—as I do now. For all is mine within its hold— He knows the harbor where I stand ; Nor any light-house tall and grand Outshines for him my beckoning hand. ‘Then come, O rare Saint Valentine! Whose feet can lightly tread the brine, \nd bear my love this hail of mine. MAY RILEY SatFTHC = A BRILLIANT IDEA. Mr. Brownstone had been an- noyed by the boys snowballing, un- til he hit upon the above, AT LAST. CIENTISTS will be delighted to learn that the New York police in taking a recent census discover ed a man named Sausage. He is undoubtedly the long - looked -for missing link. A COINCIDENCE, I ONCE writ me down a jokelet, Fall well with humor loaded ; I read it o'er to me aloud— “Twas then the lamp exploded, OUR— Boy doesn't lie. Girl doesn’t flirt. Dog doesn't bite. Cat doesn’t steal. Family doesn’t quarrel Church doesn’t fight. Firm doesn’t cheat Town hasn't got malaria. Party ‘s sure to win, NOT LAYING, +t QAN L get some eggs from your folks, little boy?” “Nope. ‘m; our hens has First sustctan (ay hour later\— gone dry." * [won't be able to *C natural’ for a month,” “Td rather HANGING TOO GOOD FOR HIM. THXAS Jack (interrogatively)—"* Hoss-thiel ?* ALKALI Ike —"* Naw—reckless shootin’, best bull-pup, thet never ‘d lost a fight.” Shot et a Chinaman, missed him en killed th’ mayor's comicbooks.com