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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 149 **"Such Good Manners"** (top cartoon): This depicts a crowded scene with poorly behaved passengers at what appears to be a train station or public venue. The caption mocks their lack of decorum—the satire targets working-class or immigrant travelers whose boisterous conduct contrasts sharply with the title's ironic reference to "good manners." This reflects period anxieties about public behavior and social class. **Lower section** contains three separate comic strips featuring what appears to be dialogue between characters about George Washington and complaints about cold weather. The "George Washington Up to Date" segment seems to humorously update historical reference with contemporary concerns. The overall page satirizes social behavior, class distinctions, and the gap between idealized conduct and actual public deportment in early 20th-century America.
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SUCH GOOD MANNERS. PARSON GLOoMeER (of the Blackville tabernacle, with withering sarcasm)—‘* Dis yere congr'gashun am composed ob de polites’ set ob pussons T evah run ercross. W'en | entahs de chu'ch do’ Sunda’ mo'nin’s I allus smiles an bows to de peep!’ heah. An’, to mek up for mah good mannahs, seberal sinnahs 'magines it dere duty to keep a-noddin’ to me all endurin’ de sehmon.” HE KNEW HIS CROWD. AS SOON as they got on the train the conductor recognized the kind of crowd he had to deal with. They were young commercial- travelers, considerably exhilarated by their mutual hospitalities at the town hotel. The conductor allowed them to call him captain and make various remarks and then, after the rounds of collecting the tickets, he stood before them and said, “Gentlemen, I want to inform you that this is the slowest train in the country; that it never runs smooth unless it is off the track; that it once had a race with an ox-cart and failed to arrive in time to attend the barbecue at which the oxen were served ; that it stops everywhere and waits for anything from a laying of eggs to a lynching party; that it makes more noise and less progress than a free-silver politician ; that it never goes straight unless it is running around a curve; that the only occasion when it was on time was when it ran over a clock, and that if you are in very much of a hurry you'd better get out and walk.” Then he went to the other end of the car and slept as quietly as a babe, for not a single ques- tion disturbed his slumbers. A HISTORICAL IN- CIDENT. Bunson (to janitor)—" So, “Rastus, you claim that your GEORGE WASHINGTON UP TO DATE. father was a body-servant of 3 “How about my nable cherry ree?” ve George Washington's? Ik | © “T can't tell a lie, father. It was the wind-z-z-z-2. I didn't seems to me the father of Grorce, sr.—'* Noble boy! See that ye do axe it, an’ inter stove-lengths, our country had lots of ‘em. p. d.q. Dern th’ luck, that cherry was er peach !” Where was your father when =\¥ > Washington :ook a hack at TIRED OF LIFE. ts the cherry-tree ?” Hazel—"| see that poor Grimson, who has been living this winter in a or Giicey — Sc me wake op *Rastus (stoutly)—" He Harlem flat, has committed suicide.” ber majesty." wuz drivin’ de hack, sub.” Nutle—" Couldn't get warm where be was, eh?” : “4% Pear Z “4 5 a = Her majesty—“* I've been wantin’ a boa ever Veigy! HER MAJESTY (with her war-axe)—"* Whack since the weather turned cold, What luck!” combebooks.com