Judge, 1896-05-02 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 291 This page contains several unrelated satirical sketches typical of Judge's format: **"Technical Phrase Misunderstood"** shows a baseball coach and players, satirizing miscommunication through sports jargon—a coach's instruction about "dead" players confuses young players who take it literally. **"The Queen of May"** is a poem celebrating May and spring, with accompanying illustrations of social scenes. **"Unusual"** and **"Juvenile Admiration"** are brief dialogue jokes about observing people and attraction, likely mocking social pretension. **"A Beautiful Girl"** and **"A Musical Surprise-Party"** appear to be sequential cartoon gags about romance and social gatherings, common Judge fare satirizing upper-class courtship customs and party etiquette of the era. The page emphasizes humor through misunderstandings and social situations rather than explicit political commentary.
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TECHNICAL PHRASE MISUNDERSTOOD. ‘Tue coach —* Two are dead—play for the batter!" Aunt ‘Manpy—" Come on, Abner; I sha’n't stay heer another minnit, Thought you said this game wa'n't rough?” THE QUEEN OF MAY. WHAT. dearest heart, the queen of November falls beneath her sway. May And surely each October day Is unelected yet, you say? She's queen without a peer. And who's she going to be ?— September—oh, ideal time! Well really, now, hadn't thought, She cannot help but rule in rhyme And not a butterfly I've caught With days so soft and clear. Has told the name to me. In August and July—why those But then I know a lovely queen Are summer days, and goodness knows Of bloss ming April, and ‘She queens them regally. bewitching reign Then budsome June! how sweet to lie Usurp the month of March; andoh, — Grass-harbored ‘neath her lovesome sky She's queen when February's show ‘And homage pay—ah me ! Brings Valentine again, And so to make the year complete, And January—well, of course, And throne a May queen dear and She fas to be the queen perforce, sweet For that begins the year. T'll tell you what we'll do— ‘Then holiday December, well Tl weave a crown of blooms as fair You guess it, so I needn't tell. As e’er were kissed by zephyr air, Alas ! I rather fear And place it, love—on you ! PHILIP VERRILL StIGHELS, UNUSUAL. Toots—" \'ve noticed a dozen people looking at my glass and then at me. I JUVENILE ADMIRATION. should think “T wonder ef any real pusson was ever as lovely as them !"" they could see it is nothing but lemonade.” Banks—“ Yes; that's what makes them stare.” A BEAUTIFUL girl is one who is pretty and doesn’t know it, A MUSICAL SURPRISE-PARTY,