Judge, 1896-05-30 · page 4 of 16
Judge — May 30, 1896 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several brief humorous pieces typical of Judge magazine's satirical style: **"Judge's Favorites"** features a photograph of a young woman in period dress—likely a theatrical or social figure of the era, though the OCR text is too corrupted to identify her clearly. The remaining items are short comic pieces about domestic life and social manners: - **"Candor"** satirizes mercenary courtship: a wealthy man (Mr. Gotrocks) asks if a woman (Miss Highlyer) could love him for his million dollars; she eagerly agrees, revealing transparent greed beneath polite society's pretense of romantic sentiment. - **"Had He But Known"** depicts a husband's elaborate excuses for missing his wife's social event—only to discover she's planned identical future receptions, implying his excuses were transparent. - **"A Fin-de-Siècle Favor"** makes a brief joke about the Prince of Wales adopting a new hat style. The cartoons mock late-Victorian social conventions, marital tension, and materialistic attitudes among the wealthy.
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MABEL CLARKE, "Twas in the company of Rice— ‘A name that always rhymes with ice That first you nto view: The date was * And vet. no pa in saying, dear, you're up to date. BLOSSOM- TIME, SoHE exclaimed Margie, “ze twees is all turned into tnow-torms,” IN THE HAMMOCK. TO SIT beside her, young and fair, Is pleasant, without doubt ; Bat never quarrel while you're there— ‘That means a falling out. HAD HE BUT KNOWN. *sLJAD 1 but known!” Dimpleton gazed at his wife with a chagrined look that plainly showed his keen and bitter disap- pointment. A FIN-DE-SIECLE FAVOR. , ***Itis rumored that the prince of Wales will adopt the low-crowned style of stiff- Weary Mytrs (reading) hat head-gear."" Fuirrast Way—"'Say, Mylesy! I'll be rite in de push, won't 1?" Mr. Gotroks: CANDOR. am worth a cool million. Do you think you could love me?” Miss HiGHrLyer —“ Oh, dear, dear Mr. Gotroks, I'll just love you to death !” EE INVENTION, Farmer Jones couldn't afford bicycles for all his clamorous boys, but he nevertheless tinkered them up a mighty pleasing substitute, “Yes,” he continued, smiling with a sad smile, “to think, when I am in the habit of coming home early every Saturday, that on this particular Saturday when you ex- pected me, and when I certainly had every reason to come, I should have been detained at the office and should actually have forgotten all about Mrs. Van Antler’s reception until too late.” Dimpleton glanced cautiously at his wife, who, silent and reproach- ful, gazed fixedly out of the window. “TL remember so well,” he con- tinued, “the day on which that in- vitation came in. How pleased I was to think she had remembered us and what a distinct feeling of satis- faction I had to think that it came on a Saturday, a day above all other days when I could attend. I confess, my dear, that ordinary receptions I don't care much for. Of course to please you I would go, but this particular one I was anxious toattend. It mortifies me; I can't tell you how disappointed I am to think that I should have forgotten all about it.” “And did you really want to go?” questioned his wife, looking at him sus- piciously. “Certainly 1 did, my dear,” replied Dimpleton, glancing instinctively at the clock to make sure that he was entirely safe. “ Why, for three days after you got the invitation I thought of little else. 1 didn’t say much about it; I never do about those things. And here I have gone and missed the whole affair, and it may be the only opportunity I'll have.”” “T think not, my dear,” replied his wife, with a quiet smile that indicated how pleased she was wi'h what he said. “ This reception is the first of three, and the sec- ond takes place next Saturday at the same time.’ TOM MASSON, comicbooks.com