Judge, 1896-08-08 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1896 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical cartoons typical of Judge magazine's humor: 1. **"True to the Last"** depicts a doctor and patient in a darkly comic exchange about honesty—the patient insists doctors never tell the truth, even at death's end. 2. **"The Secret of It"** shows a man admiring wall-paper in a shop, with caption explaining his numerous shirts were the "wonder, admiration and envy" of society because of this secret source. 3. **"Turn About is Fair Play"** presents a woman (Miss Brightly) proposing marriage to a man (Mr. Goodleigh), inverting Victorian gender roles for comic effect—she initiates what convention dictated men must do. The humor relies on period social expectations: medical cynicism, material consumption, and rigid courtship protocols. The cartoons satirize these norms through exaggeration and role reversal.
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LH ian Miss Gowanus —"'I envy the way you can talk to Mr. Caustique ; he never sits on any of your remarks." Miss GoTHAM No; I make them too pointed.” FROM JUDGE'S DICTIONARY. TRUE TO THE LAST. Vanity—A light scum sometimes observable on the surface of human Dr. Text “And so poor Brother Denver is gone?” character, and generally interpreted as an evidence of mental stagnation. Dr. Psalms" Yes; 1 chanced to be with him at the last.” Proverb —A saying which has obtained credit on account of its age, Dr. Text —"And he was conscious of the great truths of salvation?” on the principle that whatever its relation to truth at the time of its enun- Dr. Psalms —" Yes, indeed! With his latest breath he sighed that ciation, tenacity of life will make it true, SalVation was Sure who silver at'siuecn 1oone” Luck—The natural outcome of natural causes over which we have no control. Adventuress —A nineteenth-century siren who lures royalty to ruin, smokes cigarettes and cusses in French. Expurgation — A familiar method of administering immoral authors to the public on the theory that a little poison is healthful. Aborigines— Members of the human family who are deprived of their territory on the plea of expediency and who are not unfrequently exterminated in pursuance of the same enlightened policy. EDWARD CLAYTON SAVAGE. TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY. Miss BricHtLy—"' Mr. Goodleigh, I have long loved you, and I am going : to take advantage of the season and propose to you. Will you be my husband 7” THE SECRET OF IT. Mr. GoopLeicn —"* Really, Miss Brightly, Ican never be your husband— Cholly's numerous shirts were the wonder, admiration and envy of all the but—I will be a brother to you.” 3 dudes of Dudletown—he had the foresight to lay in a stock of wall-paper early Miss Bricut_y—‘All right, Mr. Goodleigh ; please sew a patch on my in the season, bloomers, and hurry up.” comicbooks.co