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Judge — September 19, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Political Satire Analysis: Judge Magazine Page The central cartoon depicts two men examining an "alligator skin suit" for $50—likely satirizing late 19th-century consumer fraud and dubious merchandise claims. The dialogue between "Customer" and "Detective" suggests skepticism about whether the garment is genuinely alligator or inferior materials misrepresented as such. The surrounding text contains brief political jabs, including commentary on Democratic political conventions, Senator Hill, Congressman Sulzer, and figures like Bryan and Cleveland. Most references are oblique one-liners rather than sustained arguments. The overall page blends commercial satire (fake products) with political commentary typical of Judge's format—quick hits mocking politicians, social pretensions, and consumer gullibility. Without specific dates or clearer context, precise historical identification of most figures remains uncertain.
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WJ. Amen Baxnnano Grutas 1. M. Geacony, Editor, PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. ONITRD STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE, One copy, one year. or s2 numbers - $5.00 One covy. six months, or 26 numbers - 2. One copy, for thirteen weeks - Including the Cuxis FORRIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS—To alt foreign countrics in the postal union. $0.00. year, THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY (Jupce BurILpING). Corner Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street, New York, 97 We guarantee advertizers a larger circulation than any other American satiri- cal paper published The J Aven The In bach's News Exchange, 18, Leipsic, Ger Cable add reams Building. Chancery Lane, E.C., London: at Saar. Germ The International News Co. Stephanstrasse . B. Alioth, Geneva, Switeerland §@~ NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS.—The contents of Juoce are protected by copy- fight in both the United States and Great Britain, Iofringement of this copyright will be promptly and vigorously prosecuted. M*! WHAT A NARROW escape Thomas C, Platt had! eee THE LAST FEATH- ER in Senator Hill's I am a nonde- —t | SWITS MADE OF came back ALLIGATOR § mostly for the pur- pose of remarking that he wants to go again. ME: BRYAN wil find, we think, that the enemy's country compris- es the larger portion of the United States. eee Cc ONGRES SULZ. © of fis convic~ tions, and besides he has the convictions SsPERHAPS it was well to dissemble your love,” quoth Warner Miller, “but why did you kick me down stairs?” THE PARTIES who are sailing the Demo- cratic ship are mutineers and have no rights which FLORIDA MERCHANT—"" Yes, sir; and bullets too. respect. Custoster—" No; national league umpire.” eee *¢ A CLERGYMAN who can swim is a handy man to have around, says the Rochester Union. Why, yes—in a Baptist community anyhow. . Swat WILL a dinner at Wolfert’s Roost bring forth?” asks a contemporary. Dyspepsia, good sir. Its owner is unmarried, and no domestic birds roost there. “T THE SOUTH played second fiddle long enough?” asks a populist orator, See here, son! The south took the first fiddle at Sumter and played it over four years, and see what a mess it made of it. [1S NOT impossible that the tax-payers of Spain will stop the war in Cuba. The taxes impoverish them and they object to being reduced to absolute poverty. Hitherto the Cubans have had a monopoly of that suffering, and they think it ought to continue LORD ROSEBERY writes in defense of Robert Burns's improper affec- tion for women. If Robert might return he would write a poem to put a stop to that kind of business. It comes too late, and besides the larger portion of the world has forgotten all about it. A MORE DANGEROUS VOCATION. Democrats are bound to CUSTOMER—"' Vou guarantee this suit to be genuine alligator, impervious to sticks, stones, ete.. ch?” VERY SUCCESSFUL FAILURES. N THE CASE of Nansen it was insufficiency of dog In that of Andree it was superfluity of contrary wind In all the cases it was lack of human ingenuity and fortitude. But the last two failures were improve- ments on the others. Curiously enough, it wasn’t necessary to get up expeditions to discover the discoverers. THE VIRTUE OF LAZINESS. HE CHARGE of the revolting Chinamen that their emperor is lazy is characteristic of those contrary people. In more civilized countries the people know that the more lazy the rulers the less the mischief. The kaiser has never such good government as when he doesn’t meddle with it; and Mr. Cleveland is never so valuable a statesman as when he goes fishing. THEIR WAY. WO DEMURE WOMEN recently won about seven hundred dollars at poker on a yacht near here, and the losers declare with emphasis that they are not fitted for such business, that they are advancing too fast, that they are unsexing themselves. And really it was not fair play. Had they lost they would have wept themselves to death; or they would have grabbed the pot with a wild shriek and repudiated the entire debt. COWARDS. NEW NAME for hazing is “cowardice.” Is there any ranker cow- ardice? The new student is timid and: helpless, and the hulking boors who torture him are unavoidably cowards. They so advertise them- selves, and are fools enough to be proud of their notoriety. The scoundrelism is to be stopped at West Point, and to begin with two bullies have been dismiss- ed from the academy. There ought to be no such blatant. brutal cow- ards in any college. A NAME WITHOUT A SOUL. A FAMOUS DEMO- CRAT said many years ago, “1 would vote the Democratic ticket if the devil stood at the head of it.” He might have done so with some show of reason if the platform had been Democratic and decent; but in the present case the populists and an- archists and repudiators have not only stolen the old name but have de- stroyed every old Demo- cratic principle. Mr. Bry- an as the representative of this scoundrelism ought to have no aid or comfort from any honest man, partisan or independent. “THE YOUNG ABE LINCOLN.” O QUARREL, personal or factional, goes with the Saratoga ticket into this canvass. It settled the differences in the convention, and it brings harmony to the party throughout the state. The JUDGE has sympathy for the defeated candidates for nomination, but they know it was a fair fight to a fair finish. Mr. Black is an earnest, honest, thought- ful, able man; and the other candidates equally deserve the distinction conferred upon them, The Republican national and state tickets will win New York beyond a doubt. "RAH FOR SULZER! ‘THE DEMOCRATS at Buffalo will give as much aid and comfort to the popocratic ticket as they dare. It will be partially open and par- surreptitious; and as for those of them who wear the Tammany label they will roar for Bryan till their hair rises and their hats go skyward. They must give evidence, however, of their sincerity, and if they “mean business” they will nominate Congressman Sulzer for governor. That young man was a repudiating soldier and a silver pilgrim at Chicago; and as the pioneer of the newest Democratic iniquity he must lead the funeral and engineer the hearse. Detective, sir?” tial comicbooks.com