Judge, 1896-12-05 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 355 This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches and short jokes typical of Judge's format. **"A Personal Distribution"** (top): Depicts a political candidate distributing money from campaign funds to constituents—a satire on corruption and vote-buying. Cal Bender, described as a party leader, distributes twenty dollars disguised as personal aid (hidden in clothing). **Other sketches** include domestic humor ("Puzzling," "Dead," "Generous," "In Doubt," "Survival of the Fittest") featuring working-class or rural characters in everyday situations—wives, dogs, parsons, and farm scenes. The humor relies on wordplay, situational comedy, and character types recognizable to contemporary readers but now obscure without historical context about early 20th-century American social attitudes and vernacular speech patterns.
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