Judge, 1896-12-19 · page 19 of 46
Judge — December 19, 1896 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two satirical cartoons: **"Sagacious" (top):** A doctor and society woman at what appears to be a formal gathering. When asked what the deadliest gas is, the doctor replies "Gossip, madam"—a joke about how destructive idle talk and rumors are in high society, particularly among wealthy women. **"A Tenderfoot in Kansas" (bottom):** A naive easterner nicknamed "Kansas Kirwin" (from New York's "Flowery Fields") attempts to impress rough Kansas cowboys by claiming wild exploits. However, his admissions—biting pie instead of ears, stealing clothes from lines instead of horses, riding in police wagons instead of express trains—reveal him as an effete, law-abiding easterner. The cowboys mock him as an "aristocratic, lily-fingered, perfumed-soaped" disgrace, threatening to ship him back east in a luxury car. The satire mocks both the pretentious easterner and stereotypes about brutal frontier life.
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Christmas Judge SAGACIOUS. SHz—" Doctor, what's the most deadly gas you know of ?* TE poctox—' Gossip, madam.” A TENDERFOOT IN KANSAS. - i Kaxsas Kinwin (9 Flowery Fields of New York, wno is trying to ingratiate himself with the Kansas neverwork)—‘“Did yer -eyer bite a sheriff's | ear off 7” ie | 5 N-not exac'ly; but I've offun bit pie.” i Saee id yer ever steal a hoss, fire a barn, er kill a farmer?” 10; but I ve offun swiped clo'es offun lines.”” yer ever ride a thousand miles on de trucks uy an express-train in a blizzard 7 10; but I've offun rode in de black-maria.”” t Shoot a brakeman er t'row a switch ?” Frowery Fietps—"" N-no, not exac'ly ; but""— Kansas Kinwin—"* Say, pards; dis is one uv dem aristocratic, lily-fingered, perfumed-soaped, gold-bugged tenderfeets frum de east. We'll hev ter take up a collection an’ ship him back on a palace-car, He's a disgrace ter Kansas.”” Frowrry Fietns Kansas Kirwis. Flowery Fietps— Kansas Kinwin—