Judge, 1897-01-02 · page 4 of 16
Judge — January 2, 1897 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains multiple short humor pieces typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American comic publications. **Main Content:** The cartoons and text rely on contemporary social observations: "Favoritism" contrasts how the mentally ill receive institutional care while geniuses struggle; "A Definition" features rural characters discussing carnival attractions; "How It Happened" shows a courtroom scene where a plaintiff's joke prompted violent retaliation—satirizing legal absurdity. Other pieces mock marital dynamics ("The New Order of Things"), courtship sentimentality ("Before the Proposal"), and social hypocrisy ("The Saving Wickedness," where a man's vices are paradoxically his virtues). **Visual Elements:** A photograph of actress Amelia Summerville appears, promoting theatrical favoritism. Sketches show street scenes, courtrooms, and rural characters in period dress. **The Point:** Judge's humor targets class distinctions, legal incompetence, romantic pretension, and character contradictions—using vernacular dialogue and exaggerated situations for effect. The tone is cynical but lighthearted.
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waige FAVORITISM. S6CQREAT wit to madness nearly is allied,” Yet, lo! a difference there is no dodging : While genius fails to find his wants supplied, The lunatic is sure of board and lodging. A DEFINITION. Jay Green —“ What in tarnation is a ‘cracker- jack '?" Abner Appledry—" Feller that buys a nickel’s worth o° peanuts an’ goes inter the side-show lookin’ fer trou- ble.” HOW IT HAPPENED. Justice —" Well, what was the fight about ?” Plaintifl (who is badly battered)—“Please, your honor, the prisoner assaulted me without a shadow of ex- cuse and nearly killed me. 1 had just told him a neat little joke, when he knocked’ me down with his stick and jumped on me with both feet. He" — Photo. by Prince. JUDG FAVORITES. AMELIA SUMMERVILLE IN “BRIAN BORU." If yez ask me phwat's neatest in“ Brian Boru,” Begorra, Amelia. Oi answer, ‘Tis you! Phiwat heart could resist ye, sweet Baby Malone, ‘The purtiest, dearest-disthractin’ colleen ‘That iver outside of ould Ireland was seen. THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS. “Tom has a big job on his hands cause his name was ‘ Oscar,’ and then I hit him.” ar’s. He married a new woman, him out of the window.” Ned —" Well ?* Ted—" He's going to try to get her to GOT AHEAD ONCE, swear off smoking.” BEFORE THE PROPOSAL AWAY, away. oh, care and worry ! If it be true what poets sing I care not for your fuss and flurry ; Far from me all your woes I fling. For list, while near me yet you hover, ‘This my sweet confidence shall be, the world doth love a lover,”* ‘And “she is all the world to me.” THE SAVING WICKEDNESS. Mrs. Jaker—* He has more virtues than any man in the four hundred.” Mr. Shaker —* And two redeeming vices.: He smokes rank cigars and he never pays his debts,” Fanster—" W hat do yer charge ter take a team-wagon an’ meself across ter ‘TICKET-AGENT i Ni ‘Mi iii FARMER (chuckling, as he drives on) Walf the buat." ; ‘ AN EYE TO BUSINESS. Prpputx (outside of football eround:)—"“Anyding in de tine of ari- cial legs, arms, crutches, to-day Defendant —"Ar-r-t-r, your honor! He told me that a certain man called his son ‘ Trolly” be- Justice — Served bim right! Prisoner, you are discharged. Officer, take the plaintiff and throw THE NEW YEAR’S BRIDE. THE wind awoke on New-year’s eve And combed the withered grass, And blew a gust of powdery snow Across the river's glass. It brushed the blackened golden-rod And scattered all its seeds, | And stooping in the marshes made | ‘An organ of the reeds. | But when it clicked the garden-gate, Although its breath was cold, It loosed about the rose’s roots ‘The lumps of frozen mould : Oh, rose, take off thy winding-shect ! The bells begin to ring ; ‘The glad new year at last is here, And brings a bride —the spring. AEWA IRVING, comicbooks.com