Judge, 1897-04-10 · page 3 of 18
Judge — April 10, 1897 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains several satirical sketches on domestic and working-class themes rather than explicit political commentary. The top cartoon, "Parental Solicitude Cautious," mocks anxious parents worried about their children's welfare—specifically a mother fretting over whether her daughter's suitor is suitable. "What Care I?" presents a melancholic woman lamenting being only a "second fiddle" in her husband's life. The middle section includes humorous dialogues about domestic servants and working conditions, with sketches titled "Why They Worked So Hard" depicting interactions between employers (identified as "Mrs. Farmer") and their hired help. Overall, the page satirizes Victorian-era middle and working-class domestic anxieties—parental worry, marital discord, and servant-employer relations—through gentle humor rather than pointed political critique.
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Mrs. Mr. ‘Troth he did.” yex tell im?” Mrs, Mr SRAD} WHAT CARE I? [ Ax only the second fiddle In the orchestra of her heart : Yet what care 12—I love her ! No matter how humble my part. She twists me around her pink finger ‘And I cry out with delight ; a wisp of her curling tresses She can hold me fast and tight. For she is the queen of my fancy And I am her lackey on call ; She dismisses me when she pleases, My heart is a leather foot-ball. Tam willing to be her door-mat, Pen.wiper, or any old thing, If only she'll smile on me sometimes ‘And list to the love-songs I sing. I'm a blankety fool, yes, I know it, And I'm glad her fool to be ; PARENTAL SOLICITUDE CAUTIOUS. Tur tor—* Say, Rubber, you're pretty quiet this a. m have been ‘ bounced ‘ last week, You must RUBBER BALL—** You look rather top-heavy on your ‘pegs’; evi- ‘An’ did Phelin Clancy ashk ye yez raysons forr refoosin’ him our darter Eileen's hond in widlock 2" RADY—"* Thot Oi didn’t t'ink him capyble av suppoortin’ our darter in th’ shtoyle she’s allways bin used t' livin’ in at home.” a REPOSE, First tramp (scanning paper)— “Here's a bloke w'ot says one of the pictures at the academy lacks repose.” Second tramp— Well, Denny, he orter be here an’ see us.” NOT COUNTED. Mrs, Shaughnessy —* Me busbind has not seen me the worse for dhrink since Christmas.” Mrs. Upton Flatte—" What's that you were telling me then, Mrs. Shaugh- nessy, about a little spree you had on the day after New-year’s, when you dis- appointed me with the washing ?” Mrs. Shaughnessy—" Och ! shure, Tim ud not be the man as w'u'd take any notice o’ thot! Shure, ‘twas ladies’ For what care 1 ?—I love her ! dently the boys have been stringing and throwing you down.” ‘That's reason enough for me. Tue ToP (sadiy)—"' Yes. I wish I were like you—when the boys throw you down you get back at them." WHY THEY WORKED SO HARD. Mrs. Farmer (to her husband)—"' Just see hard those poor fellows are working, John. need never tell me that a tramp won't work if given an opportunity ; there must be some good left in them, even if they are hoboes.” Mrs. Faraer —"' Now, if you three men will saw and split that cord of wood I will give you any kind of how a dinner you want Ye SPOKESMAN (after a hurried consultation)—"* All right, lady ; it's a go.” Mars. FArmen—"‘Ab, you have completed your part of the contract very’ nicely and very quickly— now, what kind of a dinner is it that you want?” ‘SPOKESMAN —"* T’anking you very kindly, lady, before we tackled dat job we decided dat wiot we wanted was a Seeley dinner.” comicbooks.com