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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 253 This page contains several satirical sketches typical of Judge's humor: **"Deceitful Appearances"** mocks a divorcing couple returning from court, presenting a facade of happiness to others while having just obtained a divorce decree. **"Infancy"** is a sentimental poem about an immigrant child. **"A New Woman"** features dialogue between Mrs. Wagge and Bagley about Miss Bagley being "quite the new man"—satirizing women adopting masculine behaviors or independence, a contemporary social concern. **"Two of a Kind"** shows Mrs. McCarthyy and Mrs. McGinniss gossiping about each other's appearance in cutting terms. **"The Verdict"** displays four jury members' facial expressions concluding with "Six cents"—likely mocking a trivial lawsuit judgment. The cartoons reflect turn-of-century anxieties about changing gender roles and social propriety.
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PAY Ai NIALL A! DECEITFUL APPEARANCES. Inquinine STRANGER (to Chicagoan)—"' Now I'll wager that that couple who just spoke to you are on their honeymoon, from their happy and animated con- versation. Am I not right?” Citicacoax —"* Well, not exactly. They are returning from the court, where they have just been granted a decree of divorce.” INFANCY, A® IMMIGRANT soul from a foreign star, Sent forth with a message of peace or war, Set foot on a barge that rocked and swayed While the billows of sleep their lullaby played Till the envoy slept. ‘The nations surged in wild un. rest And fretted and watched and prayed and wept ; While, lulled by the roca Of the cradle’s croon, His mission forgotten, drowsed and slept ‘The unconscious guest. KATHRIKH GKOSJRAN. A NEW WOMAN. Wagge—"1 hear Miss Bagley is quite the new wo: man, Can you tell me if it is so?” Mrs. Wagge—" So? Of course it is. Why, her last puper at the club was about “The advantages of sleeping in pajamas.’ " TWO OF A KIND. Faith, thot pryin’ Mrs. McGinnis is at th’ windy agin ter see wot ‘Are yez shure?” “Av coorse. Oi kin see her troo th’ knot-hole in th’ fince.” Mrs. McCartuy — th’ nabers are doi Mr. McCarTHy— Mrs. McCarty: “We, the jury, find for the plaiotifl.” Jupck—" What amount?" THE VERDICT. “Six cents.” THE NOBLEST DEED, Rhadamanthus (at the high court of immortality) — “ Mortals, approach! State cach one what he hath done to entitle himself to an upper seat in the seventh heaven.” First mortal—* Through years I slaved and saved ta found a hospital.” Second mortal—"\ spent the flower of my youth in severe study, that I might be able to relieve the plague- stricken.” Third mortal—"\ gave my body to be burned in the name of truth,” Fourth mortal—"Allmy days and my substance gave T unto the widow and the orphan.” Fifth mortal —" Living in New York city in 1897, 1 did not say a word about the Bradley-Martin ball.” Rhadamanthus —“ The audience is over. My dear sir, come in, The highest seat is not high enough to reward such virtue.” comicbooks.com!