Judge, 1897-06-12 · page 10 of 18
Judge — June 12, 1897 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short humor pieces typical of Judge's satirical format: **"A Justification"** mocks a child's excuse-making: Willie strikes his sister but blames Aunt Frostface's instructions, twisting her warning into permission. **"Abraham's Child"** uses Yiddish-inflected dialect humor (common in period American comedy) about a father teaching arithmetic through debt—the child hasn't yet learned percentages, suggesting Jewish stereotypes about money and commerce. **"She Would Run No Risk"** satirizes a bride-to-be's pragmatism: she demands her fiancé give her wedding expenses upfront before his bachelor dinner, implying distrust of his sobriety and reliability. **"A Titled Connubial Outlook"** mocks European aristocratic fortune-hunting: a count with a German accent agrees to love his wealthy fiancée by becoming a permanent "loafer" (living off her money). **"A Remarkable Woman"** is a card-game joke: the wife's memory is notable only for remembering the trump suit. **"Yale Tactics Victorious"** depicts a rugby/wrestling match where Yale's techniques defeat a bear ("Bruin"—likely Yale's rival, Brown University)—a playful collegiate sports rivalry cartoon.
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402 kiss you again. A JUSTIFICATION. Morir (coming swiftly)—"* Why, Willie! Striking your little sister?” Wriur (deggedly)—"*Aunt Frostface made me !" Aunt Frostrack —" Why, Willie! I said if you did strike her I would never in.” WILLIE (s/f dogged)—"* Well, I couldn't let no chance like dat sli ABRAHAM'S CHILD. lenniE, my son, here’s a sum for you. If 1 owe Geisenheimer five thousand dollars and Rudesheimer seven thousand dollars, and three thousand dollars to Limburger brothers, what will it take to square it “T don’t know, fader. We hafin’t got to percendage yet.” SHE WOULD RUN NO RISK. +s PRANK, dear.” said the sweet young girl, “ you give you last bachelor dinner to-morrow night, do you not?" “Yes, precious, I do.”* * Such occasions are usually very merry, even boisterous, are they not ?” “ Yes, sweetheart; but you need have no fear about me.” "Oh, that’s all right; but there is one thing I want you to do, Frank.” * Name it, darling.” “Before you go to that dinner I wish you to place in my hands enough money to pay the clergyman and defray the expenses of our wedding journey.” = — C7 7 A TITLED CONNUBIAL OUTLOOK. Miss OLpnirp (afianced, somewhat sadly)—** An} count, you love me now, but will you after our union 7” “THE COUNT (ecstatically)—"* Loaf! Why, mein tar- ling, I vill be vun g-r-r-r-and loafer all my life!" A REMARKABLE WOMAN. Mr. Mc Corkle—* My wife has a better memory than any other woman I know.’ Mr. Me Crackle —" \ndeed ?" Mr. Mc Corkle—“ Yes; she always remembers what's trumps.” YALE TACTICS VICTORIOUS—BRUIN BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME. introduction,” ——and then given me the double flip-flop, like this.” —-'ll just give him a gentle hug, by way of “Now this is a practical illustration of a try for a goal from the field.” “That hold was very easily broken ; you should, have grabbed me like this —— “Beaten at my own game, Well, I'll be grizzled !" comicbooks.com