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# Judge Magazine Page 64 - Analysis This page contains multiple short satirical pieces and cartoons typical of Judge's format. **"Verdant"** depicts an Irish immigrant (Uncle Wayback) offering a cigar to someone, with ethnic stereotyping common to the era. **"Dressing Him Down"** and **"Sure!"** appear to be domestic humor about marriage and housekeeping disputes, without clear political content. **"What Luck!"** references Irish fortune and includes a poem about Irish character—typical period ethnic humor. **"In Texas"** satirizes educational philosophy debates about teaching children practical skills versus traditional methods. **"Point of Difference"** and other pieces are brief comedic vignettes about Irish-American characters, focusing on dialect humor and cultural contrasts between Ireland and America. The page reflects early 20th-century American magazine humor, relying heavily on ethnic stereotypes and domestic comedy rather than explicit political satire.
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DRESSING HIM DOWN. t¢] BELIEVE you'd stand before a mirror all day,” said Mr. Closely snappishly, “doing nothing but change your dresses.” “Perhaps I would,” re- plied Mrs. Closely, dreamily, “if Thad the dresses.” SURE! Bouts —** Who is this Rev- erend Mr. Gates of Poughkeep- sie, who criticises boat-racing ?” Jouts—"He represents “Gates a jaw'r. Uncux Wayvpack—"*Cigar-lighter, hay? Well, it's a VERDANT. AN EXPLANATION, pesky onhandy one, b’gosh !" EtHet— Wonder why Good Friday is called Good Friday ?” Freopy: servant, of course.” \ A HEAVY LOAD. ELta— "I thought you were going to Chicago to visit Bella.” STELLA—"* No, I have postponed my trip, as she writes that she isn’t well.”” ELLa—"All Chicago girls have that tired feeling from carrying their feet around,” WHAT LUCK! THE Irish are really a fortunate race, ‘We may be quite certain of that ; In the great game of life which we all of us play Fall many a Bridget stands Pat. IN TEXAS. New pedagogue (fresh from the east) —"I know exactly what you want, gentlemen. You do not wish a lot of inconsequential facts cram- med into the children’s heads. You want me to teach the young idea how to shoot.” President (of the school-board, enthusiastically) —* That's it, stran- ger.” POINT OF DIFFERENCE. Affable customer—"You shave differently in Ireland from what you do in America, don’t you?” Barber Mulligan (just over)— “An’ in phwat way, sor?” Affable customer—“* Here you mix lather; there you lather micks.” SANITARY. ++ POP, what is humidity 2" * Boiled air, my son.” * Why, you s'prise me—it’s named after Robinson Crusoe’s faithful people who would only have gotten THUNDER-LIKE TONES. ¢4] REALLY couldn't afford to let you board with me this summer,” said an old farm- er to a city man with a very deep bass voice. “Why not?” roared the basso-profundo in tones that rattled the dried squashes in the rafters. “Because whenever you talked or sang your voice would sour all the milk in my cellar.” VERY UNFORTUNATE. ABOUT this time of the year we find how many are the have gone to Europe if they could the steamship accommodations, ot who would have taken cottages at the fashionable re- sorts if the best ones had not been taken. Really, it is very hard to know where to go nowadays — especially if you haven't the means to pay for the tickets. HIS REGRET, “If 1 had only come bear-huating with my bicycle instead of my gua!” comicbooks.com