Judge, 1897-10-09 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 9, 1897 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 227 This page contains various satirical short jokes and sketches typical of Judge magazine's humor format, rather than unified political cartoons. **"Bagging a Bear"** (top): Depicts a woman on horseback claiming to have shot a 200-pound bear in the Adirondacks—a tall tale mocking women's exaggerated hunting stories. **Other sketches** address domestic themes: marital inconsistency, musical incompetence, and workplace absurdities. The humor relies on everyday social situations rather than specific political events. **"Too Much for Him"** shows a saloon scene, likely satirizing working-class masculinity or immigrant stereotypes common in period humor. The page represents Judge's standard format of brief, disconnected comic vignettes targeting Victorian-era social conventions and domestic life rather than major political events or figures.
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Erne BAGGING A BEAR. Rupert—"* Yes; that is where she met her husband.” JUST AN AVERAGE BABY. + © VVHEN there isn’t company,” said Edith, “the baby wakes up only with bis eyes, but when there’s company he wakes up with his mouth too.” A MUSICAL CORPSE. Askins —" That Screechly sang, wasn’t it Grimshaw —" It was—betore she killed it.” “What a nice complexion your wife has.” Ves: I never deny her anything.” a lively song that Miss - UNADULTERATED SATISFACTION. Mose Jackson ambles down the street With broadened grin and glee emphatic, And no coon ever on that beat Saw Mose look so ecstatic. You wonder at his “" Hot Time wonder what essayed it— Fo’-lebben-fo'ty-fo" had come And Mose that day had played it. hom, AN INCONSISTENT WOMAN. +8 WVELL, for a man-hater I think you're just too inconsistent for anything.” “ Why, what do you mean 2” “ Well, every time you laugh you say ‘He-he!’” AN EPICUREAN VISION. THE mellow pig is smiling While grinding into pulp ‘The ripe and rosy apple He swallows at a gulp. He warbles, full of rapture His fancies to uncork, And gilds the poet's vision With apple-sauce and pork. 2 x. MUNKITYRICK, NL) j-—» Mrs. van Dusen must be a very clever sportswoman—she tells me she bagged a two-hundred-pound bear once in the Adirondacks.” THEY DO NOT ENJOY IT. HOUGH Jones cannot whistle a tune. His neighbors will all of them swear ‘That each night for the last seven months He has carried a musical heir. TWO SORTS OF SHIP. Gummey—* What is the proper title of address for the lord mayor of London?” “ Your worship.” ‘And what for the prince of Wales ?” Gargoyle —* Your heirship.” A DECIDED SAMENESS. Beth (seeing from the cars a herd of Holstein cattle feeding)— Mamma, do all the cows ‘round here dress in that style?” tof TOO MUCH FOR HIM. First rarty— Here, Tom, take a sniff o this an’ tell me if yer know what was in it?” OND PARTY (convulsively) — ** Why — it — was — whisk "—— (Stwoons.) comicbooks.com