Judge, 1897-10-23 · page 4 of 16
Judge — October 23, 1897 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* (early 1900s) contains mostly humor pieces and light satirical sketches rather than political commentary: **"Judge's Favorites"** celebrates actress Nellie Butler in a Broadway play—typical celebrity coverage for the magazine. **"Hedged," "A Contrast,"** and **"Cold Comfort"** are brief humorous verses about romance, racial dialect humor (common but now offensive), and poetry. The cartoon sketches feature everyday absurdities: a woman mistaking a panther's cry for a drunk "painter"; Jamie's misunderstanding of funeral crying as "preacher gas"; a baseball manager using a watermelon to distract opposing players; and an Irish father (McLubberty) scolding his mischievous son. **"Downing the Law in Arizona"** depicts a cyclist ("Texas Tom") evading a sheriff—likely referencing the bicycle craze of the era as comic material. The page prioritizes gentle domestic humor and wordplay over political satire, reflecting *Judge*'s entertainment-focused editorial direction during this period.
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260 JUDGE'S FAVORITES. NELLIE BUTLER IN ‘'A STRANGER IN NEW YORK.” Nymph of the sunny smile And merry sidelong glance, We've waited all this while Till now we have the chance To welcome you at Gotham's door, A Stranger in New York” no more. HEDGED. WHICHEVER way that things may go, Chance for good luck ‘twill bring If a man but has two strings to his bow And a woman two beaux to her string. A CONTRAST. Unele Mose —* Whad yo" doin’ wif white shoes on, yo" triflin’ brack rascal ?” Young Mose —* 1 wuz jes" tiah’d uv brack shoes. I might ez well gone barefooted fer all de way dey showed up.” feel his rope I'll sprint an’. Miss Tin (startled by the ery of a panther)—"* What was that awful cry? It made my blood run cold.” Guie. That's a painter, miss. “Dear me!’ He must be drunk. What terrible fellows those DOWNING THE LAW IN ARIZONA, Texas Tom (the bike thicf)—" V'll show thet sheriff a trick, Th’ minit I FORMING WATER. JAMIE has recently begun the study of physics and is very zealous. One day his sister asked him why it was folks always cried and went on so at funerals. A DECISIVE RUSE. The score was a tie in the eleventh inning, and had not the clever manager of the Blackvilles put a watermelon near the home-plate Captain Johnson would never | have stole home and won the game out. “Why,” said the boy, “I s‘pose it’s th’ kind o° gas th’ preacher uses.” COLD COMFORT. E COULD stand a mild win- ter without any snow, Nor weep if there wasn't a drop ; And we'd surely be happy, for then we would know ‘That there'd be a poor poetry crop. HIS ULTIMATUM, McLubberty (sternly) — “ Moikey !” Little Mike — Sor?" McLubberty—"Y ure mither is afther tellin’ me thot yez hov been ingaged in divilmint the whole day. Now, me young buck, whoilst Oi am at home yez'll hov to behave yuresilf dacintly or not at all; d'yez moind thot ?” —yank ‘im off an’ wipe up ther perarie with “im.” comicbooks.com