Judge, 1897-11-06 · page 6 of 16
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This page from *Judge* (likely early 1900s) contains several satirical pieces mocking social etiquette and human behavior: **"Some Pertinent Questions"** presents absurd inquiries about divorce etiquette—addressing whether ex-spouses should use formal titles, if divorced people should introduce new partners to old ones. The satire targets the rigid Victorian social conventions around divorce, which was becoming more common and creating awkward social situations. **"The Worm That Turned Not"** jokes about mild-mannered Jones, who gets hit by the peppery Smith but merely complains about his swollen eye rather than retaliating. The humor lies in Jones's passivity despite provocation. **Other brief satirical pieces** include jokes about grandmothers, suicides, and a Black preacher claiming Father Kneipp's health cure wouldn't be needed if he had a congregation as "sleepy" as his current one—using dialect humor typical of the era's casual racism. The overall tone mocks social pretension, marital chaos from increasing divorce, and passive masculinity—common *Judge* targets.
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204 uae SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS. EAR MR. JUDGE— Will you kindly an- swer the following questions in your ex- = Ne cellent paper and 3 \ 5 oblige an old sub- ( scriber ? Is it proper for a divorced husband to make frequent calls on his former wife? Should an ex- wife call her husband by his first name, or address him as Mr. Smith? If adivorced wo- man is about to be married again would it not be a graceful act of convenience to place the two gentlemen on pleasing terms of acquaintance with each other? If there is a child by the first marriage should she DEAR Jack—Come up to-nightat nine, Mamma and pa are out to dine ; So I'm alone, oh, sweetheart mine ! Your ever-loving Angeline. Dear Jack—Come up this eve at ten And bring your wad to Buckem’s den. We've got to bust that game, ye ken. Yours faroistically, Ben. st. w, roou. THE WORM THAT TURNED NOT. “SSS ONES is a man known as being Mi» 4 mild, very mild. He was telling a Ai ws i call her father papa when her mother's husband is by? LP << it an the other day how Smith, who is Do you think it good taste for a woman to assume her maiden name after she has been more than two or three times di- vorced ? P.s.—I_ have taken your paper ever since it came out, and never ask- ed for anything yet; so I hope to be an- swered, as peppery as Jones is mild, had hit him on the cheek. “Well,” said the man, all excite- ment, “what hap- pened then?” “What hap- pened then?" echo- ed Jones. “ My face swelled up so 1 couldn't see out of that eye, That's what happened.” CONSTANT SURSCHIDRE, PRECISION. Mr. Query (to AT REST. Mr. Newcomb, who sS\VJHERE can has a two-bundred- Ww the day pound wife, but no children) —“Have you a large family, sir?” have gone?” ex- claimed grandma one evening. “1 guess God AN EXPEDIENT AMENDMENT, Mr. New- i Mrs. Enreck—*‘Another mysterious suicide—unknown man throws himself from a cliff.” b—" La sonst: have putiit to Mr. Enpack (¢houghtlessly)—" Bet his wife was at the bottom of i ae arge, but bed." said Beth sweetly, CK" Siterer!” not numerous,” K (Aurriedls)—" Of the cliff, my love ; not the suicide.” \ it ai) WAY NW - WAN NO NECESSITY. Parson JOUNSON (indignantly)—"' Breddren an’ sistren, I will pause right heah toe remark dat ef good ole Father Kneipp had had dis yar flock ob mine toe preach toe he would neber tought ob inwentin’ a cure fo’ sleeplessness.” comicbooks.¢om