Judge, 1897-12-25 · page 4 of 19
Judge — December 25, 1897 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 440 The page features several unrelated pieces of humor typical of Judge magazine's format: **"A Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough"** is a Christmas poem about holiday festivities, illustrated with a portrait photograph and street scene. **"Christmas and the Cooking-School"** presents a brief dialogue joke about a cooking instructor named Mary receiving a diamond ring as a Christmas present. **"Black Wings"** and the cartoon panels below show slapstick domestic humor: a character (McGavvey) attempts to hang something, and subsequently falls—illustrating the caption "Pride is Overcome" and "By a Fall." The humor derives from physical comedy and wordplay about comeuppance. **"Turn About"** presents a brief exchange about hoopskirts coming back into fashion, suggesting cyclical fashion trends. The page is primarily entertainment-focused rather than overtly political, reflecting Judge's blend of seasonal humor, puns, and visual gags.
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ape A BALLADE OF THE MIS- TLETOE BOUGH. [ KNOW of a hostetey jolly, Resplendent with garland and spray Of laurel and red-berried holly, Of evergreen branches and bay The host and his welcome are gay, The feasting is good, and I vow ‘They are merry companions who stay At the sign of the Mistletoe Bough. Oh, season of frolic and folly, We bow to thy roystering sway ; And even the cat and the collie Are eager to join in the fray. Our cares seem but lightly to weigh, There's nothing but merriment now, As we carol a blithe roundelay At the sign of the Mistletoe Bough. See merry-eyed, rosy-cheeked Polly, In marvelous dainty array, And Rosalie, Kitty and Dolly ‘Their smiles and their graces display. T greet each fair maid in a way You'd never suppose they'd allow Yet with perfect decorum I may At the sign of the Mistletoe Bough LENvoI. Kriss Kringle With long life and good fortune en- dow All those who remember thy day gle, thy favor we pray : Copyright by Aime Dupont. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. ADA. KEMAN, CHRISTMAS AND THE COOKING- SCHOOL; OR, SCRIPTURAL. PERVERSIONS. PAND John gave M. a Christmas present, as a sort of re- se] UNDE ring & ward for her learning to cook.” "Yes, so | heard — she kneaded bread and he gave her a stone.” BLACK WINGS. HSS Santa Claus got plu I really wish U knew, Nurse says when he left all these things He up the chimney flue. sand wings? = IS OVERCOME McGavyey—" It's only a McGavney kin carry a load av mortar thot soize."” (Swish /) IC Dace ary TURN ABOUT. Mrs, O'MARA—" They say hoop-skirts is gittin’ into fashion agin.” Mrs. O° by —" Thin fashion will be gittia’ into hoop-skie o * For the love of hivin, Dinnis! an’ who have you got there ?” “Oh, it's only our Sunday-school superintende : had him up aginst a wall a-peltin® him with snow-bails, an’ I'm a-ta a-singin’ missionary hymns ever since we started !" y he’s been a-drinkin’ agin, an’ some of the boys kin’ him home on my sled. He's bin McGavaey—"" Plt—keh—slgh !” comicbooks.com