Judge, 1898-01-22 · page 10 of 16
Judge — January 22, 1898 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Mr. McGarvey Finds a Heroine"** is a dialect humor story (common in Judge) featuring an Irish immigrant narrator. When a burglar invades his home while his wife recovers from childbirth, his cross-eyed housemaid Ellen Malloy heroically disarms the intruder by trapping him in a rain barrel. The humor derives from her cross-eyed appearance—traditionally a comedic trait in period satire—contrasted with her unexpected courage. The twist ending reveals the burglar was her father, commenting darkly on poverty and crime. **"An Observation-Car for Live-Stock"** is a single-panel cartoon satirizing the wealthy's obsession with luxury railway cars, sarcastically suggesting livestock deserve similar palatial accommodations—a critique of conspicuous consumption. **"The Growth of a Girl and a Skirt"** is a fashion satire showing how women's skirts expanded dramatically as girls matured, ridiculing contemporary fashion's impracticality through visual progression from childhood to adulthood. All three pieces reflect Judge's characteristic blend of class commentary, physical comedy, and fashion criticism.
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