Judge, 1898-03-05 · page 3 of 18
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# Page 149 of Judge Magazine - Content Analysis This page contains several short humorous pieces typical of late 19th/early 20th-century satirical magazines: 1. **Top cartoon**: Rural/poverty-themed joke about a wife's appearance, with the punchline suggesting she's "tall and slim" due to malnourishment. 2. **"The Lovers' Month"**: A sentimental poem celebrating June romance, conventional for the era. 3. **"Just a Mistake"**: A brief anecdote about a girl mistaking a butterfly for a flower. 4. **"A New View"**: A dialogue questioning the wisdom of long engagements. 5. **"A Grave Find"**: A dark humor piece about a gravedigger discovering remains. The cartoons use period stereotypes (poverty, class differences) for comedic effect. No specific political figures or contemporary events are clearly referenced. The content reflects typical Judge magazine fare: sentimental poetry mixed with crude humor targeting working-class subjects.
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SHE WAS APT TO RESENT IT. Pevptex—"* Is your wife ‘round 7" . ” MR. JOUNSON (s0/t/}—" Wa-al, yes; but yo'd bet ah not tell her so, ‘cause she thinks she’s tall and slim. THE LOVERS’ MONTH, GNOW-DRIFTS melting in the sun, Here and there a crocus flower ; Streams that laugh and seaward run, Skies that brighten, hour by hour; Song-birds, too—else poets err— Wooing mates with tuneful art ; Oh, that I might sing to her All the love songs in my heart! ‘Tell her what I dare but dream, ‘Trembling hope, and longings vain ; Would her fair eyes kindlier beam With sweet pity for my pain? Would she, yielding, promise me, By some gentle word or sign, From this lovers’ month to be, Allthe years, my valentine? MADELINE & BRIOGES, HOW SHE LOOKED AT IT, Lut —" Don’t you think compression of the waist is harmful ?° Mavp—"'Oh, no; not if the young man and young lady are well ac- quainted with each other.” A GRAVE FIND. Newssnoy—“' Extra! Over five hundred men, women, and children found stone dead !" OLD man (breathlessly buying a paper)—" Where?” Nuwspoy—"' In the graveyard, of course.” JUST A MISTAKE, ITTLE EDITH, a fresh-air- fund girl, while taking her first walk in the country, noticed a brilliant butterfly alight on the ground before her. “Isn't it too bad.” she exclaimed quickly, “that somebody's sweet - pea flower got broken off and blown so far away out of the garden!” A NEW VIEW. Gertie—“ Do you believe in long engagements ?” Maud—“ No; because it doesn’t enable one to crowd many of them into a season. comicbooks.com