Judge, 1898-05-07 · page 3 of 16
Judge — May 7, 1898 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several distinct satirical pieces: **"Nothing Spanish Wanted"** (top): A street scene where a Captain questions Jimmy about ammunition for a gang. Jimmy references "Spanish onions" and a "box o' Spanish onions," making a pun—likely referencing the Spanish-American War or anti-Spanish sentiment of the period. The joke plays on conflating Spanish imports with warfare. **Multiple short humor pieces** address domestic social issues: "Is He for Rent?" concerns landlord-tenant relationships; "A New Occupation" and others mock working-class struggles and economic anxieties. **"A Difference of Opinion"** satirizes counterfeiting and financial crime. **Bottom section**: "The Similarity of the Inanimate with Nature" compares household tools (hatchet-face, jackknife) to human features—visual puns common in period humor magazines. The overall page reflects early 20th-century urban American concerns: immigration, poverty, crime, and class tensions.
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NOTHING SPANISH WANTED. Carrain—" Say, Jimmy ; how much ammunition has de gang got?" Jusory (ientenant)—"About t'ree rounds o' stones an’ one o” pertaters.”” Captain —* Den let de gang foller me to de dago’s roun’ de corner. He's got a box o' Spanish onions, an’ I'm ter slug him eight times ‘fore youse kin biff him an’ make him a pris’ner uv war,” IS HE FOR RENT? A DIFFERENCE OF OPIN- N TRUTH I have sufficient cause ION. To sadly rue the day ; | : SsMONEY makes the man She moved into another heart i 5 3 proudly exclaimed the mill- Upon the first of May. 1 i : ionaire, as he was saluted by high : ‘i a and low while riding down the IT NEVER HELPED HIM. WA cA | i ; Sts ety . 4 “Man makes the money,” Landlady (at breakfast - table) . (a “7 i chuckled the counterfeit as, he —"Tt is only this morning that 1 ; x At] guceesatallys pasted another spo- read about the efficacy of the hot- cae GY ON ; rious five-dollar bill on the unsus- water cure. z be Wee Sie sion oener, Boarder (looking suspiciously q ° Y “a ee at his coffee) —** Well, I've taken it three years and I know it never helped me any.” eZ : y TWO SIDES. Mrs. Call—“It’s too bad of you, Ethel, to worry your mam- ma so,” A NEW OCCUPATION. SELF -CONVICTED. Beth (watching a robin build _ WESTERN PARSON — ‘You say there is absolute evidence that you shot Ethel (aged five, tearfully) — its nest in a tree near the window) Prairie Mike, yet no one saw you shoot him ?” irene. Zune ZARLEY (sadly, from the calaboore)—"* Ya-as, parson; absent-mind- "Oh, well, Mrs. Call, if you'd lived —" Oh, mamma, here's a little bird edly shot my monogram inter him, an’ they hain't no other initials like mine in with mamma as long as I have you'd crocheting a work-basket !" ther hull blame gulch ter leave enny doubt.” know which of us was to blame.” THE SIMILARITY OF THE INANIMATE WITH NATURE. The hatchet-face, The jackknife. comicbooks.com