Judge, 1898-06-25 · page 5 of 17
Judge — June 25, 1898 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical sketches and humorous verses typical of late 19th-century American humor: **Main cartoons:** - "Lovely Woman" and "That's How" mock domestic life and male pretension - "Both Happy" satirizes marital discord by suggesting husbands and wives are relieved when separated - "Accounting for It" jokes about a lawyer's nervous habit indicating lack of intellect - "Without a Ridge-Pole" presents a woman's naive observation about flat-roofed buildings - "A Thunder-Storm" is whimsical verse personifying weather effects on animals - "A Double Resemblance" compares children to quail—both eventually return to their origins **Social commentary:** The sketches reflect period attitudes toward marriage (as mutually tolerable rather than loving), women's supposed intellectual limitations, and class-based humor about farmers and ministers. The page is mostly light domestic satire with no apparent political references, relying on puns, observational humor, and gentle mockery of everyday life rather than topical commentary.
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LOVELY WOMAN. FOR ber to see a game of ball Should make her mind expand ; It shows there's something after all She does not understand. THAT'S HOW. Cumso—" Fosdick has moved from the third floor of his apart- ment-house to the fourth to show his admiration for Kipling.” Cawker —"How does that show his admiration for Kipling?” Cumso—* Why, that’s another story.” BOTH HAPPY, [8 HOLIDAYS there isa reason, They always oceur for the best. His wife is away for the season, And so they will both have a rest. ACCOUNTING FOR IT. ID you ever note the frequency with which Breet puts his index-finger to his forehead when engaged AND YET FRIENDS. Browne—" How are you, Tom?” in the discus- USED TO THEM. Tom—* Well, thank you; but my slon of an im: Mas. ComstonstaLk (reading)—"* Here is a coun- portant case?” try minister who has left the pulpit to become an actor. Browne—" That's strange. Whi “Yes. I Tso’t that terrible 7” wag FE ange. Ye P Mr. Comsonsrak—*Oh, I don't know. The I saw her sitting at the window, sew- suppose he is donations of eggs and vegetables which he will receive ing.” aie oe te ‘will come quite natural to bim.” Tia VS CTRNG Bie court or some: mend.’ body will lose sight of the fact that he has an intellect.” % : MERELY A WONDER. ' - POLE Throckmorton—" Exe made her appearance while WITHOUT A R!DGE-P a peat Adam was asleep, we are told.” Goldthor pe—" That is right.” Throckmorton— | wonder if she seized the op- portunity to go through his pockets?” TWAS the first time Nan had seen a flat-roofed building. “1 should think that house would want its hair ;-erted in the middle too,” she said, “ same 's the other.” A THUNDER-STORM., HE thunder round the mountain rolls, Loud-roaring like a Gatling, And down the hillock caracoles The gay and festive fatling. The wind the wowd.sbed neatly And whirls it with elation ; The Shanghai rooster drips and droops In siient meditation, The lightning Rashes o'er the lea, Where all the trees are wail- in ‘The storm-king wipes with fiendish glee The tom-cat off the paling. The storm has passed and all is ig o'er the hill— ‘The road is German mustard. The pigeon iridescent glows, While from the bloe sky tum- bling ‘The rain-drop sparkles when it blows— The bumble-bee is bumbling. And through the tormpike’s muddy le, sre Aeguacking and s-cigeling, A DOUBLE RESEMBLANCE. i ducks parade in Indian file, Farman Oatain (sedly)—'* Children are jest like a brood of ail: As they get old enough , Thelr tails serenely wiggling. go from the old nest in ao) direction.” k = pes ee ET Ee eee art et i¢ goon ya Faruan CoRNcRIB (more sad/y)—"* Ya-as; jest like quail. As soon as they mate away they come back to the old feed- ing-ground again.” vi y comicbooks.com