Judge, 1898-10-29 · page 4 of 16
Judge — October 29, 1898 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces and illustrations typical of Judge magazine's social commentary. The top section includes "Judge's Favorites," featuring Paula Edwards in "The Runaway Girl" - appearing to be theatrical advertisement or review. The main cartoon, "Overheard at the Squatter's Cottage," depicts a family at a cottage gateway with adults and children, illustrating working-class domestic life. The humor seems to rely on dialect and class-based observation. Another cartoon titled "Thought it Worked Like Electricity" makes a joke about Edison (likely Thomas Edison) and phonograph technology, suggesting a misunderstanding about how the device functioned. Various short humorous pieces discuss topics like "Fall-fever," seasonal observations, and "The War Edition of the Sea-Serpent" - satirizing newspaper sensationalism. The overall tone reflects late 19th or early 20th-century American satirical humor targeting class distinctions and contemporary technology.
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SAUCE, T HE difference between a verse and a poem is the difference between thyme and real autumn. Lamb is always young mutton in the dictionary, but it often misses con- nection on the bill- of-fare. Fall - fever is a convenient term covering a multi- tude of indolence. Sometimes the too-confident ama- teur plants a nice crop of nasturtiums and raises thefe- from a lot of cab- bages. One of the best things about spring Copyright by Schloss, is that there are no JUDGE'S FAVORITES. general elections to PAULA EDWARDS IN “' THE RUNAWAY GIRL.” disturb the country. Petite and sweet comedienne, Very sadly in- With dazzling ind clever men By Daly cast, you still contrive deed the young Aad'whs can match, Sch fess suvdo, man's fancy turns ‘The wit and witehery of you? to thoughts of va- cation money. ‘When the wise man said all men were liars he was probably reading the advertisements of cottages in the Jerusalem Journal, ‘When the real garlic flavor permeates the city milk it is a real sign that the milkman knows what is expected of him. THE WAR EDITION OF THE SEA-SERPENT. Mrs, Mennigirls —“ Yes, we bad thought some of going to your hotel, but we wanted enough excitement to make our stay attractive. As yet we have read nothing about the sea-serpent being seen at your place this season.” Representative (Paradise hotel)—" No, he hasn't been seen this year, but we are strictly up to date. Firing from Spanish war-ships might have been heard nearly every morning by A CRUCIAL TEST. Crrizex —“* But, offsher, I protesht that I am not the leasht bit (hic) Orricer—** Well, thin, Oi'll not arrest yez if yez kin tell me ter wanst how many shtories there are in thot building over there.” OVERHEARD AT THE SQUATTER’S COTTAGE. ++ AS I was tellin’ yer, I was mindin’ Mrs. Maginnis’s infant baby whin word come me aunt wuz dyin’, Whin I got there her man fell down in a palterin’ fit at sight of me, But it's no wonder, for he comes rightly by it, for his father was paltered before ‘im. Well, as 1 was sayin’, whin me aunt died she was sixty-five on the coffin an’ sixty-seven by rights, an’ she was a fine lady.” THOUGHT. IT WORKED LIKE ELECTRICITY. How Eckstein thought he could get the best of the phonograph company. comicbooks.com