Judge, 1898-11-05 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 5, 1898 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: 1. **"His Solution"** features Willie solving the "best man" problem at weddings by suggesting the groom back out—a straightforward joke about wedding etiquette. 2. **"Logic"** satirizes a Quaker's haggling over a horse sale, playing on stereotypes of Quakers as both pacifist ("I'll be hanged") and shrewd negotiators. 3. **"The Voice of Apprehension"** depicts a funeral procession, apparently referencing superstitions about premature burials—a Victorian-era anxiety about being buried alive. 4. **"A Misunderstanding"** (bottom) shows a rural/farming joke about miscounted children, playing on class stereotypes. The page is primarily humor without clear political content, focusing instead on domestic situations, social conventions, and period anxieties.
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Copyright by A. Dupont. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. LULU GLASER. You, Lulu, are one of the few, So changelully charming in each thing you ‘That few would twig, in this school-girl rig, Sans powder and paint, and without even ‘That ¢Aés is the same identical gal Who is half of * The Little Corporal.’ . THE VOICE OF APPREHENSION. NCE upon a time there died a lady, and while the funeral pro- 3 cession was going to the cemetery by some mishap the pall- 2. ‘No, my dear; not adrop. See?” bearers, with the casket on their shoulders, stumbled and fell. The jolt brought the deceased back to life (Ah, how many are buried prema-. SHE WOULD AND SHE WOULDN'T. turely no one knows!) and she lived in her old home for seven years, the wonder of the neighborhood. At length, however, she again fell sick and died, and again the sad procession wended its way toward the last resting-place of mortal flesh. As they reached the spot where years before the mishap had occurred the stricken husband went forward, his drawn face showing plainly to his HIS NATURAL INFERENCE. pitying friends the emotion under which ne labored. Soon he was abreast Young Ikenstein—" Ven 1 esked old Swindlebaum for his daughter of the kindly ones who bore his loved one, and in a voice trembling, yet he ordered me to leave der house.” strong, he said, “Steady, boys, steady !"* FAIR SUMMER-BOARDER—"* How many bossies have you, Mr. Whiffletree ?” FARMER WHIFFLETREE (sad/y)—"* Four, miss—a wife and three darters.” HIS SOLUTION. W ILLIE was greatly puzzled as to why there should be a best man at a wedding. Finally to his own mind the problem was solved. “It’s so if the groom backs out there'll be some one to take his place.” LOGIC. AMILD old quaker once wished to effect the sale of a horse to a rich New-Yorker. The latter didn’t want the beast and said so; still the quaker urged him. At last the New-Yorker became im- patient and ex- ~ claimed hotly, “Tl be hanged if 1 buy that horse.” “ Ah,” said the quaker dryly, “if that is all, let it not de- ter thee from a good bargain; for, in my opin- ion, thee is just as likely to be hanged if thee doesn’t.’ 1, “* Jogletts, you've been drinking again.” $+ AH, IF I weré only a man!” sighed Mrs, Porkby. “ What would you do?” asked Porkby grufily. “ What—er—well, I wouldn't chew nasty tobacco, any way.” Rozenheimer— \sh dot so? How did he get on to der fact dot you intended to take der house as vell as der girl?” A MISUNDERSTANDING. comiebooke-gam