Judge, 1898-11-26 · page 3 of 20
Judge — November 26, 1898 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine contains humorous domestic and social sketches rather than political cartoons. The pieces include: **"Putting the Shake In"** — A chaotic kitchen scene satirizing housewives attempting to prepare food, with exaggerated domestic disorder. **"Love's Alley"** and other vignettes — Short comedic sketches about everyday life, including marital mishaps and social awkwardness. **"Generous Offer"** — A joke about negotiating with a dog-cart operator over pricing. The humor targets middle-class domestic life, marital relationships, and class interactions. The satirical tone mocks both housewives' incompetence in the kitchen and men's inability to handle domestic challenges. These are gentle social satires reflecting early 20th-century attitudes toward gender roles and class distinctions, lacking serious political commentary.
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PUTTING THE SHAKE IN, Mrs. Dotan (excited/y)—'‘ Mike! Mike! Phwat in the name av th’ saints "—— MR. Dotan (ca/m/y\—** Close yure jaw, Flossie, Patsy 's jist afther takin’ his medicine an’ he fergot ter shake th’ bottle loike th’ docther tould ‘im, bad luck ter th’ mimory thot he has.” LOVE’S ALLY. OCKED was a heart by Sunshine’s subtle power ; Without Love lingered, searching for the key ; Came magic Twilight, wove around the hour A witching charm—and, lo! Love entered free. muna c. Down, WHAT HE'D EXPE- RIENCED. Willie (alter watching Norah peel and put to soak the potatoes for dinnerf—“ Oh, mamma, I've just been seeing Norah take the clothes off the potatoes and give them a bath.” UNPRONOUNCEABLE, Ethel —* Supper is weady, Uncle Dobn.” Uncle John —“ You mean breakfast, don’t GETTING FULL RETURN. a Moosicngtwer—‘‘ I know it’s hard on the neighbors, Repecca ; but shoost egsplain to dem dot ve you, dear ? hire dot piano.” Ethel —""Es, but I tan’t say it.” THE DIFFERENCE. SOMY MAN is off,” said M Mrs. Flynn, “Through all the driving rain. He seized his grip and had to skip To catch the early train.” FY WSR “+ Well, dere it goes,” Frau Schmidt replied. “Dose men got tifferent ways: My huspant got the grip him aA Und now in ped he lays.” Guoxce x. DEvvR WHERE IT LIES. Gilfoyle—“ Isn't Bing- ham embarrassed by his A GENEROUS OFFER. debts ?” “Tsay, mister, how's that fer a dog-cart, ch? Tump right in an’ I'll take yer ter where yer a-goin’, an’ I won't charge Poindexter —“ No, but yer a cent. An’ yer'll have the company of the lady the whole way.” his creditors are.” comicbooks.com