Judge, 1898-12-03 · page 7 of 16
Judge — December 3, 1898 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**Top Comic Strip:** "Saved by Notes; or, How a Comic-Opera Tenor Rescued a 'Judge's Favorite'" depicts a dramatic operatic rescue scene with a figure climbing a cliff to save a woman below—a parody of melodramatic opera plots popular in the era. **Political Cartoon:** "A Manifest Impostion" satirizes Spanish statesmen debating war reparations. One argues defeated nations shouldn't pay indemnities (war damages), while the other points out the logical absurdity: the defeated nation already *sustained* the damages, so demanding payment compounds the injury. The reference to "Saint Quixote" invokes Don Quixote, suggesting the first speaker tilts at windmills with impractical idealism. **Humor Piece:** "She Had Seen Them" jokes about a precocious child's false claims of knowledge. Margaret insists she's seen a carpet-sweeper before, but reveals her ignorance by saying "they always took up grass"—confusing the mechanical sweeper with farm implements. **Bottom:** "A Coonville Puzzle Picture" appears to reference a segregation-era feature; the racist terminology indicates this content reflects deeply problematic period attitudes.
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A MANIFEST IMPOSITION. ++PAUGH!" cried the Spanish statesman. “Talk about the rules of civilized warfare! Those supposed rules are but a list of barbarous impositions. Consider, for instance, the one which argues that the de- feated nation should pay an indemnity.” “Well,” replied another statesman, “I see nothing wrong about the defeated nation paying the damages.” “You don't? Why, Saint Quixote, man! the defeated nation is the one that sustained the damages in the first place.” SHE HAD SEEN THEM. MARGARET is a little girl who never admits that she is ignorant. She has always seen everything and knows all about it. The other day she was visiting at a strange house and almost betrayed:herself by the strange persistency with which she followed around the maid who was sweeping the floor with a carpet-sweeper. “Don’t you know what this is, Margaret? Didn't you ever see one?” asked the maid. “Oh, yes,” said Margaret; “I have seen them many a time, but they always took up grass.”” A COONVILLE PUZZLE PICTURE. Find the vegetarian. comicbooks.