Judge, 1899-01-14 · page 3 of 16
Judge — January 14, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains multiple unrelated satirical sketches and humorous anecdotes typical of Judge magazine's format. The top cartoon "Too Much for Him" depicts two shabby characters (Sandy Sockhater and Weary Willie) discussing a man's physical decomposition, suggesting he was "composed of water"—dark humor about human mortality. The middle photograph titled "Something Very Choice" shows a woman with papers, captioned about reading stories to cats. The bottom cartoons include domestic scenes: "A Business Reminder" depicts burglars stealing a clock from a house, with the owner oddly pleased because he'd disliked the gift anyway. The scattered text boxes contain brief jokes about Scottish dialect, wasting children's clothes, and romantic misunderstandings at dinner tables. Overall, this represents typical Judge humor: cynical, class-conscious satire mixing wordplay, domestic comedy, and social observation without clear political messaging.
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TOO MUCH FOR HI SANDY SOcKHATER—"' Great Scott! I never seen sech horrible convulsions. Wrot ails him any way—did a mad dog bite him ?” Weaxy Wittie—' Naw; he simply jest read in de paper dat four-fifths uv de human body wuz composed uv water.”” A WISE MAN'S ERROR. oe SOLOMON made “OH! SEE that one great error poor little roost- in writing his prov- iy 4 Bt 4 er fighting with that erbs. : great big one,” said Edith, “ with no one to stick up for him bu but his tail-feathers WHAT SHE NOTICED. “In what way?” “In not putting them in Scotch dia- lect.” HEROIC. AN UNWILLING Sy “ : Madge—“\s he OCCUPANT. j a : really in love with that Beth (who is . old maid?" obliged to wear her Marjorie—" Well, older sister's clothes) — he wears a pair of “TI guess I shall be =: } wristlets she crocheted glad when 1 get too for him.” . big to occupy other folks’ old clothes.” AT THE TABLE, yen TS Mr. Weddling— PREVENTING ‘A a ie . i€. f Vie “ Ah, darling, I see you WASTE. " , ; ~ have prepared some-° Mrs. Bernstein— _ a | " thing new with your “Children, children, : own little hands, It's come quick! Your luscious too, dear. fader has just spilt a - es that nnn gt. 3 What is it?” bottle of carbolic acid, COMETHING VERY CHOICE. Mrs, Weddling— and it smells peauti- “« Have you a copy of Browning 2" eo That Chats bbe ful.” ‘No, mum ; but if you want a red-hot story to read on the cars I’ve got some daisies.” bread!" REMINDER. —though burglars broke into the house and stole the clock. Robbenheim was better pleased with the attitude of the figure than before the loss of the clock. The beautiful Atlas clock that Mrs. Robbenheim presented to her lord and master for a Christmas present pleased Robbenbeim very much, and— comicbooks.com