Judge, 1899-01-28 · page 3 of 16
Judge — January 28, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **"The Great Social Problem"** (top): Two well-dressed men debate whether a book on "the great social problem" refers to poverty or "how a man after having been taken to have a drink and accepting cab fare away from the bar without settling isn't himself." This satirizes vague, fashionable discourse about social issues among the upper class—mocking how wealthy people debate poverty in abstract terms while ignoring concrete solutions. **Other content**: The page includes humorous anecdotes ("Downed by an Infant," "The Walrus and the Seal") and patriotic verse celebrating America ("Our Country"), typical of Judge's mix of political satire and general humor. These appear peripheral to the main social commentary on the page.
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i. Snr FQ . Ria a if THE GREAT SOCIAL PROBLEM. Wonder what he means by the great social problem ?” Scribbler says his next book will treat of the great social problem. Why, from what I know of Scribbler, I think he considers it to be the problem of how a man after having been asked to have a drink and accept- ing can get away from the bar without setting them up himself." DOWNED BY AN INFANT. +6 AH, BAH JOVE! exclaimed Lord Neveracent, earl of Bustedheath, in recounting his adventures in “the states" to a select few in his club in London, “it was sufficiently degwading to one of my lineage to be obliged to offaw his title and all that to the daughtaw of a meah twadesman, who happened to have made a few millions in the slaughtaw of hogs; but when the small bwothaw of the garl, who had hidden himself beneath the sofa, popped out his beastly little head and ewied, in the midst of my pwotestations of love, ‘Go it, old Cywano; you look the pawt bettaw than Mansfield,” | thought that my personal appeawance had we- ceived such an insult that 1 must leave. Besides, the vulgaw garl laughed immodewately, doncherknow.” PAUL west, THE DUCK’S TRIUMPH. THE duck beneath the pump Now gives a joyous quack ‘To feel the cold drops jump And ripple down her back. Her smile is blithe and fond And fate can’t make her sick By freezing all the pond Until it's two feet thick. OUR COUNTRY. EXT to our own business these United States of America are the greatest institution on earth. It rubs more good dirt against better air than any two others of which we know. It can hang out more clothes at one time without freezing than any three others. This is partially due to the fact that it has the clothes to hang out, Its national hymn may be sung f in thousands of E places upon its THe WaLeus Where are you going in such a hurry ?* Tue sear— I'm going to put my seal-skin coat in ‘ soak." ” face simultane- ously; yet no“ matter how long the notes may be drawn out, each party has ample room in which to turn the selection around without disturbing the others, It produces foreign ‘Statesmen and dudes as read- ily as the domestic article. Its people will not be entertained by their own freaks, but are willing to pay good money to see and hear those from other parts. Its national pride is greater than its corn crop. It doesn’t want to fight, because this is its busy day, bur — Whoop! DAVID M, TALMADGE. Penner —** He once seemed to be a What stopped promising young poet. his career ?" Skrines —* Baldness.” comicbooks.com