Judge, 1899-03-11 · page 4 of 16
Judge — March 11, 1899 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces about courtship, marriage, and social behavior: **"Judge's Favorites"** features Laura Burt, a photograph suggesting she's a public figure or actress the magazine endorsed. **"How He Keeps His Word"** mocks a man who promised abstinence during Lent but breaks his vow through cocktails—satirizing hollow religious observance. **"Philosophical Observations"** jokes about bad habits and tea-holding etiquette. **"Passing Sentiment"** presents a marital exchange where a new wife insists on controlling the automobile, suggesting early-20th-century anxieties about women's independence. **"Beneath the Regulation Age"** depicts men discussing young ballet dancers' ages, making an uncomfortable joke about age and eligibility that reflects period attitudes toward women's bodies and marriageability. The overall theme concerns gender relations and social propriety.
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Photo. by Sarony. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. LAURA BURT. Dear Laura, when you take your foil in hand, And on defensive in the duel stand, T could a more effective course advise: fost flash a killing look from those bright eves! in some respects you are “A Dangerous Maid,” But ‘tis not of your sword we're most afraid. TO MAKE A THOROUGH JOB OF IT. Edith (surprised to see the newly-hatched chickens, after eating, creep under their mother’s wings)—" My ! they aren't done yet, and Biddy's going to hatch them over again.” HOW HE KEEPS HIS WORD. G ALD Jones,""This Lenten season No wine shall touch my lips"; And now the foolish fellow Through straws his cocktail sips. AH! Jolly boy—" Another prima- donna has shot her leading because she was jealous of him.” Professor Stronomy (absent- mindedly) —“ Aha! a shooting star.” HIS BAD POINTS, He —"So you cast me off because you think I'm forward ?” She—" Yes, George; there's nothing modest about you ex- cept your salary.” FILLOSOFIKAL OBSIR- VASHUNS. BAD habits air kontajus.. The best disinfectant iz tew keep good kompany. An old maid iz a budless plant that iz apt tew get frost- bitten. The best hand tew hold iz an honest one, but four aces ain't bad. It's astonishing what a site ov relijus perseverance thare iz ina fly. Smite him from one cheek and he surely returneth tew the other. SETH HOw, PASSING SENTIMENT, Jack BactteLon—" How do you like married life, old chap?” Bos Newiywep—"' It isacinch! She insists on riding her old ‘ninety-eight wheel, because that is the wheel she be- came engaged on.” BENEATH THE REGULATION AGE. They say some of those women. in the ballet are fifty years old.” * Quite likely. I've known them to be in the ballet as young as forty-five.” comicbooks.com