Judge, 1899-05-13 · page 12 of 18
Judge — May 13, 1899 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical sketches typical of Judge's humor: **"Six Sons"** and **"Her Answer"**: A domestic comedy sketch in Irish dialect where a husband asks his wife where he'd go if he died tomorrow. She sardonically replies he'd "go broke" without her income from taking in laundry—mocking working-class financial dependence and marital dynamics. **"A Terrible Breach"**: A golf joke about Jones breaking his engagement with Miss Yore because Higgins used a "putter" (a golf club, but the word suggests improper behavior). **"A Spelling Test"**: A schoolboard member tests pupils on spelling "egg" but they all fail. He then spells it "E-g-y-p-t"—the joke being he's incompetent himself, satirizing rural education standards and government oversight. **"The Melon That Wouldn't Stop Growing"**: A series of four panels showing an enormous melon progressively destroying a cabin, satirizing either agricultural absurdity or exaggeration in farming claims. The overall tone mocks working-class life, rural ignorance, and institutional incompetence through visual humor and dialect comedy.
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