Judge, 1899-05-27 · page 3 of 16
Judge — May 27, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor: **"Professional Fitness"** (top): A fishing scene satirizing women's suffrage and gender roles—mocking the notion that women lack physical capability, shown through exaggerated caricatures of women fishing incompetently. **"Her Power," "An Emergency," "A New Departure"**: Brief humorous anecdotes about domestic life and gender dynamics, poking fun at women's behavior and relationships. **"Editorial Sagacity"** and **"Fact Versus Fiction"**: Comic exchanges satirizing journalistic practices and the gap between reality and newspaper reporting. **"High Livers," "Her Conundrum,"** etc.: Witty one-liners and joke sections common to Judge's format. The overall tone reflects turn-of-the-century American attitudes—mocking women's capabilities, domestic comedies, and contemporary social pretensions. The artwork employs exaggerated facial features typical of period caricature.
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ONAL FITNESS. Oto (of the Turtle Bay fshing-club)—"' Vell, ve hat caught enough fish for der dinner alretty ! Now somepotty got to scale der fish.” Pa1—Oi moves thot Nicolino, the barber, hov thot job. ' HER POWER. LTHOUGIL athletic girls are strong, And run and jump and row, \ girl who never trained at all Can draw a six-foot beau, AN EMERGENCY. Mrs. Sleeper —* Henry, if you do not arise and kill that mosquito he will keep me awake all night with his singin; Mr. Sleeper—Ve I do I'll awaken the baby, who'll keep me awake all night with his singing.” A NEW DEPARTURE. ENNIE had never before seen padded leather placed around a horse's legs to keep him from interfering.‘ Well,” ex- claimed the little fellow in great surprise, “I never saw a horse wear high-legged shoes before.” | Sey As ses “EDITORIAL SAGACITY. ScRIMBLER —"*I copied two chapters of the book of * Proverbs’ and submitted them to the editor.” SPACER: hat did he say?" ; * Told me to take ‘em home, polish ‘em up and boil ‘em down. Said jell U'had written them in a hurry to pay a board-bill or take my laundry from the Chinaman’s.”* FACT VERSUS FICTION. Atey (telling story) —"“As 1 was saying, the three burly ‘long-shoremen attacked me simultaneously. I immediately leveled the foremost with my right— number two I effectually disposed of with one blow of my left—as for the third, T grasped him by the waist, raised him high in the air and "—— ECCE FEMINA! YOU weep o'er the broken china, And to mend it try every ar But you turn with a smile triumph- ant, When you shattera human heart HIGH LIVERS, Suburbs—* What is the rea- son amateur farming P doesn t Howson Lott —" Because while the farmer feeds his chick- ens on cracked corn the amateur allows his to gorge on flower- seeds at one dollar and fifty cents a pound.” HER CONUNDRUM, asked comb but never combs its hair?” “A bee,” guessed Davie, “ No-0-0-0; a rooster.” Weary WILLIE (interrupting)—" Now dat yer ‘ve got yer hands up, Fatty, jes’ keep ‘em up or T'll knock de lining out uv yer.” comicbooks.com