Judge — July 15, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This page contains two satirical pieces from *Judge* magazine: **Top cartoon ("She Was Sorry She Asked")**: A dinner party scene where a lady asks if the chicken is good. A gentleman responds it was "a good chicken morally, but physically it was a wreck"—satirizing Victorian hypocrisy about judging things by appearances versus substance. **Bottom cartoon ("A Judicious Answer")**: Depicts Widow Jackson and Parson Johnson discussing prayer. When she mentions her husband prays for rain and lightning protection, the parson responds that "the Lord" doesn't always answer prayer "in the way we ask for it, but in a way dat'll be best for all hands"—poking fun at religious platitudes and the gap between faith and practical outcomes. Both mock polite society's tendency toward empty, evasive rhetoric.