Judge, 1899-07-22 · page 4 of 16
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains primarily **humorous anecdotes and light verse** rather than political satire. The content includes: - **"A Practical Girl"** and **"A Serious Accident"**: brief comic stories about everyday domestic mishaps - **"Judges' Favorites"**: a joke about Scottish frugality - **"An Ignoramus"**: wordplay about musical instruments - **"Self-Evident"**: a cartoon about someone at a bar run - **"Butterflies and Violets"**: sentimental poetry - Various other joke sections The illustrations are **generic comedic sketches** depicting ordinary situations—family life, bar scenes, street interactions—without specific political figures or dated references. This appears to be a **humor and entertainment page** typical of Judge's lighter content, focused on universal social comedy rather than topical satire.
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Photo. by Halt. U FAVORITES. LOUISE GUNNING. In “A Day and a Night” for the first time I met you— For a year and « day I shail sure not forget you, f You may trifle and change as you please. While your face isso Hf you don a Scotch ks hen my heart 's in t GIVING DIRECTIONS. +s HOW do you make a mus- tard plaster, old man?” “Same as a sandwich, only use a rag instead of bread and leave out the meat.” AN IGNORAMUS Little Mike (looking up from his reading) — “ Feyther, phwot is an ignoramus ? MeLubberty An mus, is ut? Shure, thot’s wan av thim instruments thot a mon attaches to his boicycle so he can tell how far he's got to go befoore he gits phwere he wants A PRACTICAL GIRL. A CYCLING maiden I adored, My passion T aver ; I said my heart was all consumed With burning love for her. But ob, the answer that she made Has quite aroused my wrath, She simply said that it would make A splendid cinder-path. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TWAS in the early fall when wee Maud’s grandfather brought home a brown leghorn rooster. “Oh, my!” exclaimed the little lady, when the fowl was taken from the coop, “the frost has struck it and turned all its leaves out red.” ONE DIFFERENCE. Bobby —** Pa, what is, the difference between a feather- weight and a heavy-weight Pa—“A feather - weig! Bobby. speaks only in whispers would be willing to go Mr. Justweo— SELF-EVIDENT. **So you were at Bull run, were you, Pat—and did you “Av course I run, if I didn't Id bin there yit.” MAIN: PROP! Farmer Greexr— Did ye see the show called ‘Old New Hampshire’ while ye was at Bosting ?” FARMER PosTHote- Va-as, and it was a dead fake. nor profanity.” ‘They advertised a ‘ real milking scene’ and had neither pump SATISFIED LONGING. STWED—"' Before we were married you said you through anything for me.” “So Fam, dearest ; but the way you hold on to your fortune is a caution.” run?” BUTTERFLIES AND VIOLETS. A BUTTERFLY kissed a violet Among the grasses low ; When he flitted away her eyes were wet. Poor thing ! she did not know How many he kissed into tears and regret That erst were with gladness aglow! “Tis the butterflies’ way to kiss and forget, And too late the violets know. eats ¢. 00mD, HIT THE NAIL. Teacher —* Describe the safety-brake of a passenger ele- vator.” Bobbie Bright — “ Please. sir, it's the part that fails to work when the elevator falls.” HIS SOLE OBJECTION. +6] WOULD welcome death,” said the tired man wearily, “if it were not quite so—so per- manent.” comicbooks.com