Judge, 1899-08-12 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 12, 1899 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous sketches with social commentary typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"New Hat Anatomy"** mocks women's elaborate, impractical millinery fashion—a woman's hat is so wide it obscures her features. **"Judge's Favorites: Many Mannering"** appears to reference a character or society figure, with commentary on fashionable appearance. **"The Landlord's Ruse"** satirizes landlord-tenant disputes, likely depicting an evasion of housing complaints through musical distraction. **"The Lady of My Dreams"** romanticizes an unattainable woman through poetic description. **"A Decisive Answer"** recounts a shipboard anecdote about a child's innocent observation, using dialect humor common to period comedy. The remaining sketches satirize circus elephants, trunk confusion, and working-class behavior—typical Judge fare targeting contemporary social pretensions and absurdities.
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Photo. by Morrison. Jub MARY MANNERIN' Sweet Mary Mannering ! your praises To sing I'm fain. Isthis the newest of your phases— ‘Madame Sans Géne? Then straightway you shall have a crowa Asempress, in your Empire gown, NEW HEAD ANATOMY. BETH had never before seen a woman wearing a high back-comb. “Goodness, mamma!" she ex- claimed with wide - open eyes; “that woman's head has a finger-nail.” THE LA 1. Paornirto (of Occanagrove hotel) — WHAT RUINED HIM Lavy—"* You say you were ruined by marrying a wealthy woman ?° Tramp — Yes'm ; de time and effort I wasted trying to get her money would have made me a wealthy and influential citizen, mum. VICTOR PHILOSOPHIZES. E, HAD not attained two years, and to hear his experiments in conver- sation he was asked for the thousand- and-second time whose boy he was. “ Mamma’s boy. Nenna’s boy.” ‘Then with a flash of reasoning worthy of a Locke or a Bacon he added de- lightedly, * Two boys!” . DLOKD’S RUSE. ‘entlemen, this is a strictly-temperance resort, but if a few piano selections will help you pass the time, why, I'm — THE LADY OF MY DREAMS. T° HER, the lady of my dreams, I brim this sparkling cup— ‘To her with snowy brows and eyes of jet ; When the sun can gaze upon her face a while by staying up I cannot see a reason he should set. A DECISIVE ANSWER. A STATEN ISLAND ferry - boat was drawing into her slip. Among the crowd waiting on the stairs and in the cabin were a negress and a bright-cyed little pickaninny. Oh, mammy !” cried the latter, plucking the negress’s dress and pointing out of the cabin window to the side of the slip, “what's dat?" “Don’ ask sich fool questions, chile!" replied the mammy. “Cain’t you see dat's whar we is at?” Sexceanr Piipe—" Gee! I wish my wife was here.” CONFUSED BY THE TRUNK. You: NG William was recently taken to the circus, and proved very tractable until the elephants were reached, Then he refused to budge another step. “I'm ‘fraid,” he explained, ‘cause I don’t know which way them things is goin’ to go.” Frewrtan tn —at your service.” comicbooks.com