Judge, 1899-08-19 · page 16 of 16
Judge — August 19, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate cartoons satirizing different subjects: **"Up at the Mines"** depicts a nervous wife and husband at a mining camp. When she hears a dog barking and asks if it's a sign of death, he matter-of-factly hands her his gun—a dark joke about the dangerous, death-prone conditions of mining life in 1899. **"An Insult to the Profession"** is a baseball humor piece. A team captain explains they can't play because their catcher refuses to wear the only available face protection: a Newfoundland dog muzzle. The joke rests on the indignity of this substitution—using dog equipment for protective gear insults the catcher's profession enough that he'd rather not play. This reflects early baseball's rough conditions before proper safety equipment was standard. Both cartoons use exaggerated caricatures typical of Judge's satirical style, poking fun at mining dangers and baseball's primitive equipment standards.
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UP. AT THE MINES. Wire (nerovusly)—* There's a dog barking outside. Isn't that a sign of death?” Hustanp—"' Yes, my dear. Hand me my gun.” COPYmNT 1899 BY JUOGE COMPANY OF KEW YORK. ‘Sackett Witbeins Lita & Pg (o Rew York AN INSULT TO THE PROFESSION, Carrain Caszy or PS Sorry, sir, but dere ‘ll be no game of ball ter-day. Rooney, de catcher, says he won't catch.” Manacer (Aotly)—"* Well, w'ot's der row ?” <4 CarTain Casky—" Well, de only thing I could git him for a catcher’S-mask in dis town is dis Newfoundland dog-muzsle, an’ he draws de line on dat.” comicbooks.com