Judge, 1899-09-30 · page 5 of 20
Judge — September 30, 1899 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top cartoon ("At the Dewey Reunion"):** Depicts worn-out laborers discussing their work histories. The "Tired Truckee" complains about a bath-attendant job involving soap and water—work so unpleasant he quit rather than endure it. This appears to satirize working-class aversion to menial labor, likely from the early 1900s. **Middle section ("The Momentous Question"):** A poem mocking the "New Woman"—the educated, professionally-ambitious woman of the era. She excels at science, medicine, law, cooking, diplomacy, and other fields, yet worries absurdly about whether her hat sits straight. The satire critiques women's liberation as ridiculous: despite genuine accomplishments, women remain trivially concerned with appearance. **Bottom cartoon ("Playing Policy"):** Two men debate President McKinley's Philippine policy (America's colonial expansion after the Spanish-American War). One sarcastically wishes McKinley had stuck to "policy" numbers from Kentucky cities—a reference to illegal gambling/numbers games ("policy" games). The joke equates McKinley's foreign policy decisions with reckless gambling.
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1, V3 \ AT THE DEWEY REUNION. ‘TineD Teupces —"* You want de story of me takin’ ter de road an’ my deep antipat'y fer work? It wuz bekuz of de job { had as a bath-attendant dat thoroughty disgusted me, an’ no human bein’ w'ot had to handle soap. towels an’ water all de day cud do else dan w'ot I did, which was ter t'row up me job. But L can say this, [ never took a bath in de place.” THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. G HE nas yearnings scientific, In the cookery department As professor of a college In the arts she is prolific, She can show you ev'ry art meant We have seen her ample knowledge ; And at medicine she holds her own ; In the dietetic way 10 serve : ics she is truly great ; At the law she is no plodder, And her decorative genius Phough in all she shows devotion, And, what's infinitely odder, 1y remarkable—between us— Naught can challenge her emotion She the pulpit graces like a throne. ‘Asa diplomat she, too, has nerve. Like this doubt —"" Oh, is my hat on steaight 2" PLAYING POLICY. Most—"* What yo" fink ob McKinley's Philippine policy ?” Prre—" Waal, [reckon ole McKinley ‘Il wish he'd stuck to Frankfort, Louisville, or 4-11-44 policy befo' he gets froo wif it.” comicbooks.com