Judge, 1899-11-25 · page 10 of 16
Judge — November 25, 1899 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page presents short humorous sketches typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines. The cartoons mock various social types and situations: **"A Love-Test"** satirizes romantic declarations that ring hollow—professing love despite the beloved's artistic mediocrity. **Chess references** joke about European masters versus casual players. **"Political Palmistry"** uses the hand-reading fad to mock politicians' predictable success regardless of merit. **The aeronaut cartoon** makes dark humor from an early aviation disaster—parachute failure—a contemporary concern as aviation was new and dangerous. **"Her Ignorance"** features a stereotyped Irish servant character (McLubberty) unfamiliar with "paltry," playing on period ethnic humor about working-class immigrants' limited education. **"The Visor That Dropped"** depicts slapstick domestic comedy about a woman's suitor. **The automobile reference** mocks nouveau-riche men obsessed with their new "autocars," a contemporary status symbol. These sketches reflect genteel magazine humor targeting educated middle-class readers through wordplay, class mockery, and stereotypes now considered offensive.
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uae A LOVE-TEST, DARLING, my love grows day by day, I hope and pray it ever will ; I've heard you sing, I've heard you play— Yet spite of that I love you still. SANS ENJOYMENT. First chess-fiend—“And so you really have enjoyed chess- games with the masters of Europ ‘cond chess-fiend “No; but I've played games with them.” POLITICAL PALMIS- TRY, CHARITABLE. A hand containing these 5, signs is sure of a bright po. **()H. GOD,” broken- litical future. ly prayed Dorothy. who had been sent to bed for being naughty, “please forgive mamma for sending me off in the dark, a sheep without a shepherd.” PREFERRED THE INDIGENOUS. Dorothy (watching the men set out some shade- trees in her father’s yard) —*I wish they were wild; | don’t think tame trees are half so nice.” THE VISOR THAT DROPPED, (To SAY NOTHING OF THE AXE.) Angostur “Putt Fatner—* What kind of a young man is that Harold Skimpole ?” Fiest consrinator—"' Hist | "Tis death to be caught DavGuTeR—* Well, he seems to be sensible, honest and industrious—in fact, quite a model.” speaking with you—let me whisper in your ear. Tonight, Fatier—" Well, that relieves me! I had a foolish idea that you had fallen in Jove with him.” when the king is full of booze, you "—— APPROPRIATE OBSERVATION. STRENGTHENING A RUMOR. THIS.” remarked the unlucky aeronaut y 4 PIGLEY is very contrary, I understand.” i q uf when his parachute failed to perform “Conttanye: Why, that lellew has 06 j ‘NSG its bounden duty, “is the space that kills.” fast to get fat.” : \ HER IGNORANCE, MORE THAN HE PLANNED FOR. y MeLubberty (in the midst of her y. ing) —"* Phwot's a palfry 2” —————ILLIE had been s 4 if y eae aa pean tet McLubberty — “Hear thot, now! It eke alnineeccn: A. bates the divil how little some women know. aaa a Begorra! hov yez niver scen a church- of linen. On ex- , rede amination he found : a second cloth un- der the upper one. 2. Much perplexed, “Ouch! wow!!!" he called to his : mother, “Shall 1 HASTENING THE EVENT. change the under- THAT she would be my own till death sh Was what the maiden said ; * And then ‘twas not so very long “Before she cat me dead. A NEW DESIGNATION. **\{R. FODDERINGHAM talks about his new autocart all through each meal,” remarked Miss Bellingham. “Yes; he’s a regular autocart of the breakfast-table,” com- MUTA ||| ™<"ee Miss Goldsborough. ay THE WEATHER-BULLETIN. res Old tady (studying the newspaper)—"* It's forecast ag’in for to- Kino Cuorow THe rinst—* Ha, ha! Caught red- handed! Ho, guards! Serve the lets: Id day! It doos beat all what a lot o' cloudy weather we're a-hevin’.” apiece.” 5 ae ute ~ comicbooks.com