Judge, 1900-03-10 · page 5 of 16
Judge — March 10, 1900 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains four distinct satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"A Winter Girl"** celebrates fashionable women's winter wear, particularly furs and muffs—luxurious accessories that signal both status and attractiveness. **"A Leading Question"** satirizes gender dynamics and wealth. A woman questions why her smaller male companion can't earn as much as the diminutive Jack Barnes, suggesting that size should correlate with financial success—an absurd premise used to mock both social climbing and marital pressure. **"A True Proverb"** offers a brief joke about keeping "good men down," playing on the biblical Jonah story. **"Clinching Her Opinion"** mocks domestic economics: a wife uses a servant's enthusiasm for worn-out clothing as proof her husband should wear them another year, turning fashion parsimony into "logic." The page emphasizes period concerns: fashion, marriage economics, and class consciousness. The hedgehog/cur reference in the header remains unclear without additional context.
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THE SAGACIOUS CUR; OR, HOW THE HEDGEHOG WAS PAID IN HIS OWN COIN, A WINTER GIRL. THERE is a stunning winter girl Who passes down the street ; Though chilly snowflakes o'er her whi She's trim and trig and neat. She little heeds the cutting blast, She little heeds the storm ; While others, shivering, hurry past She's calm and cool, though warm, For oh! her hands a muff do hold, And ob! about her face A furry thing shuts out the cold And lends her wondrous grace. It curves about her neck, to bring Its modish clasp before ; Tis ends—they have a fetching swing, With tails besprinkled o'er. It is a monstrous pretty thing, It has a stylish set; It moves a man to long to be Both man and collar(y)ette, A LEADING QUESTION. She— Charley, | heard to- day that diminutive Jack Barnes had made two hundred thousand dollars.” He—"Yes; Warnes is a lucky man She—" Well, but, Charley, why can't you make four hun- dred thousand dollars? You're twice his size.” A TRUE PROVERB, se] T'S a true proverb,” said the whale after casting forth Jonah, “ which says, ‘It is hard to keep a good man down.’ CLINCHING HER OPINION. “* Would you wear that coat and trousers if I gave them to you?” Fraven Foster—"* Certainly I would, mum. Delighted !” Mrs. Homesrus—" There! I odd my husband that suit of clothes was good enough for anybody. He shall wear them for another year.” comicbooks.com