Judge, 1900-03-10 · page 6 of 16
Judge — March 10, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humorous sketches satirizing domestic life and social pretension: **"The Kitty"**: A husband caught in a lie. His wife overheard him sleep-talking about money going into "the kitty" (a shared household fund). He frantically improvises that he's purchased an expensive Angora cat on credit, promising to pay it off when he sells a picture—a transparent excuse suggesting financial instability and marital friction over spending. **"Her Condition"**: A museum lecturer's crude joke about an Egyptian mummy's preservation, with a wink suggesting she's still sexually attractive despite millennia passing. It mocks both the sensationalism of dime museums and Victorian-era "scientific" exhibitionism. **"Taking Root"**: A child innocently comments that a female visitor's face is "lovely" and "sprouting"—referring to her facial warts. The editor's note suggests using wart-removal products created the problem, satirizing dubious patent medicines and their ineffectiveness. The humor relies on marital conflict, sexual innuendo, and social embarrassment—typical Judge fare for an audience amused by domestic discord and physical humor.
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THE KITTY. Mus. Newiywen (the artist's wife)—"* You talked in your sleep last night. You said, That makes twenty dollars has gone into the kitty.’ What "— Artist New.ywep (hastily)—"* Yes, my dear—er—certainly, I have just paid twenty dollars down on a forty-dollar Angora cat for you. I shall pay the balance Saturday, when I sell this picture, and bring home the cat.” HER CONDI- TION. a | NEXT have the pleasure, ladies and gentlemen,” said the dime-museum lect- urer with an indicatory wave of his hand to- ward a large glass case, “of calling your atten- tion to the mummy of an Egyptian princess. In her day she was no doubt very beautiful; and although thou- sands of years have passed since then she —he winked ata friend in the audience —" is still a well-preserved woman. TAKING ROOT. +8 MAMMA.” whis- pered Bess as a caller who had a number of warts on her face left the room, i “did you notice how . _ od ; ; lovely her face 's But he found out by using them. Now, blame it! which is the shoe-polish and which is the lovely her face 's fetes as (There is a faint suspicion in my mind that this never occur- hair-tonic ? sprouting ?’ red,—Epitor.) comicbooks.com