Judge — April 14, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains multiple humorous sketches and brief comedic pieces rather than a single political cartoon. The top cartoon, "Expounding the Law," shows a judge sentencing someone to thirty days for being "a public nuisance," with the prisoner sarcastically thanking him for "consulting a nuisance." It satirizes judicial pronouncements that state the obvious. Below are several short joke exchanges ("Consistent," "Exceeding Realism," "A Serene Frame of Mind") poking fun at artists, pretension, and romantic miscommunication—typical genteel humor of the era. The bottom cartoons about "Mary Was Surprised" appear to be domestic comedy sketches, likely involving a surprise (camera) and household mishap with a tiger. The overall page represents general satirical humor rather than specific political commentary, targeting Victorian-era social conventions and domestic situations familiar to Judge's educated readership.