Judge, 1900-05-05 · page 2 of 16
Judge — May 5, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct sections: **Top Articles:** Political commentary on Democratic convention timing, Puerto Rico policy under Benjamin Harrison, and Senator Brovein's proposed "court of conciliation" to reduce litigation costs. These represent typical turn-of-the-century political debate. **Bottom Comic Strip:** "The Way of the Transgressor is Hard" depicts a domestic scene where Tommy and boys apparently steal sugar or supplies, then attempt to hide barrel-related evidence from their grandmother (Grannie). The humor derives from the children's failed deception and escalating consequences—a morality tale about transgressions being discovered. The strip's title references biblical moralizing common to the era. The satire targets both political hypocrisy (top) and domestic discipline (bottom), reflecting Judge's mixed agenda of political criticism and family-humor content.
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Sage PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK AT THE JUDGE BUILDING. Terms to Subscribers. UNITED STATES AND CANADA Im ADVANCE. One copy, one year, or $2 numbers - $5.00 One copy, six months, or 26 numbers - 2.50 One copy, for thirteen weeks = = = 1.35 [acluding the Conistmas Juocs. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS — To all foreign countries in the postal union, $6.00 a year. Eunoraan satss-Acewts—/ntermational mews compa’ E. C., London; Brentane’s, avenue de C Optra, Paris Germany. CORNER FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK. 27 Circulation larger than any other cartoon weekly In the world. ilding, Chancery lane, arbach's news exchange, Mains, EB NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS.—The contents of Juocn are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Britain. Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and vigorously prosecut IDMIRAL DEWEY should pray chiefly and fer- vently to be saved from his friends. eee THE IGNORANCE that inspired the effort to kill Albert Edward is so pronounced that nobody but a fool would have indulged in its ex- hibition. cee LILLIAN BELL, a Chicago writer, suggested a society for the suppression of men under thirty-five, and directly she will begin practical work in that line by marrying one. PARIS wants to buy a sword for Cronje, Charity should begin at home. If the town wants to be fair it will buy a sword to replace the Dreyfus blade that was broken several years ago. eee WHEN A LARGE Berlin audience hisses an opera by the kaiser can it not be said that there is a great deal of liberty in Germany? It wouldn't do for any private individual to take such liberties with his maj- esty’s sensitiveness, anyhow. THE HUMILIATED EAST, FRANK CAMPBELL of the Democratic committee of this state got the date of the meeting of the national convention fixed for July fourth, and says, “ That was the first concession made to the Democrats of the east since the Democratic convention of ‘ninety-six.” The Demo- crats of the east are powerful as to numbers and wealth, but the rag-tag of the west have the wigwam and the control. The confession is a humilia- tion, but it is the truth. HARRISON. ° BENJAMIN HARRISON disapproves of the treatment of Puerto Rico, and therefore it is said that he wants to make himself conspicuous enough to run for president again. Let us hope that the time will come when an ex-president will have the privilege of giving an opinion without subjecting himself to the suspicion of being either selfish or dissatisfied. Recently Mr. Cleveland remarked that his gout was improving, and now they say that he wants to run for president. Still, it must be said of Gen- eral Harrison that he made a first-rate chief executive. LAW TO PREVENT LAW. SENATOR BROVEIN of the Ohio legislature proposes the organization in each county of his state of what is called a court of conciliation. The judges of these courts are to be elected next November and to serve five years, their salaries not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars a year, and they are to have one or more deputies at eight hundred dollars a year each. The purpose is to settle differences, so that the regular courts may be relieved of that duty and the litigants may save money which would otherwise go to lawyers. It is therefore preliminary law to save more law, and is a blow at the lawyers which the latter will oppose as unconstitu- tional and altogether bad. PLAYS WHICH NATURALLY DIE. ‘THE TRIUMPH of Miss Nethersole over her persecutors in the matter of “Sapho” is a little victory for common sense and against news- paper desire to make a sensation and show the power of newspapers. It was no extreme respect for morality that stopped the Sapho business; and indeed the result is to advertise the book and the play so that thousands will know of them where only dozens know of them now. ‘The story is of a piece with “Camille,” which is bad enough to go out of its own uninter- estingness except very infrequently; “The Stranger,” “East Lynne,” and a few others which were popular a few years ago for some reason which nobody ever found out. All plays of that kind ought to die because they are miserable bores. Let them be let alone by the newspapers and they will die of their own melancholy and lack of attractiveness. 1, Tommy (in stage-wwhisper) 1 ““Grannie’s asleep, Let's pat a barrel up to de winder an’ hook some sugar." 2. GRanniz (who has overheard the plot)—'* While those young rascals are getting their barrel I'll just make a change of these sacks.” 8. THe noys— Dis és easy!" THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS HARD. 4. Granniz—'* Why; boys! what seems to be the trouble?” comicbooks.com