Judge, 1901-01-05 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 5, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of late-19th/early-20th-century American humor: **"In Topsyturvy Land"** mocks gender role reversal—a man complaining he can't choose his own clothing, inverting the era's typical complaint about women's fashion constraints. **"The First Good-Templar"** is a temperance joke referencing an ancient king (likely biblical) who "never smiled again," sarcastically suggesting extreme sobriety as virtue. **"Reflections of a Spinster"** offers cynical observations on marriage and male character—suggesting honorable men don't exist, marriages fail, and respectable men hide secret vices. **"Superlatively Worse Off"** depicts two missionaries in an impossible situation, joking about discomfort during their work. **"The Tenderfoot"** shows a frontier scene where "Arizona Ike" mistakes an injured leg for inexperience, with the old man's reply playing on the term's double meaning. The cartoons reflect Victorian-era anxieties about gender roles, temperance movements, marriage skepticism, and frontier life. The humor relies on wordplay and situational irony rather than explicit political commentary.
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IN TOPSYTURVY LAND. Mr. Neckrie—" My dear, I wish you would let me pick out my own men, I can’t wear this.” When Miss Porcupine uses a curling-iron she looks for all the world like an old spring-mattress. THE FIRST GOOD-TEMPLAR. THE first, I think, to sign the pledge, And first of temperance men, Was that old king of whom ‘tis said “He never smiled again. * REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. AN ABSOLUTELY honorable man is as mythi- cal.a being as the Minotaurus at Athens. If the only true marriages are arranged in heaven, what a lot of folks are breaking the law. A man does not like to think of the word “cherish” in the marriage service when he sees his wife mending socks. It would be easier for an ocean-liner to navi- gate ina canal than for a young couple who ought to be married to deceive a young couple who are. A man with a bad reputation does not _gener- ally take the trouble to be dishonest about it; but a man with a good reputation always has some con- cealed vice. Z SUPERLATIVELY WORSE OFF. The sweet confidence that goes hand in hand First Misstonary—" What are you sniveling about?” with a woman's love is fearfully strained when she Secon Missionany—"* Oh, brother! the position I'm in!" ieee eareees he lapel of her ht First missionary—" Bah! Think of the position /'m in, I'm right where I can see them heat- ‘I¢tects a strange perfume on the lapel of her hus- ing the water in the stew-kettle.” band’s coat as she kisses him. eye Calton Wi Gy, ATC Maliine (16 red Wanlive kee Arizona IKE—"* Hi, ole man! You're a tenderfoot, ain't ye?” OLD MAN—‘* Wa-al, the lef’ one ’s kinder tender, but t’other”—— THE TENDERFOOT.