Judge, 1901-05-25 · page 10 of 16
Judge — May 25, 1901 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical sketches mocking courtship and female activism: **"Straight from Paradise"**: A humorous poem about overhearing young lovers' intimate conversation in a hammock, where the narrator discovers evidence of their tryst. **"Had a Grudge Against It"**: A brief joke where a man wants to destroy the house where he first met a woman—suggesting romantic regret or bitterness. **"Doverspike's Exploit"**: This references the real social activist Carrie Nation, who famously smashed bars and liquor establishments with an axe during Prohibition campaigns. Here, "Doverspike" is a female figure mimicking Nation by destroying a millinery shop and dry goods store, satirizing female reform activists as destructive troublemakers rather than serious reformers. **"How It Happened"**: A Western sketch about gunfight casualties told in dialect humor. The page's overall thrust mocks romantic sentimentality and, particularly, ridicules female activism by portraying women reformers as reckless vandals rather than legitimate advocates.
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JTRAIGHT FROM PARADISE. I haste to announce there has come to me A truly amazing discovery, By which I possess some news from heaven, Received last night at a quarter to ‘leven, When I was passing, with step sedate, A darksome nook by a neighbor s gate, And this is the way that the tidings ran, Which I will tell you as well as Tcan : “ My darling, darling!" ** My owny lamb!” “You're sure you love me?” “Of course I am !" “ My tender angel!" ** Don't squeeze “oo tight !" “+ T wish we could sit right here all night !” ck!) '* How sweet !" “*Are you sure you do?" t!" "*T-can hardly believe it’s true!” ** Was there ever anyone—else 2" ‘* Why, Jack! How ean you ask me!" ‘* Forgive me!" "(Smack !) ** My angel—darling—my precious—dear "— ‘+ Sn-h-h—what if papa should chance to hear!" ‘ou're sure you love me?” ** For all my life!" I'd die without you!" “* My little wife !"— Bat then, at a word from an opened door, The angel fled, and I caught no more, Yet, bearing me witness, there you'll find A sagging hammock she left behind, ROWIN L saBin. HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST IT. “* There is the house across the street where we first met.” Wait a minute.” ** What for?" Bennam —'' I want to kick the house down.” DOVERSPIKE’S EXPLOIT. COON SONGS IN BUGVILLE. . “THEY are calling Doverspike the Carrie Nation of Thompsonville.” Miss Srrincninn —"* Say, Professor Kroke, can you teach me a few coon * What about Doverspike ?” songs—the people will be getting tired of those stale old Spring carols.” “He took an axe and smashed a millinery-shop and a dry goods store.” HOW IT HAPPENED. Broxco Bit—"' Poor Dan! His extravagance killed him.” Grizzy Per How was dat?" Bronco Birt—"* He ft amped seven bullets into Wild Jack, wh Id ‘a? i wa ins ji im wit’ i pide eae ean eae ee Jack, when one would ‘a’ done de business, and when Crazy Calkins jumped fer him wit’ a bowie he comicbooks.com