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This page from Judge contains several short humor pieces satirizing early 20th-century American society: **"Re-Union"** references post-Civil War reconciliation—"blue and gray" eyes symbolize Union and Confederate reuniting through romance. **"Those Dear Girls"** and **"Better Game"** joke about women's materialism and cheating at cards for social gain. **"What He Had Seen"** compares the Panama Canal construction and Congressional spending as examples of waste—contemporary political critiques. **"Reflections of a Spinster"** offers cynical observations on marriage and women's virtue, reflecting period anxieties about matrimony. **The Doolan series** depicts Irish immigrants (indicated by dialect spelling like "Oi" and "Yez") struggling with household pests—a class-based humor common in Judge, playing on immigrant stereotypes. **"Realism in Art"** makes a simple dentist pun. **"A Reasonable Request"** contains racial stereotyping typical of the era, depicting an African chief requesting canned missionaries during hot weather. The overall tone reflects Judge's satirical approach to contemporary social issues, gender roles, immigration, and racial attitudes.

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RE-UNION. Olay seth.) ER eyes are of the sea’s deep blue, And his of earnest gra It seems a most befitting To plight their troth this day— When blue and gray again unite ‘And love alone holds sway. “TWOMAS Hl, WILSON, THOSE DEAR GIRLS. Mabel—" Did you know that Lucy has a frame of iron?” Lena—* No; but I noticed that her last dress fitted better.” TTT A BETTER GAME. Mrs, Crawford—" Where did Mrs. Bon-Ton get all the pieces of => = bric-i-brac?” AAAI IAA SPOROAA Mrs, Crabshaw—" She used to be a kleptoma- YES, HE WAS CLOSE. niac, but since she learned to cheat at bridge whist Zuzvsu curer—" Is he as mean as that?” she wins them as prizes.” Princess Rosatiz—"* Mean! Why, when he got engaged it was to the armless woman, so he wouldn't have to buy an engagement-ring.’ REALISM IN ART. DENTIST lived in our town Who did his work so fine, ‘That everybody said he was An artist in his line, And it was right that people should The dentist's praises sing, For when he drew a tooth it looked Just like the real thing, WILLIAM J. LAMFTON. A REASONABLE RE- QUEST. African chief~"\s my white brother going to send any mission- aries to my kraal this year?” Agent — Certainly, Glad to find you interested. Have you any requests to make?” African chicf—"Ves, During WHAT HE HAD SEEN, the extremely hot weather I would Mrs, Newnywep—‘tAm I the most wasteful thing you ever saw, dear?” like to have you send them canned.” Of course not, pet. I have seen the Panama Canal and a billion-dollar Congress.” REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. OUTINE is matrimony's deadliest foe. Man idolizes modesty, yet at once seeks to dethrone it. Proximity will bear the market of any man’s persomal stock. A jealous husband sees a rival in every man with whom he is thrown in contact, It is a miracle how the T. Mrs. Dootan—" We kin niver dhrive out these flies, Constant suppression of na- Yez'll hov to buy some fly-paper, Moike.”" [Oo a 2. Mr. Dooran (leading up the family cow)—" Is nary a ture came to be called virtue. tly-paper Oi'll be afther shpendin’ a’cint for.” Fifteen generations of model husbands and wives would produce deaf men and blind women. A. woman's reputation for inconstancy is more fre~ quently gained by satiety than fickleness. Few memories are more poignant than those of love- letters written to one we have ceased to admire, Every woman has been called beautiful by some man. 3. Mas, DooLan (as Mike leads the cow in)—" Hivins, TMS alone Proves the disre- “QA. Dootaw (as Ac leads the cow out again, plus flict} Moike! Ameriky is not ould Oireland. Yez can't be afther Sard of the sex for truth, “Now, be afther shuttin’ the shcrane-door an’ yez'll riade no makin’ a shtable of the house.” YADA AGNEW. fly.paper.”* LEADING IS SOMETIMES BETTER THAN DRIVING. comicbooks.com