Judge, 1902-02-15 · page 4 of 16
Judge — February 15, 1902 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces and poetry rather than a unified political cartoon. **"Imprisoned"** appears to reference a prisoner held in a locket—likely social commentary on confinement or constraint, though the specific reference is unclear. **"Judge's Favorites"** and other verse sections are romantic poetry with conventional late-Victorian sentiments about love and courtship. **The theater interior illustration** shows an architect's perspective, with dialogue mocking decorative excess—satire of architectural pretension. **"Worse Than a Cattle Stampede"** (bottom) depicts a chaotic bargain sale with crowds trampling each other. The caption jokes that a stampede is preferable to a shopping frenzy—satirizing the frenzied consumerism and undignified behavior of bargain hunters, particularly women, which Judge magazine frequently mocked as absurd social excess.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. FLORENCE ROCKWELL. Oh, Florence! in our hours of ease, ‘When naught our joy retards, We know that you are quite the cheese In“ D'Arcy of the Guards.”* Long may success with you abide ‘To make the play-house storm Whene'er upon the scene you glide, A bird of grace and form. No wonder that you twist askew The dude that Isn't dead Until he fondly buys for you ‘The rose that’s ripe and red. Long may you wave, oh, dream divine! Of millionaires and bards, And like a star at midnight s ni“ D'Arcy of the Guards." OVE may laugh at lock- smiths, but Hymen, the greatest of all locksmiths. has the last laugh. IMPRISONED. WITHIN this golden locket, secure from prying ¢: Is held a silken ringlet—a prisoner— my prize. “Tis not because of mischief you're fastened in this place; It's simply you are treasured— a lock that fell from Grace ITS SIGNIFICANCE. Bobby—" Mother, what's that black band around Mr. Jenks’s arm for?” Mother —" Hush, dear! he might hear y Mrs Jenks is dead is a sign ‘of mourning.” Bobby —"Oh! 1 thought p'r’aps it to keep the cat- erpillics from crawling up his body.” AS TO LOVERS. has said that a!l the world a lover. That's quite true; IT WAS OVERDONE. Tne architect—"* What do you think of the decoration on this ceiling?” Te wac—* Somewhat overdone, isn't it?” ~|BarcaIns| WORSE THAN A CATILE STAMPEDE. Cow-runcner (caught in the jam, to his pard)—"* Say, Jimmy, if 1 git out of this alive I'll never get caught in another stampede without my pony.” A TERRIBLE FATE. "Do you know what happened to the two little eggs? Well, one was a good little egg and went into an angel-cake, and the other was a bad little egg and got mashed on an actress.” TWO VALENTINES IN ONE. GHE GAZES into sparkling that laughingly look b ac She notes the sheen upon the hair, so. silky, soft and bk : ‘Those tender curves about the mouth, the dimple in the chin, A nose retroussé just a mite, and olive-tinted skin! Well might she gaze upon that face, so fair, to her so dear; She knows it in’cach changing mood, its every smile and tear! She loves her charming vis-’- vis, that winsome’ little lass, For ‘tis her own reflection as she stands before her glass! MARKED DOWN | SALA ae comicbooks.com