Judge, 1906-06-02 · page 5 of 16
Judge — June 2, 1906 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon satirizes upper-class pretension about masculinity and domesticity. A well-dressed man (labeled "Mr. Younghusbandβ€"") sits at a dining table while his wife speaks to him. The caption quotes her saying a "perfect gentleman" is one with "a good butcher, my love?" and that when ordering a four-pound roast, he always sends one "weighing six or seven." The joke targets gentlemen who cheat or deceive in domestic transactions—they present themselves as morally upright in social settings while engaging in petty dishonesty about household purchases. The satire mocks the contradiction between Victorian ideals of gentlemanly honor and actual middle/upper-class behavior in everyday commercial dealings.
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A PERFECT GENTLEMAN. Mr. Younchussano—"' Have you a good butcher, my love ?” Wire—""A perfect gentleman, darling. When | order a four-pound roast he always sends one weighing six or seven.”