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# Judge Magazine Political Satire Analysis This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **"Our Foreign Immigrants"** mocks various immigrant groups arriving at Castle Garden (the immigration processing center). The verses ridicule Italian organ-grinders, Chinese laborers, Irish immigrants, and English workers—a common Judge theme targeting the era's xenophobic anxieties about foreign workers and their perceived threat to American jobs and values. **"Coronation of King Kalakua"** satirizes the 1883 Hawaiian coronation of King Kalakaua. The piece offers mock-reverent "descriptions" of the ceremonies while making racist jokes about Hawaiian customs, foods (coconuts), and the supposed primitiveness of Hawaiian court life. The accompanying illustration shows figures in exaggerated dress, reinforcing period stereotypes. Both pieces reflect late-19th-century Judge editorial positions: nativist anxiety about immigration and racial condescension toward non-white populations. The humor relies on ethnic caricature and assumed reader prejudices now recognized as deeply offensive.
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OUR FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS, | Lrxcert 11 ven How 1 j When rr se folks will pardon who came In at Castle Ganten, re to relate their business mes the stark Itallan, who with his organ out Grins out, ated makes us shiver: ~ Stall we ree White bis monkey doth for pet + Importane Atel now like Sas 120 te a hatter there in Pran » weds him; then her ue makes it lan Tis the alinonsd-esed Chine 210 wash and polish, and high tariif rates atalisn, siistiesd yy M And next froma Cutea’a Teland doth esp Atl fds thes nggied, white the buyer oft bx our Kogitsh brothers, who, much smarter than o st ; CORONATION OF KING KALAKUA. | Special Cal nto (THe Jena | MINUTE DESCRIPTION 6P THE (EREMONIES COURT COSTUMES AND BANQUET Mawar, Saypween bstas IxTE se: exertement pery the kingdom at pre writing; all s over the coronation of the kins | en busy | been | | For weeks past, the palace servants hav 2 fattenin menn of éli aries, them, and iety here, as * they form the THE JUDGE. 3 much as ten cocoanuts, a collar button, atul a string of | indubzed in whilst his -majes ly picked shells haa ! al for a th jonary of the Bap: | his teeth with a hair-pin, the courtiers had an bight tist bree mhave worked | Want serimmage. At its conclusion theroyal ambu nd luborate court costumes, As Fig, woolen socks, prt rived from American nay nul socketies for the moral ele they were Immediately pounce for this ¢ Kalai er taking nantity of liquid corted to a privat lance was called into. requisitie each consi snnel VS. The king is fullof joy over the 11 the bospital full of courtiers, cushions and similar articles mot | aavie to Professional Beauties. Axo so Mes, Lilly Langtry and tittle Fre I have at last discovered the fa of rep | family circle. Mra, Langtry and Me Gebhard, it se ribly maligued in the wicked eity of Chicas, ly ment fron charaber te ecessity of the Iemijohn, he wa wpa tin their charming At noon hi m were so te jesty was able te keep Ins equlliiria with the abd of two chamberlain | and their actions were At Le, w. the regal pr cl feom the to the place of coronation, whieh was raed by the we almost frantic. At e sugested to Mrs, | Langtey the advisability of having a newsp papers there, Uh Valley, half ma per rv it and decayed fruit, The costumes were unique | one who might tame the uncivilized reports of the 1 the ext vher great 4 that who was once in the employ of Ade Igon, was alive in New York, and lov ary oy was Healesd with | rot her own, She naturally looked her was very warm, many wild weat, and she Mf the people carries th Freddie Sehwal We Minister | Laide N inet in full undress fat procession was I whl cavalry, tilled with patri Fredlie Is a newspaper reporter from his buots up followert by the hody- | that is, about 4 feet 3 inches high. He was quickly Woolen suck filled with aand, | Se8t for, and directed to set Mra, Langtry and Mr, Geb) which w hard right before Un that pair of volic of dleath at short notice. tie, oF, in ot After then: eatne the fattensd nti saven:ti nig doves as y and saintly as pros: the throng: they were sorry they coubin't taste them. t Mr. Gebhand should write a card for pnblication Ui thigne-booe trth was fore oe tala mmetoghert One venturesome loyal subject, w t C1 in the Chic y hewspapers, guaranteeing that it would And searn to panch the writer in the beal, turesome loyal subject, who atte al to cut a the Chie newspapers, guar. i i | jubendenvor'sn exptale. just whiy sty porte bwalii slice of live missionary, was at felled to the earth | also be te 2 Hap- 1 Evolved the lines which thep've In anger read, ay a stuffed sock. His widow and orphans carried bim | py tle The Lilly was in ecstasies. She would Ugase sou: then 1 Know soul tear no grader | Many similar trivial incidents occurred during the day of Kalakua, The and for brevity w jer fi and that gome ti kers b hetically zracefnl, some Campa ald have tilled the Kiralfy Brothers wwspaper misereant had set by publishing it, Th with, pl was Wife number 1 was clothed Is about her neck, wed Ina Number 3 had a string nt string, of Number 2 was rv ft Ha, els and an elaborate » Three cases pomry seck to my pair of socks Num other women were similarly clotted Nun quisition, was the | + FRep, Grmtarn, ed wore a pair o fancy Mr. Gebiord writin; that work of art bs 1 for publi befor hwab begged 1,000 pardons. He yer 27, however, who is his an: jesty’s latest wordt Me- » ofthe day, Mer costal sisted of a pair of rubber boots, a red flan nl with old ck: on her head she wore a castor plas. Mer fis tended, he said, to write the proposed card Gebhard. Th 1. the latter fell upon the Vin the | the former, and tears streamed adown each 6 shad-ltke back. This cand need not he reproduced in umns of Ti: Jcpor. It is a remarkable addi denee Mrs, Langtry’s: phi mi, however, to the current literature of the day, It was the eynosure of all eyes, By a remarka le coin aph THE PATRIOT. in that teats then le” OL FELLOW. 8 Ne air dint think Washington wert an satacr te 6A" Well, af alt the Hight places Washinaton in character of Rosalind just ar- | *8much as it attempts to xpression to Mr, Gel rived toalay, Ofcourse people rei | hand's surprise that any ene should imagine that his duct towards Mra, Lanytry had not been that entleman towards a lady, We call attention to this to show professional eanties how nec essary it is in this make comparisons e Ate who was dressed ina p the wives came t ir annel drawers, over which f xeiting age to have a newspaper graceful foble a white chetiseite, | fePorter in the house the work of some well-meaning New | (Newspaper reporters will please omit towers, We England Sewing Society; on his | Xecent theie thanks in advance. } head the king wore a lovely flow: ——_ ered sp wt. The court — _ followed the king in costumes of Tae i eoninany, ete, every description, froma pin to a air of striped stock Arrives | the lace of coronation, the high-priest of the sun_ placed ani intel als’ teeth nye fon his majesty Anal brow In the meanwhile the missionaries had we a martyrs crown, and Lay which follows e han- the corona Onions t with Bp Prvebeterian stutteat w MASHED, vroas ore, Wis noneeessary to remark that What a torety Agger. an’ shat a pity ite onty alcoholic liqnids were frequently stuged; (fit ieua ative Pa wari y itto-morrer.” comicbooks.com cate ee