Judge, 1884-10-25 · page 14 of 16
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This cartoon satirizes the contradictory nature of cheap whiskey production. A child asks a bartender how he makes whiskey "sour," and the barkeep explains his process: he adds whiskey first (to make it "strong"), then water (which weakens it), then sugar (making it sweet), and finally more elements that make it sour. The joke's point: the bartender is creating a deliberately balanced mixture of opposing qualities—strong yet weak, sweet yet sour—essentially admitting he's masking poor-quality whiskey with additives. The child's final observation ("what a queer world this is—of how people jump from one extreme to the other, even in a drink") exposes the absurdity: legitimate whiskey shouldn't require such chemical gymnastics. This reflects turn-of-the-century concerns about adulterated spirits and questionable bartending practices, presented through innocent-child-questions-authority humor typical of *Judge* magazine's satirical approach.
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