Judge, 1885-05-09 · page 11 of 16
Judge — May 9, 1885 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes Irish and European immigrants arriving at Castle Garden (New York's immigration processing center before Ellis Island). The central cartoon shows an Irish immigrant being processed, with the caption mocking his accent: "Ach! Vat o' dings...Dot foust heaf ony dew railroad? Aber we haf not such frost like dose by Cheraviy [Galicia]." The surrounding vignettes—"A Coming Dude," "A Coming Brewer," "Imported Idea of Woman's Rights"—stereotype immigrants as poorly dressed, uneducated laborers and radicals with foreign ideas about women's equality. The visual humor relies on caricature: exaggerated features, shabby clothing, and comical malapropisms. The "Social Etiquette" advice column provides contrasting content about upper-class behavior, implicitly positioning refined American society against crude immigrant newcomers. Judge magazine's satire reflects late-19th-century nativist anxieties about immigration and assimilation.
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Social Etiquette. A PEW POINTS FOR PEOPLE IN SEARCH oF CULTURE AND: you pleas todo when a st : ¢ her singing book in church when I do not wish to sing? Mi A [If the lady is young and | handsome, you should j'ine in, If she is to sing out of the same book, and im meeting, take hold putly and help her ont, pro- vided your breath is not too strong ofeloves. Your plea that | A FOREIGN PUz: you can’t sing is not to be taken ount, No one can, in rational singin, Pitch in and don’t be afraid. If your companion’s singing makes you fatigued, stop and whisper the compliments of the season. Re- member the fable of the Fox, the Crow, and the Meat. To the Etitor of The Judge Would it be proper for a groom to wear light trousers at a wedding where the ceremoney i e place at the house, and the bride is to wear a light silk dress? CW. [Yes, if the misfit dealer will | railroul? .k.—vinp THE MAN, _ THE JUDGE. IMPRESSIONS OF CASTLE GARDEN. Imaicrast (to Policeman)—" Ach! Vato dings, Dot foust heaf ony dew Aber we haf not such frost like dose by Cheraviy ~ a rent the light trousers as readily | asthe dark, It would be better, | | too, if the groom wore other gar- | | ments. It will not be proper to || stand up in your shirt-sleeves, || even if your bride is tobe dressed in white, — Custom does not re- quire an absolute correspondence of color of groom a either in cost r comp! gh it disapproves o} | | ? {- | CONDESCENSION OF THE AUTHORITIES | | THE NEW SPE OF LiBERTY | Mrs. Jones and family wher daughters, or sl ard be sent to each? here ure ald w sepa FA. hat dependson whether you want to inviteall the kids or not. i! verent nboling of development; to utter iggestive cries, if in arms; and they all eat like cormorants. | You had better, in any | count the cards first a on account of accounts or other | causes, comicbooks.com