Judge, 1889 · page 10 of 72
Judge — 1889 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This six-panel comic depicts a street hustle or con. One man shows another a cigar, claiming he can swallow it (panel 1: "See this cigar?"). The second man, intrigued, says "Presto!" (panel 2), then the first man actually swallows it (panel 3: "And here it is again, still lighted"). The con becomes clear in panels 4-6: the first man asks the victim to try the trick himself. The victim attempts it (panel 4), then spits it out violently (panel 5: "P—p—phew!"), discovering he's been tricked into swallowing a cigar. Panel 6 shows him at an ice-water station, grateful for relief. The joke satirizes gullibility and street scams—a simple trick where someone demonstrates a seemingly impossible feat, then dupes an onlooker into attempting it themselves. The victim's distress and need for water emphasizes the prank's unpleasant consequence.
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