Judge, 1892-08-06 · page 10 of 18
Judge — August 6, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical sketches typical of Judge's late 19th/early 20th-century content: **"Well Cleaned"** and **"On the Pier at Coney Island"**: These mock Jewish immigrants using Yiddish-inflected English dialect humor. Jacob and Isaac discuss avoiding paying for bathhouse services at Coney Island—stereotyping Jews as cheap and keen on getting something free. This reflects period attitudes toward Eastern European Jewish immigrants. **Marine Painting joke**: A straightforward gag about oil and water not mixing, with a follow-up punchline about cheap workmanship. **"The Jew's First Lesson in Typewriting"**: A visual pun showing a Jewish typist repeatedly hitting the dollar sign ($) key—reinforcing the stereotype that Jewish people are obsessed with money. **"Tempus Mutanter"**: A wordplay title satirizing widows who remarry, moving from poverty ("weeds") to comfort ("clover"). The page reflects Judge's reliance on ethnic stereotyping, particularly anti-Semitic caricature, as standard satirical fare.
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WELL CLEANED. Cnorus—"* Well, that's a regular cinch for us!" ON THE PIER AT CONEY ISLAND. Jacob Levy (in the centre of a large crowd, waiting for the boat)— “Suffering Moses! but it vas hot here. It vas just like a Roossian bath.” Tsaac Cohen—"'Sb-h! don'dt say a vird. You're gittin’ it fer nothin’, Dey cost a tollar in New York.” WHEN we view marine paintings oft failures we see, For water and oil can so seldom agree, (One tocek later) —"* There's no depending on cheap work.” Lusier (the tramp, to professor natural history)—"* What yer lost, pard?” PROFESSOR NATURAL IiStorY—" Why, I saw a very curious sort of a snake here just a minute ago,” Lusier (who has seen curious repel too, in very ated tones)—"* Ye ain't a-tryin’ t' find him agin, are ye, pard TEMPUS MUTANTER. TO MARRY well the widow needs, Uer troubles then are over. Before she only lived in weeds; ‘Thereafter lives in clover. WHY NOT? Cawker—" What is this pair of spectacles worth ?” Jeweler —" Three dollars.” Cawker—*Can't you knock off half because I'm blind in one eye?” THE JEW'S FIRST 1.ESSON IN TYPEWRITING; OR, THR KRY HE NEVER COULD LEAVE. S$$HSSSSHSS$S SSSSSH$$SHS SSSSHHSSSS SSS$SHSH$S$S$S LLL LL LLL) comicbooks.com