Judge, 1893-06-03 · page 5 of 16
Judge — June 3, 1893 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of late-19th-century American humor: **"The Best of It"** uses racist dialect humor about enslaved people competing over a coat—a reflection of the magazine's era and audience prejudices. **"At the Litestein Wedding-Reception"** stereotypes Jewish people as unscrupulous pawnbrokers, a common antisemitic trope of the period. **"Shoving the Queer"** references counterfeiting ("queer" = counterfeit money); a police officer's wife warns a criminal to avoid her neighborhood. **Other items** include mild wordplay ("Luxury in the Coal-Yard," "Kill It Some More") and what appears to be a reference to Grover Cleveland and a political figure named Thurber, though the specific context is unclear. **"The Hoop in Africa"** depicts an African queen in Western fashion—colonial-era humor mocking "primitive" peoples adopting European styles. The page reflects Judge's satirical approach: ethnic stereotyping, political jabs, and social commentary through caricature and dialect—humor that relied on prejudices now recognized as offensive.
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THE BEST OF IT. FLakaway Joxes—"* Look heah! dat coat look mighty like de one Colonel Ledpepper done promise me. Tuomas JeFFERSON—" Well, sah, "spose it do? Ain't de colonel herd dat I done gwine t' marry wif dat yaller gal Cicely? Doan’ yo" "spose he wan’ t' promulgate de ‘ficiousness ob de ‘cashun wif a present Fiakaway Jongs—' But, yo’ big brack nigger! I'se gwine t marry wif dat gal mysel ‘THOMAS JEFFERSON—" Mebbe yo' is. But I’se got de coat.” AT THE LITESTEIN WEDDING-RECEPTION, Ong oF THE GuESTs—** Look here, Litestein, aren't those diamonds in the bride’s ears the ones I pawned with you yesterday 7” Lrrestein—"t'S.s-sh! Yaas. I lets her vear dem so no moths geds in dem. She gifs dem pack all righd.” SELF-EVIDENT. SeTHE United States senate isn't what it used to be,” said Hawkins, “The days of Seward and Webster are gone.” “Of course they have,” said Phillips, “You wouldn't have had those days preserved in alcohol, would you?” LUXURY IN THE COAL-YARD. First tramp—" Xi, Bill! you're lyin’ on anthra- cite.” Second tramp—"1 know it. What's wrong?” First tramp—" Well, come over here. I've just struck a lot of soft coal.” SHOVING THE QUEER. Shure, Mrs, Brady, but phwhat a shame thot th’ darlint should be so uncom- i i'm sorry fur yez, ‘pon me wur-rd.”” Boggs. Wasn't it jist yisterday thot me husband, phwhat's a perlice-officer an’ a gintleman, tould me thot you’se had betther kape aff th’ shtrates wid yer mangled-face brat or you'se would be taken in fer shovin’ th’ queer. KILL IT SOME MORE. A WRITER for the Contributors’ clab of the Addantic says it is time to drop the “Esquire” in addressing gentlemen by letter. The word in that connection has been dead at least ten years, and ought to be revived and killed again. EXPLAINING KINSHIP. Curly Cuero—"Yes, sit-ree! Jake Hogwaliow was about the meanest skunk we ever had in Texas, barring his cousin once removed.” Jim Waco—* What do you mean by ‘his cousin once removed Curly Cuero—" Taken out of jail and strung up for horse-stealing.’ THE TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE, Grover—" How is everything this morning, Mr. Thurber?” Thurber—\ don't know. It doesn’t seem to me that I shall like this job.” Grover—" Well, if you give it up you will have to go back to Michigan, won't you?” Thurber (resignedly)—" I'll stay.” THE HOOP IN AFRICA. “* What—what—what "—— Queen Gaxrso—'' It is the very latest, dear, And so cool and comfortable !" comicbooks.com