Judge, 1893-07-29 · page 16 of 16
Judge — July 29, 1893 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This two-panel satirical cartoon mocks Southern pretension and cowardice. In the top panel, a boy warns patrons at a Georgia saloon that a woman outside threatens to cause trouble if "the colonel" doesn't leave immediately. The humor plays on the Southern tendency to use grandiose military titles—the caption's punchline, "They Are All Colonels in Georgia," suggests that every man in Georgia claims the rank of colonel. The bottom panel shows the comedic payoff: all the supposed "colonels" scramble frantically out the rear door in panic, undignified and fearful. The satire targets both the inflated self-importance of Southern men and their actual lack of courage when confronted by a determined woman. This reflects late 19th-century Northern attitudes mocking the South's pretensions and post-Civil War vanities.
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Georgia saloon )—‘* There's a woman out in front says that if the colonel don’t mosey home at once she will come in here and raise old Cain, Boy (entering — and make things infernally hot for him. The rear door five seconds later. THEY ARE ALL COLONELS IN GEORGIA. comicbooks.com