Judge, 1893-09-02 · page 5 of 16
Judge — September 2, 1893 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple unrelated short humorous pieces typical of 1890s-era Judge magazine: **"To Portrait Painters"** offers practical advice: place mirrors so subjects see themselves looking their best, ensuring satisfied portrait clients. **"Playin' Injuns"** shows two children roleplaying Native American characters with exaggerated dialect humor common to the era—reflecting period attitudes toward Indigenous peoples. **"A Suggestion"** is a mild pun: suggesting "Ginger Pop" as a book title because "ginger pop is soft stuff" (weak/worthless). The remaining items are brief domestic comedies: couples discussing fish freshness, a workplace injury leading to insurance fraud, a swimming lesson, and a clam-bake scene. **The dialect humor and racial caricatures** throughout reflect Judge's satirical approach to ethnicity and social class—targeting immigrants, African Americans, and other groups through exaggerated speech patterns that modern readers would recognize as offensive stereotyping.
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TO PORTRAIT PAINTERS. E ARTISTS, who would have your pictures Less subject to the critics’ strictures, Will find, if you a mirror place ‘Where each fair sitter sees her face, She's ever looking at her best, Her eyes agleam with interest, While an expression of content With sweet serenity is blent ; To sit or stand she never tires, But holds the pose she most admires. Take this advice, add this attraction, Your portraits will give satisfaction. CRoncE ninpseve. PLAYIN’ INJUNS. Jnoue DooLey—" Will de Mornin’ Dew leave de wigwam uv her father, de great chief, an’ be de squaw uv Red Blood, an’ come an’ live wid him in his wigwam, an’ cook his game wot he ketches on de great perarie? Do de Mornin’ Dew luv de great hunter?" Cora Caszy—"' She do.” A SUGGESTION. ‘ *Say, Dawson,” said Rimer, “TI want a good title for my book of poems. Can you suggest anything appropriate?” “Yes. Why not call it “Ginger Pop’?” “What earthly significance has that?” “Ginger pop is soft stuff.” THEY FAILED TO CONNECT. Cumso—"1 didn’t see you at church on Sunday, Fangle.” Fangle—"\ wasn't there.” Cumso—"1 wasn't either. DANGERS OF THE DEEP. Perhaps that accounts for it.” ‘Caught by the undertow, THEIR FIRST DINNER AT HOME, She—"1 suppose the flavor of fish depends on whether it was caught in salt or fresh water.” He—Not altogether. It depends somewhat on how long the fish has been dead.” COMPENSATION ASSURED. Mr, Isaacs—"Oh, Moses, mine tear frent, dis vas too awful! You (e WASHINETV ROU IN THE SRIDE! proke your arm unt you got no aggsident bolicy.” Aust WavBack (af the art-museum) —" Well, well, I do declare! T Mr. Solomons—" Nefer. mindt, mine poy. So soon as I ged vell I ged never thought I'd ever sink so low as ter envy these naked, brazen staties.” me von owut, unt den I go preak me de oder arm. AT THE COTTON-HOLLOW CLAM-BAKE. Mr, Hexpee—‘‘All yo' needs t’ maik a good swimmah, Miss Littlejohn, DEACON RITTENHOUSE—"‘ Come asho’, yo" chil'n, De pahson am gwine s presince ob mind. Now when I says jump yo" jes’ jump, en I'll ketch yo." t' cut de watermillion,”” comicbooks.com