Judge, 1894-11-24 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 24, 1894 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Explanation This page contains several humorous sketches satirizing working-class life and Irish immigrant experiences in turn-of-the-century America. **"Two Kinds of Employer"** contrasts generous and stingy bosses—one gives turkeys at Thanksgiving, the other gives nothing, not even notice before firing workers. **"He Proved It"** features Patrick Quinn (an Irish character indicated by his dialect and name), who gets beaten up by a "best man" at a hotel circus-tent wedding he crashed. The joke: he proves "best man" is accurate because the man beat him. **"Home Instruction"** shows Mr. O'Turk trying to teach young Patsy arithmetic. O'Turk repeatedly asks "how many is twice wan?" and Patsy keeps saying "wance" (once)—a joke about Irish pronunciation and possibly the boy's slowness. **"An Optical Delusion"** depicts a confused farmer mistaking someone for a "living picture" (theatrical performance). The satire targets Irish immigrants' limited education, their dialect speech, and working-class struggles with employment and social status.
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JUDGE HOME INSTRUCTION—GETTING If THKOUGI TWO KINDS OF HIS HEAD. EMPLOYER. 4 Trivvet —" My em- ployer always gives ev- ery employé a turkey at Thanksgiving.” Dicer —“Mine doesn’t. He never gives anything, not even a week's notice when he discharges a man,” “ CEREOUS,” Tommy Doormat — “ My sister sent me after the Indian-meal waltz.” thea onrgeceh ah Mr. O'Turk— How many is twice wan, Patsy?" have no such waltz.” Patsy—"* Oi can't get it troo me hi Tommy Doormat ¢ } “Why, yes, you have Here’s the way it goes. (Whistles.) Music-dealer — Oh, you mean the Corn-flow- er waltz.” Tommy Doormat — “What's the difference?" HE PROVED IT. vith both eyes blacked, face d gener ») the matter wid yure “CROSSED IN LOVE.” (Patrick Quinn enters ai cut, battered nose and demorali: —" Shure, phwat' Sorra th’ day, Bridget. Oi was joost down shtrate, an’ Oi kem to th’ Foorth-avenoo ho- . tel they had a circus-tint out over th’ soidewalk an’ Mr. O'TurK brussils carpit from th’ curbstone, phwere th’ carriages ‘hot soles PART 5s droive oop, clane to th’ front shteps. Oi was anxhious : . to see phwat was goin’ on, so in Oi goes an’ oop the front shtairs, an’ be th’ looks av things in gineral Oi supposed there was goin’ to be a weddin’, so Oi tho’t O¥'d sit mesilf down comfortably an’ wait fer th’ arri- | val av th’ guists. Oj hadn't been dropped into a big | ar-rm-chair more thin foive minutes before oop cooms ; a jude wid pickadially patent-leather shoes an’ his ha-air parted in th’ middle, an’ he had on phwite kid looves an’ a claw-hammer coat, an’ he walked uroond there as’ tho’ he owned th’ place. My prisince th’ room seemed to be obnoxious to him, so sez Oi, *Who th’ divil be yor an’ he sez, sez ‘e, ‘Oi'm th’ bist man,’ an’—an’ by gor, Bridget, shur’ nuff, he was !"" * How many toimes did Oi hit you * An’ thot toime, Patsy 2" Patsy—" Wance. Mr. O'TuRK on yer head ? Now, thin, how many is twice wan?” hink AN OPTICAL DELUSION kaiek—"* Waal, by gosh ' that must be one of the livin’ pictur’s I've heerd Mx. O hot's roight, Patsy. There's d'the : makin’ av a foine scholar in you.” comicbooks.com