Judge, 1895-03-02 · page 5 of 16
Judge — March 2, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains six separate satirical vignettes typical of late-19th/early-20th-century American humor: **"Easily Angered"** mocks Irish domestic servants through dialect humor—a common stereotype of the era. **"Seizing the Opportunity"** satirizes sensationalist journalism. A newspaper editor, desperate for content, exploits a sermon statistic about young men avoiding church to fabricate exaggerated claims in print—critiquing the "circulation-affidavit" (circulation fraud) practices of yellow journalism. **"Something Wrong Somewhere"** jokes about employment agencies placing unsuitable workers, specifically women from cities into farm labor. **"Shunned by the Sentimentalists"** mocks the public's morbid fascination with criminals, suggesting sympathy has vanished because no sentimental admirers are sending bouquets to a jailed man. **"A New Version"** uses rural dialect for rustic humor about maple-sugar production. **"A Terrible Blunder"** employs heavy Yiddish-accented dialect (typical of period immigrant humor) for a domestic accident story. The page reflects Judge's reliance on ethnic caricature and class-based humor.
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4133 EASILY ANGERED. Mrs, Torrtatte—"* Norah, did you tell the janitor that we wanted more heat up here ?* Noxan—" Oi did, mum ; an’ he foired up right away, bad ‘cess t’ his ugly pictur)!” SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY. HE circulation-affidavit maker of the Datly Hemisphere ran out of ideas, and in his extremity went to church, In the course of the sermon the preacher said, SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE. Farmer Chubbs—" That gal you got frum the city, M’randy, don’t know nuthin’.” M'randy (sadly) — “1 know that, Zach, But she ought to. I got her at one o” them intelligence-offices.” “Think, my brethren, that to-day out of every seven young men in the great cities of this Christian land only one is to be found in church.” And the affidavit-maker hastened home and worked And in the nest issue there were statements, duly sworn to, showing that the other six stayed hometo | Sc] 3<2 read the Daily Hemisphere, and that in the next issue they expected to have the seventh. SUPERFLUOUS, AND NOT REMOVED. _ _ Bvadne—So you have seen Mrs. Beard since her 7 return, And how was she looking ?” Angeline—* Much as usual; as if she hadn't shaved for a week.” SHUNNED BY THE SENTIMENTALISTS, A Jaitcvarden—"\ am beginning to think that perhaps that fel- Acow.sur, '0W isn't a murderer at all.” Assistant —" On what do you base your belief ?” Jaitewarden—" Why, there hasn't been a single bouquet sent him since his arrest.” A NEW VERSION. Aunt Jerushy (in maple-sugar camp, anxious- ly)—" Samanthy and ’Zekle—where be they ?” Uncle Nehemiah (vigorously stirring the syrup)—" There they be, t'other side o’ that rail fence, a-bilin’ an’ a-coolin’.” A TERRIBLE BLUNDER. —"' Kracious, fader ! vot fur you vhip Shakey so fur “Vhy, der lamp ubset in der shtore und dis fool—dis crazy poy—he pud id oud, so hellup me Aaron !" Mrs. ILamsersti Mr. HAMMERS comicbooks.com