Judge, 1895-05-25 · page 10 of 16
Judge — May 25, 1895 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical items typical of early Judge magazine: **Top comic:** "It Caught On Too Much" mocks a fashionable gentleman ("Chollie") whose affectation of carrying a walking stick became so popular that he abandoned it—a joke about trend-chasing vanity. **"Darktown Telegram" section:** Racist humor using dialect stereotypes. The "bulletin board" format parodies newspaper notices with jokes about Black life, including references to China (likely the Boxer Rebellion), social climbing, and mispronunciation of words. **"His Generosity":** A working-class morality tale about a drunk man promising puppies he doesn't own, illustrating irresponsibility and his wife's burden supporting the household. **Other brief pieces:** "A Bottom Fact" jokes about a professor assuming students are charter club members; "A Misnomer" plays on names; "Overworking" depicts Weary Willie and Weary Ives (recurring tramp characters) with humor about laziness and eating slowly. The page reflects Judge's mix of class commentary, ethnic caricature, and slapstick humor typical of American magazines circa 1900s-1910s.
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IT CAUGHT ON TOO MUCH. Chollie used to carry his stick like this — —bdut he— — doesn't — --any more. BULLETIN-BOARD OF THE DARKTOWN “ TELEGRAM.” RT item — Anybody dat wants China fired better apply to de Japanese. Trade—Business am lookin’ up an’ seberal business men hab gone up. A soft snap—De ginger one dat is packed wid de pickles at de lawn fate. Washington Smiff—Your poem on Chicago am rejected ; de feet am too large. Emma G.—No, | ain't heer'd of no crowned heads wearin’ bloomers. Dey goes on de oder w: Student—Ef yo’ is eatin’ it yo" pronounce it pork, but ef yo’ was dealin’ in it in Chicago yo" would pronounce it pawk, Augustus — Yes, de prince ob Wales is comin’ ober in May, an’ seberal young men in New York has cut deir throats wid de crease in deir pants. Advertiser — De sworn circulation ob de Telegram am eight hundred an’ fifty, an’ we am swearin’ yit. HIS GENEROSITY. OLD SYLVESTER liked spirituous beverages; in fact, he was “in his cups” more than half the time. Getting a living for his wife and himself never A BOTTOM FACT. seemed to trouble him very much, so long as “the old woman” took in wash- Dotinc MoTieR— ‘Tell me, professor; is’ my son a deep ing, did house-cleaning in the neighborhood, and, when times were propitious, student?” Goi Weer pee Be dae eee the sale of a pup or two added to their slender income. One day his wife, hear- borrare ing him promise a pup to a man stopping at the fence for a visit, called him to come into the house. Sneaking in, he was accosted sharply, A MISNOMER. “Sylvester, 1 heard you promise that man a pup. Do you know you have Miss Shorthair —“ You'd never think our young-woman’s already promised twenty-one? What do you mean by it?” club had been in existence twenty years, would you?” “Well.” he drawled, “what harm is it? It’s a darned mean man that won't Professor Longhair —* \ndeed | would, and it seemed to promise a pup.” op, me that every one at the meeting must be a charter member.” OVERWORKING. Weary Ives—" Willie, if you don't stop working so hard you'll have a relapse ; that’s certain.” Weary WILLIE (incr edulous)—" Me work ?” Weary Ives—"'Cert; I never seen a feller chew his food as long as you do.” comicbooks.com