Judge, 1897-09-11 · page 8 of 16
Judge — September 11, 1897 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page collects satirical one-liners mocking various regions and situations. The "Missionary" and "Creepy Luxe" exchange jokes about Iceland's darkness. The "Iceland Hunter" regrets shooting a bear while using shooting chutes (water slides), a pun on recreational activity. "Kaki" quips that Inuit people need warmer climates to justify purchasing expensive seal-skin coats—satirizing wealthy Americans' excuse-making for luxury purchases. "Chief Cackrac" appears to reference Native Americans, with a settler joke about ice harvesting. The "Dog" lament about trolleys replacing horses reflects contemporary anxiety over technological displacement of workers and animals during the 1890s-1900s Industrial Age. The cartoons use ethnic caricatures and stereotypes typical of *Judge* magazine's era, mocking both foreign peoples and American consumer culture and labor disruption through exaggerated dialogue.
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Missionary—"' And $0 you admit that your o countrymen are irretrievably in the dark Crerey Luxe—‘* Well, I should say so! The sun don't, shine here only once in six months. Tcxtanp ROWTER “* As far as shootin; chutes is concern Tm sorry I shot the bear.” Kaxi—"; Where are you going to spend the summer 7 * T'll have to go to some place where it is warmer or my y wife will be kicking for a new seal-skin sacque to call the game square.” Cuter Cacxrac—"Dorgthy ! drop «1 never handle soap again. GR some stakes a settler’s claim to some of fe before i those New York ice baross\ they get as bergs.”” Dos (crying)—"* I heard that the trolley had done away with the horses, and now my job is gone,” COPYRGNT 1897 BY THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPARY CF MEW YORK OVERHEARD BY JUDGE'S EX*LORE comicbooks.com