Judge, 1899-03-25 · page 5 of 18
Judge — March 25, 1899 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces targeting Irish-Americans and related stereotypes: **"Lamentable Ignorance"** depicts an Irish immigrant mother beating her child for supposedly insulting Saint Patrick by questioning whether February 22nd (Washington's Birthday) was St. Patrick's Day—mocking Irish-Americans as ignorant of American civic traditions. **"A Queer Characteristic"** and **"Another Kind"** mock Irish speech patterns and drinking culture respectively: one jokes about a teacher's lisp, the other implies Ireland still produces whisky despite Saint Patrick's legendary removal of snakes. The bottom photograph, **"A Tale of a Terrier's Tail,"** appears unrelated humor about a dog. Overall, the page reflects late-19th/early-20th century American anti-Irish prejudice common in *Judge*, using crude stereotypes about Irish ignorance, accent, and alcohol consumption to entertain presumably non-Irish readership.
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LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE. Mr. KeLty—" What are you lickin’ little Patsy for?" Mus, Ketty— Why, he asked me if the twinty-second av February was Saint Pathrick’s day. The idea of insultin’ dear owld Saint Pathrick like thot !" A QUEER CHARACTERISTIC. ANOTHER KIND. NAS: in describing to the family her new teacher, who lisps, said, “She Biggs— Do you believe Saint Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland ?" purrs awfully funny when she speaks.” Boggs—" Certainly not. ‘They still make whisky there.” A TALE OF A TERRIER’S TAIL, comicbooks.com