Judge, 1899-07-29 · page 10 of 16
Judge — July 29, 1899 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's content: **"Uncle Si" cartoons** (top left): A two-panel joke where a rural character buys a bathrobe for bathing comfort, then immediately regrets it—likely satirizing farmers' unfamiliarity with urban/refined goods, or the impracticality of fancy items for working-class people. **"The Awakening"** (center/right): A rural romance narrative where a young farm boy is embarrassed after being photographed sitting next to a girl named Nelly Gale. He denies liking her while clearly smitten, and resolves to buy shoes and stockings to impress her when she visits from New York—satirizing rural courtship customs and social anxiety about appearing unsophisticated to city visitors. **"Bound to Go"** (bottom): Two working-class characters discussing attending the Paris Exposition, with one determined to attend "if I hev ter count ties all de way"—satirizing working-class aspiration and the lengths people would go to attend prestigious events. The dialect and characterizations reflect period stereotypes about rural/working-class Americans.
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1, UNcLE S1—"* Gee! I'm glad I bought this bath- robe. Now I kin take a bath in comfort.” 2. Uncte St (at Ais hotel an hour later)—** Vil be blamed if I see the advantage of these here things. Thad my money back." MORAL ACCURACY. THOUGH she was ignorant she pointed the moral very plainly as she read, “The Lord smote the Highty-tighty, that he ." ("The Hittite that he died.) DISAPPOINTING. Dorothy (who was much troubled that only the front of their new house’ had been shin- gled with narrow strips of fancy shingles) —" Don’t you think it would look better, papa, if the house had been ruffled all the way ‘round ?” DISCOURAGEMENT. oe HAT'S the matter with WwW Rymer?” asked Colling- wood. “He seems dejected.” “He has been rhyming * Penelope’ with ‘ canteloupe’ all his life, and he has just discov- ered his mistake.” THE AWAKENING Now, paw, you stop ; an’ Bill, you quit, "Aat Wal, don’t you git chatin" T tell yer “twa'n't my fault a bit, When they wuz photographin’, ‘Thet T clum on the farm-yard rail— Let up, Ben, er I'll fix yer !— An’ set down side uv Nelly Gale An’ got took in her picture. She ain'¢ my girl! I don'¢ blush red, ‘An’ / don't think she’s pretty ! Besides, she likes a boy named Fred, What lives up in the ci Me laughin’? Yes, an’ you'd’a’ laughed, An’ snickered like a gilly. Jes’ wait till you git photographed, T bet ‘at you'll feel silly } vie = yor BOUND TO GO. Grimey Gait —“Are yer goin’ ter de Paris expersition, Teddy ?” Teppy Tavvreaxs—“Am I goin’? Why, I'm a-goin’ ter dat Paris expersition if I hev ter count ties all de way.” Say, won't they, maw? An’ maw, see here! Don’t let ‘em hear us talkin’, But ain't my picture kinder queer Without no shoe or stockin’ ? An’ Nelly kinder drops her eye, An’ wants me further from her— Say, maw, you know thet dollar I Be'n savin’ up all summer? You know it's all my own to use ; Well, you jes’ take thet dollar An’ you buy me a pair 0° shoes An’ stockin’s an’ a collar, An’ then nex’ year when she comes down You bet them city fellers Thet Nelly knows in New York town Hed better feel some jealous ! AIS Bein; b Dow Heb Me cas Telli« Ned th Upon p ' Who We de And w comicbooks.com