Judge, 1900-03-17 · page 7 of 20
Judge — March 17, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge (circa 1900) contains multiple satirical sketches mocking rural and urban life of the era: **"The Reason"** depicts a farmhand's complaint about a city visitor who overstayed his welcome, ate the farm's produce, and stole souvenirs—a common theme satirizing city folks' poor manners in rural settings. **"Celebrating the Day"** features thick German-dialect speech mocking immigrant laborers, showing a worker bragging about defrauding a customer through lies about clothing quality—stereotyping immigrants as dishonest. **"The Only Mystery"** jokes that London's young men wearing bracelets should have been arrested, implying such adornment was socially unacceptable or associated with criminality. The other sections ("Did His Part," "She Had to Get Well," "All in the Game") are brief satirical quips on human nature and social pretense. Overall, the page reflects Judge's approach: gentle mockery of class differences, ethnic stereotypes, and social conventions of Gilded Age America.
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THE REASON.- oe HAT made the WwW city feller that was puttin’ up there leave your farm?” in- quired Farmer Pry. “One reason was b'cuz his puttin’ up was* allina visitory—if such aterm is grammatical —or tive-on-us-and- not-pay-a-cent-atory, instead of financial, sense,” replied honest Farmer Summerboard. “He also ett up all of the early lettuce, the newest onions, the freshest eggs, the most pert and forward spin- Cébyricht, sgao, by Judge Company. ach, and so forth; and when he took his de- parture he also took and filled his grip-sack with the sea- shells off'n the what-not that Uncle Seth Pine brought fiom the Friendly islands the last voyage before he was THE EXCEPTIONS. Mus, RentHunteR—" Do you allow children in these flats?” Janitor—" Nobody's but me own, ma’am." \ DID HIS PART. *¢(CHUMPLEY is a fellow of strong determination. Anything he begins he carries through.” “Does, ch?” “Yes, indeed. Even when he had planned to elope with Maud Blunders and her father discovered the plot he did not hesitate—he eloped alone.” ALL IN THE GAME. HE man who takes a ball too mach ‘And goes upon a bat Is very sure to lose his base ‘And knock his home-run flat, SHE HAD TO GET WELL. Mrs, Nurvus—"Do you think I'm going to die?” Dr. Young" Dear me! I os hope not. I haven't lost a pa- CELEBRATING THE DAY. Venti yet, and to) save!my life T Fader, I lied to dot feller aboud dot coat, vest und pants I solt him. Dot's t'ree lies dis morning.” _—- don't believe I could make out a Call him pack und tell him dese oxpenders haf gold buckles und make it Jew lie der fouith.” that if he didn’t put up he couldn't put up—the first in my hand and the second at our house’ And so he went away. I’kinder s'pose, all things con- sidered, that the biggest and most prominent reason why he left the farm was that he couldn't take it with him.” lost at sea, I sort of told him i ' THE ONLY MYSTERY. Fravep Factn (reading)—'* Most ail de young bloods in London is wearin’ bracelets.” Copyright, 1900, by Judce Company. Weary Wittiz—* Well, it’s a mystery to me dey hain’t all bin arrested long before dis.” tom comicbooks.com