Judge, 1900-05-19 · page 6 of 16
Judge — May 19, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces typical of early 1900s American humor: **"His Identity"** mocks the vagueness of introducing a new professor husband. The elderly farmer's confusion about what "kind" of professor the son-in-law is—listing absurd specialties like "corn-doctor," "balloonatic," and "sword-swallower"—satirizes how the title "professor" was loosely applied to various dubious practitioners and charlatans of the era. **"The Next Thing"** references the Boer War and British recruitment of Irish soldiers. The joke plays on the irony that after the war, the Boers' territory becoming "New Ireland" would be a strange reward for Irish service to Britain. **The bottom cartoon**, "The Influence of Civilization on the War-Dance," depicts a "Military Ball" with refined dances (waltzes, polkas) replacing a "War-Whoop Galop"—satirizing how European "civilization" was supposedly improving or replacing indigenous practices, reflecting contemporary imperialist attitudes. The humor throughout relies on wordplay, social pretension, and period-specific references to late Victorian/Edwardian society and colonial politics.
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made a good match of it an’ got a man of education an’ social standin’, if so be that he's a professor. I'm_-real glad ‘tis so, too.” “Waal, I don’t know,” said the old man shrewdly. “That depends a good deal, ‘cordin’ to my way of think- in’, on what variety of the species he belongs to, so to say. Theodosia didn’t tell me,an’ I forgot torask, wheth- er he is a dancin’-master, a corn-doctor, a piano-tuner, a prize-fighter, a hoss-physi- cian, a layer-on-of-hands, a balloonatic, a seventh son of a seventh son, a sword-swal- lower, a phrenologist, a bi- , ver hay ycle-rider, a magician, or an WOULDN'T IT JAR YOU? a e Witur Beerte—" Hurry, Jimmie! Get down from that straw- “Twill never play on your jar again.” : : berry-tree. Here comes the farmer.” HIS IDENTITY. : Te Next + *GECOND-cous : . ! G. P IN PHIL! - 2 1 o ff seTHE British,” re- DA'S youngest daugh- : = . . ie ; marked Fos- ter, Mary Ella, is mar- 1 dick, “are very grate- ried," Farmer Horn- coe é ful to the Irish soldiers beak announced upon z WiFi i K for their services in the his return from the vil- Ye : Boer war. lage. “ Niece Theodo- . . “1 understand,” sia stopped me as I was : XS : added Keedick, “that drivin’ along an’ told Ay, Ll tS . Z when the Boers’ terri- me to let you know 2 i ay a> \ é tory is reorganized into that she'd just got a ” j a crown colony it will letter from Okonk, TOUS ‘ig d é be called New Ire- where Philenda’s folks ) . . land.” live, sayin’ that Ma . 2 \ Z Ella was married week ty / Ze A PARADOX. before last to Profes- sor — er— er — Some- body—I don’t exactly recall what the name was.” “A professor?” re- FREE DENTISTRY. turned Mrs. Hornbe: i—** It do shtroike me thot yez is lookin’ moighty happy fur a mon ez hez jist recaved a dommed in a pleased tone. “1 Tome Lud Brown—"\'svery difficult to get one’s income up to one’s ex- penses, isn’t it?” Smith—" Ves; but it isn’t half so difficult as to get one’s ex- 112D—'* Oi'm falin’ happy. ‘Thot paste Murphy giv me on th’ mout’ knocked out a tooth » Penses down to one’s guess, then, that she’s * me frum shlapin’ fur a week.” income.” « 0 VES~R iy? GRAND SIX DAY 2 i MILITARY BALL |. ¥PSy, é a! Ih -7—~| LANCIERS MINUET. TWO- STEP. - Mn WALTZ. MILITARY SCHOTTISCHE, 4 0 BERLIN POLKA. WALTZ-QUADRILLE. |~ yo iy po >? ~ "| OXFORD MINUET. RAG-TIME WALTZ. ‘a “ ‘aa WAR-WHOOP GALOP. eh plies wa) | ~ Bn s AN —" 4 om THE INFLUENCE OF CIVILIZATION ON THE WAR-DANCE. comicbooks.com