Judge, 1900-06-02 · page 16 of 16
Judge — June 2, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Where His Family Were"):** A beggar claims poverty to a benevolent woman, yet reveals his family scattered across America's elite institutions (Harvard, Vassar) and Paris. The satire mocks either: (1) a fraudulent beggar concealing wealth, or (2) absurdly misplaced priorities—spending on expensive education and European travel while claiming destitution. It satirizes social pretension and financial hypocrisy among the supposedly poor. **Bottom Cartoon ("How He Won Her"):** This appears to mock courtship through crude flattery and racial caricature. A man compliments a woman by proposing to set a diamond in a cavity of her front tooth. The satire targets both ridiculous romantic gestures and, given the exaggerated facial features and dialect ("Ef," "hab"), relies on now-offensive racial stereotyping common to period humor. The joke hinges on absurd vanity and hollow romantic rhetoric. Both cartoons employ social satire typical of *Judge*'s commentary on class, wealth, and courtship conventions.
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WHERE HIS FAMILY WERE. BrnzVvoLENT LADY—"' You say you have a wife and six children? Where are they?” Beccar—" I'm all alone. My boys are at Harvard, my girls are at Vassar, and my wife is in Paris visiting the exposition.” HOW HE WON HER, Mr, Jim Jackson—" Ef I owned de Kohinoor diamond, dearest "—— Miss Luiv Siurson—" Y-yes, honey?” Mx. Jim JACKSON—" I would hab it set in dat cavity in yo'r front tooth to add an added brilliancy to yo'r angelic smile.” comicbooks.com