Judge, 1900-06-02 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 2, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical cartoons and jokes typical of Judge's format: **"Two at a Time"** satirizes African American wedding customs through dialect humor, portraying a rural couple repurposing a cake-walk prize as a wedding cake—reflecting period racial stereotypes. **"A Pleasant Practice"** presents a heavenly dialogue contrasting comfort (modern halos) with historical burden (medieval armor), likely commenting on progress versus tradition. **"The Rural Humorist"** jokes that a farmer names his horse "Filipino," punning on the horse always "running away"—referencing the Filipino-American War (1899-1902), when American forces pursued Filipino insurgents. The humor relies on conflating Filipinos with flight/resistance. **"Inadvertent"** offers simple slapstick: a bird swallows a clock and regrets it when the alarm activates. **"An Optical Scare"** presents two women mistaking ducks for fashionable accessories, mocking vanity and visual confusion. The page exemplifies Judge's mix of social satire, racial caricature, and period-specific political references now requiring historical context.
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S mS So AA sae TWO AT A TIME. “ Well, Aunt Eunice, I heah yo" has bin marryin’ off one ob yo'r daughters.” ‘Lan’, yes! She won a cake at de cake-walk de udder night ; so she dun _CATERPILLAR—""Oh, ma! there goes Willie Bee, He's killed two birds wid one stone an’ used de same cake fo’ her weddin’-cake. taking all the honey from our garret.”” A PLEASANT PRACTICE. HE trouble with everything up here,” remarked the val in Elysium, “is that it is not practical nor progressive.” “Ah, that may be true,” replied a shade who had been a citizen of the place ever since the fif- teenth century. “Still, things are very comfort- able. It is much more sat- isfactory to wear a cool, airy halo than it is to car- ry around on one’s per- son a hundred-pound suit of steel armor.” THE RURAL HUMORIST. Farmer Dunk (to his nag) —* Whoa, there, Filipino! Whoa, confound you!” Farmer Hayroob—" That's a funny name fer a hoss, Why in tunkett do ye call him Filipino?” Farmer Dunk—" B'cuz he's always INADVERTENT. runnin’ away.” THE ADJUTANT-BIRD—"* I wouldn't have swallowed the blooming clock if I'd known the alarm was set.” AN OPTICAL SCARE. Op Lapy—" Dear me! just see that dreadful woman under that para- «Say, ain't dem jes' lovely? Dey belongs to de girl w't's paddlia' in dat sol!” ool. comicbooks.com