Judge, 1900-09-15 · page 16 of 16
Judge — September 15, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("An International Calamity"):** Two working-class men—Jim Uppercut and Bill Slambang—complain that Chinese Boxers are getting more newspaper coverage than they are. This satirizes the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China, suggesting American newspapers' fixation on foreign conflicts overshadows domestic news and working-class concerns. **Bottom Cartoon ("An Old Story"):** Two Irish-American women (Mrs. O'Reagan and Mrs. O'Reilly) discuss palm-reading. One sarcastically notes she's already had "ten children" and spanked them all—asking what a fortune-teller could possibly predict she doesn't already know. This jokes about large Irish families and the predictability of lower-class domestic life, using ethnic stereotypes common to the era. Both cartoons use exaggerated dialect and caricature typical of 1900s satirical magazines addressing working-class and immigrant communities.
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AN INTERNATIONAL CALAMITY. Jim Urraxcur—" Dis is awfal—simply outrageous!” ILL SLAMBANG—"* Wot is?” Jue Urrzxcut—" Dese'here Chinese ‘boxers.’ Dey're actooly gittin’ more space in de papers dan w'ot we is!” MAS Oe GREAGAN FRENCH LaVMOBY. COPYRIGHT 1900 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Aa GRO A RRC AN OLD STORY. Mas. O'Rracax—" Did yex ever bov yer palm read, Mrs, O'Reilly?” Mas, O’Reitty—" Phwat a question, Mrs, O'Reagan!- Havn't Oi had ten children an’ had to spank all of thim?” comicbooks.com