Judge — September 22, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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# "Entitled to More Sadness" The central cartoon depicts a street scene with well-dressed figures in top hats encountering a woman in distress. The caption reads: "Casey—'I was very much shocked at parting to hear so Clancey's sudden death. He owed me tin cents.' Corrigan—'Faith, sure betterment was nothing but a noise moine. He owed me seventy-five.'" The satire mocks working-class Irish characters (suggested by names like Casey and Corrigan) whose primary grief over a death centers on unpaid debts rather than genuine mourning. It's a stereotype-based joke about Irish immigrants' financial circumstances and materialism, reflecting period prejudices common in American satirical publications. The humor depends on ethnic caricature.