Judge, 1900-11-24 · page 6 of 16
Judge — November 24, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"Her Race Discovered"** (top): Mrs. Darley lectures her husband about Indian caste system's rigid purity rules—how high-caste Hindus won't share wells with lower castes and destroy dishes touched by "defiled" people. The joke's punchline compares this to their cook, suggesting she must be high-caste Hindu because she breaks all the household dishes. The satire mocks both rigid caste hierarchies and domestic servants' carelessness. **"An Expensive Appetite"** (middle): A cartoon of an ostrich and pelican discussing why the ostrich looks sad—it lost money gambling the previous night. Light social humor about gaming losses. **"The Full Meaning"** (bottom): Three women's heads in conversation: one calls a man "a popular hero," another asks if he's famous for football ("gridiron") or religion ("altar"), and the first confirms "gridiron"—satirizing how American culture elevates football players to heroic status. The page reflects Judge's typical turn-of-century blend of domestic humor, ethnic stereotyping, and cultural commentary.
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-HER RACE DISCOVERED. WAS so much interested in the lecturer's account of caste in India,” said Mrs. Darley on her re- turn, “You'd be surprised at the absurdities the caste feeling is responsible for, and the trag- edies, too.” “Indeed?” replied Mr. Darley. For instance,” Mrs. Darley went on, “the pariahs are not allowed to drink water from the same wells that the high-caste people get their water from; and if by accident a pariah does drink such water the well is thereby defiled, and the process of purification is a long and expen- sive one.” “Well, well!” "Yes; and the lecturer told us something else, too. He is a high-caste man himself, but his people treat him as an outcast because he associates with Europeans and Americans. His cousin, the rajah of Jupperlee, who is somewhat enlightened, although he has sixteen wives— Bs that is, the rajah has, not the lecturer—allows him to visit him and Cus-pinns-B even to eat at his table; but what do you think ?” Mr. Bunny —‘'Oh, dear! we're lost now, sure, Some one has spilled his ashes right in our path.” “ What do I think?” “Yes; what do you think happens then?” “T don't think; I can't guess.” “Well, after each meal every cup and saucer and plate that the poor man has used is smashed because it is de- filed and may not be used by one of the faithful.” “All the china is smashed, eh?” ve made a discovery.” * What is it?” “Our cook must be a high-caste Hindu.” WILLIAM Maney sivTTER, AN EIGHTEEN-KARAT THOUGHT. THE solden-rod is blazing And flaming left and right; It rolls in wind-tossed billows And flashes in its fight = Until we fondly fancy AN EXPENSIVE APPETITE. It roasts in mad-cap glee THE M1Pro—"* The ostrich looks sad to-day, doesn't he?” The chestnut till it simply Tue PELicaN—" No wonder. He sat in a dollar-ante game last night and inadvertently ate three stacks of blues.” Evacuates the tree. RK. Mi PENRUTA STantews, THE FULL MEANING. Giapys—"* He is a popular hero.” ETHeL—" Gridiron or altar?” GLapys—"* Gridiron, of course! Didn't I say popular 7” comicbooks.com