Judge, 1900-12-08 · page 16 of 16
Judge — December 8, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical cartoons from Judge (copyright 1900). **Top cartoon, "The Fire—r of Genius":** An editor explains to a visitor that the shabby porter named "Ambition" fires all the poets working at the publication. The satire mocks the romantic notion that artistic inspiration drives writers—suggesting instead that desperation and low wages ("firing" them out) are the real motivators. **Bottom cartoon, "The Limit of His Love":** A man (Patrick, written in Irish dialect) responds to his lover's question about loving her "for herself alone" by listing all her material assets: a rich relative, bank deposits, a mortgage on property, and a gold watch from a previous husband. The satire ridicules mercenary attitudes in romance and Irish stereotypes about materialism masked by sentimental language. Both cartoons use exaggerated character types and dialect humor typical of early-1900s American satire.
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up it That porter is a lusty-looking fellow. What do you call him?” . His name is Ambition. All the poets that come in here are fired by him, you know.’ GT 1900 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF MEW YORK, ‘Socket wilkeins Uibo 8 Pg (o. NewYork THE LIMIT OF HIS LOVE. Mrs, MULHOLLAND (in a soft sehisper)—*" Do yer love me fer meseif alone, Pat?” 'd love Patnick—"/o /? Wall, now, U yez fer yerself alone, darlin’, if ye hadn't a rich relative in the worruld, or five hunderd darrlers in the bank, or a mortgage on Gilhooly’s barn, or the goold watch av yer foorst husband.”