Judge, 1900-12-22 · page 22 of 48
Judge — December 22, 1900 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of late 19th-century American humor: **Top cartoon**: "The Colored Children's Noah's Ark" depicts a Black child explaining a toy ark to another child, using dialect and mispronunciations ("Bacon" for "Shem"). The satire appears to mock both the child's speech patterns and, likely, contemporary racial attitudes through caricature. **Below**: Four separate humor pieces mock different social groups: - "Great Expectations" and "A Comparison" joke about marriage's disappointments and Christmas gift-giving - "Complimenting the Quotation" presents working-class men's dialogue, using dialect for comic effect - "It All Depends" satirizes women's fashion, suggesting female appearance depends entirely on who observes them The page exemplifies Judge's approach: using exaggerated dialect, physical caricature, and social stereotyping for humor. By modern standards, the racial caricature is strikingly offensive, though typical for the era's "respectable" publications.
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THE COLORED CHILDREN'S NOAH'S-ARK. Lu. Cinpy—"* Cose it’s Noah's ark ; caint yer see dar’s Mr. an’ Mrs. Noah, an’ dar's Shem, Ham an’ Bacon an’ dere wifes, an’ all de animals wot ever was?” GREAT EXPECTATIONS. A COMPARISON. ALAS! GOME men there are who always say T Christmas life to married men KIND words there be in plenty. The gifts they get have little worth Is scarce light as a feather. With them the welkin rings ; Astronomers, for instance—they ‘They're like the winter days, for then But many be, we're pained to see, T really think expect the earth. They both grow short together. Kind words for unkind things. COMPLETING THE QUOTATION. WHAT HE YEARNED FOR. Seldom Fedd (musingly)—" Lemme see! What's dat old sayin’ about Mr, Tatters (extending his hand)—" Lady, won't you please give a half a loaf? * Half a loaf is better’—better dan what ? feller a Chris'mas gif’ ?* Soiled Spooner— Better dan a steady job, 0° course!” Lady—" What would you like, poor man?” Mr, Tatters—" Ob, jus’ some little silver t'ing, lady.” — D> Srantawe, IT ALL DEPENDS. A simple walking costume shows, From shoes, et cetera, to hat, Sometimes, exquisite taste in clothes, ‘To-day, the combination’s pat— With genius of selection. To-morrow, it’s a terror. And then again a Redfern wrap, ‘The whole thing must depend, with me, Or fur.and-feather coat, mayhap, On whether someone else, or She, Seems just about perfection. Happens to be the wearer. comicbooks.com