Judge, 1901-10-26 · page 16 of 16
Judge — October 26, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon: "Before Mamma Fainted"** A son-in-law presents his overbearing mother-in-law with a word-counter device—a satirical jab at talkative women, specifically mothers-in-law. The joke relies on the period stereotype of women, particularly older female relatives, as endlessly chattering and gossip-prone. The device's capacity (4,000 words/minute, reset weekly) exaggerates her verbosity to absurd levels. This reflects early 20th-century gender stereotypes and family tension humor common in Judge. **Bottom Cartoon: "Where His Ancestors Ended"** Two men with Germanic accents (indicated by dialect spelling) discuss ancestry tracing. One claims to have traced ancestors back from 1492 to 1817, then "lost the track entirely"—suggesting his family line disappears into humble or disreputable origins. This mocks recent immigrants' attempts at genealogy and implies lower-class ancestry, playing on ethnic stereotypes about German immigrants and class anxieties of the period.
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BEFORE MAMMA FAINTED. Mr. Henegqus (to his mother-in-law on her sixty-fifth birthday}— Here, mother, is a present I brought you. This is a double-back-action auto- matic device for registering the number of words you utter. Its capacity is four thousand words a minute, and can be set back every Monday ; easily adjusted and guaranteed for a year!" ‘Sackett Widens fsbo B Pr Ce Rew York COPYRIGHT 1901 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF HEW YORK. WHERE HIS ANCESTORS ENDED. . Mr. DumELreLp1—"‘ Dit you efer haff your ancesdors traced back, Meester Hoffbrau?”” = e Mn. Horroxav—" Oh, ye; many of times I dit. I traced dem back yet from 1492 up alreatty to 1817, unt I loosed de track altogedder entirely yet ! comicbooks.com