Judge, 1902-01-25 · page 16 of 16
Judge — January 25, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate satirical comics exploiting ethnic stereotypes common to early 1900s American humor. **Top cartoon:** A doctor prescribes "antimony" (a toxic metal used as medicine) to treat a businessman's overwork-induced nervous breakdown. The joke: the wife whispers she won't tell her husband the remedy's name because he refuses to take medicine—even beneficial treatment—if he knows what it's called. The satire mocks both hypochondriac stubbornness and quack medical practices. **Bottom cartoon:** An Irish immigrant ("Kilkane") misinterprets his wife's phrase "holding their whisht" (keeping quiet in Irish dialect) as actual noise-making. The humor relies entirely on thick Irish-immigrant dialect and the crude joke that he's too dense to understand his own wife's colloquial speech. Both comics trade heavily in ethnic caricature and class-based mockery typical of Judge's era, targeting working-class immigrants and their perceived cultural/linguistic differences for middle-class amusement.
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IT WAS DANGEROUS TO SAY “ MONEY.” Dr. Surmm—*' Your husband's prostration Is due to business—overwork. You must give him this antimony cheap Mrs. Conen (in a whisper)—*'Sh! Don'd let mein husband hear you say dot again. | subbose it vill do him good, but don’d let him hear der name ohf dot remedy—he vouldn't take It." COPYRIGMT 1902 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. ‘Sackett & Withelms Litho & Pig.Co NewYork. ° HOW IT SOUNDED TO HIM. Ex-Conrractor Kitnane—" In hivin's name, phwot's thot talk goin’ on in thot room, Minnie?” His wire—"' Be quiet, Moike! It's Mary Ann's frinds playin’ car-r-ds. They're howldin’ their whisht-part "— Kitnane (interrupting)—" Howldin’ their whisht? It sounds to me as If they wor makin’ th’ divil’s own noise!"* comicbooks.com