Judge, 1902-02-22 · page 6 of 16
Judge — February 22, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This *Judge* page contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of the magazine's format: **"Elongated Uvula"**: A dialect-heavy story about Susie, an enslaved or formerly enslaved Black girl from Virginia, who misunderstands medical terminology. The humor relies on minstrel-show caricature—exaggerated speech patterns and supposed ignorance. **Other brief jokes** include domestic scenes mocking various characters' foolishness (a man's father asleep while his girlfriend sneaks around; someone celebrating a fire before it happens). **"An Epicurean View"** and similar pieces are standard Victorian-era pub humor about drinking, infidelity, and everyday absurdities. **"In Search of a Brudanette"**: A brief racist joke about Black domestic servants, using offensive dialect spelling. The page reflects *Judge*'s reliance on racial caricature and minstrelsy conventions common to late-19th/early-20th-century American humor magazines. The "humor" depends on stereotyping and mockery of Black people and their speech patterns.
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ELONGATED UVULA. USIE was a young colored girl from the backwoods of Virginia, distinctively with her bright face and while her enlightened a sombre expression ment, or mourning of the deepest dye, when Prov dence had kindly “flicted” them. picturesqu gay ribbens sisters wore and sober ra One morning the sun- ny face was clouded. : Susie?” her not I'm s of my ‘zactly sick, but “fraid the an cars is down “The ‘ams’ of your cars! What are they?" w, Miss Mary, don't you know they alls sometimes and lets that little thing in the middle of your throat drap down on y tongue? It'll be all after 1 get Aunt two hairs up tight on the top o” my haid Bell—" Why are you studying those stupid German books?" Nell—" Hush! Who knows but I may meet the dear Prince?" “ THERE—BY THE ‘THE MAIN THING. Ale “But are we safe? Your father is not asleep yet.” Imogene—" No, but his foot is.”* A LITTLE PREVIOUS. Sh. Ikey! Imust congratulate you on your fire last Tuesday.” Sh! It's next Tuesday!" Toe are | HIS OFFENSE. First deacon—" "Pears dat de minister's been playin’ po Second deacon—" Wal, what am de use ob bringin’ sech mattahs befo’ de congregation ?” First deacon—" But Brud- der Johnson accuses him ob bein’ shy in. tree pots an’ not makin’ good.” AN EPICUREAN VIEW, First epicure “Oysters should be doubly good in Febru- epicure First epicur “Because it has two Yasper—" What you think that Gayboy was drun’ Jum puppe he kicked up a row in the ferry house because he couldn't get an encore from the nickel in. the slot musi hhox.”” made ia ie A CHANCE FOR FIVE. Hewitt—"That new play is enough to drive a man to drink.” Fewitt—" The playwright probably thought of that when he wrote it in six acts.” -ISA LITTL 1AMLI Patient—* So this three hundred dollars. Doctor—" Exactly.” Patient—" Well, V'Nl pay for the medicine and return the visit s your ill: Medicine, forty dollars; fifty visits. 1 ARCH OF A BRUD Mrs. Hovyie Mas. Dovie “Where is y Gone coon-hunting s your husband?" We are going to have a colored servant,” comicbooks.com