Judge, 1902-03-01 · page 18 of 20
Judge — March 1, 1902 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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These two cartoons satirize a visit by a German Prince to New York City (the cartoons reference "the Prince" and "German Prince's Visit"). **Top cartoon**: A rural farmer ("Farmer Speigle") arrives in the city seeking a lottery ticket but is redirected by a hotel clerk to get a marriage license instead—mocking both the farmer's naiveté about urban vices and New York's permissive culture. **Bottom cartoon**: An Irishman named Riley, drunk on seventeen types of German beer, complains to his wife Norah that mixing all these beers is making him unable to control himself. This jokes about both the German Prince's visit introducing foreign beer culture to America and stereotypes Irish immigrants as heavy drinkers prone to domestic quarrels. Both cartoons use ethnic stereotyping (Irish, German, rural American) common to Judge's satirical style, mocking immigration, cultural clash, and urban vice in early-20th-century America.
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COULD BE ACCOMMODATED. FARMER SPEIGLE (in town to sce the Prince)— Is there any place in New York City where a felly kin git a ‘lottery ticket’ HOTEL CLERK (‘0 doy)—" James, take this gentleman around and show him where he can get a marriage license.” 102 BY JUOGE COMPANY OF MEW YORK. Sackett & Wielas Lobo & Pig Co Rew York. THE GERMAN PRINCE'S VISIT TOO MUCH FOR HIM. Rivev—* You've bin drinkin’ agin !" . - on, Maku Don't rile me up, Norah. Oi hov sivinteen differint koinds av German beer in me, an’ if they git t’ mixin’ oop Oi can't h-hold thim, Norah.” comicbooks.com