Judge, 1902-04-12 · page 10 of 16
Judge — April 12, 1902 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several satirical pieces: **"The Pullman-Sleeper Man"** (top left): A dialect poem mocking African American aspirations. It depicts a Black man's fantasy of working as a Pullman porter—a prestigious but segregated job—imagining the respect he'd receive. The satire mocks both the character's ambitions and the racial hierarchy that makes such modest employment seem dignified. **"A Child's Faith"** and **"But Not Their First"**: Brief joke pieces about romantic relationships with no deeper political meaning. **"His Tablet"** (center): A pun about a woman whose husband died of dyspepsia (indigestion), with her tombstone being called a "dyspepsia-tablet"—a play on the commercial antacid product. **"The Underground Railway in Bugville"** (bottom): An illustrated joke where insects/bugs have built a miniature railway in someone's parlor, playing on the term "underground railway" (the historical system helping enslaved people escape). The page reflects early 20th-century attitudes: racist caricature, product humor, and anthropomorphic animal comedy typical of the era.
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‘THE PULLMAN-SLEEPER MAN. l WANTS ter be a Pullman man An’ wah a Pullman suit, Aw’ waive a bresh-broom in mah han’ An’ brackin'-bresh ter boot. Flow it mus’ be moughty the Ter trabel fro de ban Aw’ heah de white trash ‘long de Tine Say, +See dat Pullman man.” Aw’ scrumpshus, buney, too, T low, When dey exten’ dar han’, Ver heah de quality sing out, “+ Whar am dat Pullman man?” Ant ebery time dat dey is hepped Ter dat same Pullman man, I "low de di He sashay wid his But he "-kyar coon A CHILD'S FAITH. THE. sublime belief of the child in those they love was shown by the little girl who Do it again, marama n!" when the eclipse of the sun was over, BUT NOT THEIR FIRST. Hewitt popular with the widows.” Jewett— Yes; he doesn’t seem to be anybody's first choice.” “Gruet is very GUS-Dinns- HIS TABLET. “Did her husband die of dyspepsia?” “Yes: and she calls his tombstone a dyspepsia-tablet.”* THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY IN BUGVILLE. Avy Wy y x ON THE STAGE. 6OTHEY are at my hecls!" shouted the stage hero as he rushed on from the wings and struck a beautiful attitude in the centre of the spotlight. «1 must fly at once!" he con- ing the lovely her- cine to his bosom in a farewell embrace. Behind the scenes could be heard the hoarse shoutings of his angry pursuers, while the hoof-beats of their horses clattered along the invisible highway, growing louder and louder with ominous vigor. And for one whole act he bade that girl farewell, while the horsemen continued to ap- proach, and the audience sat in a state of nervous collapse until he exited r. u. e., just as the leading enemy dashed on to the scene, Oh, why do they do such AO things on the wicked stoige ? 5 THE MODERN SYSTEM. “Se GLADYS,” he sighed as he leaned toward the frivolous young thing; “Gla- dys, there is something within me that tells me that you love me—something that thrills through and through me, bear- ing a message "— “Henry,” interrupted the maiden fair, “you have evi- dently cross-circuited a wire- less message that I have noth- ing to do with.” x ai AN Ni ANS Awan S Mr. Mote—“ Say, you infernal bugs! how dare you build your underground railway into my front parlor?”