Judge, 1902-06-28 · page 10 of 17
Judge — June 28, 1902 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humorous sketches reflecting early 1900s American social attitudes: **"The Village Talker"** mocks the bore who won't stop talking about his trip to Chicago's World's Fair—a reference to the 1893 Columbian Exposition, which remained a popular conversation topic years later. **"We Have All Been There"** depicts Aunt Caroline, an African American washerwoman, saying she's lost interest in work after being unemployed so long—a jab at both Black workers and the economic instability of the era. **"The Difference"** is a vaudeville-style joke distinguishing Carrie Nation (the temperance activist famous for destroying bars with a hatchet) from the Coronation (likely Edward VII's 1902 coronation, expensive for Americans to attend). The humor relies on wordplay: one "ruined bars," the other "bars the ruined." **"Had All She Wanted"** shows a book agent trying to sell illustrated work to Mrs. O'Toole, another Irish immigrant character rendered in dialect. **"Between Friends"** jokes about marriage as self-improvement—a woman plans to marry a young man to improve him, with the cynical retort that men improve only with age.
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s¢L UE HACKETT ‘lows as how he'll go to London to see the corrynation,” an- nounced Mr. Higgles. + Yep,” answered Mr, Ran: nit; “an'L s'pose he'll bother th’ life out o” us tellin’ about it just as we begin to git a rest on his stories about what he saw at th’ worl's fair down to Chicago.” WE HAVE ALL BEEN ‘THERE. Miss. Fairfax —"Good- mawnin’, Aunt Caroline. Why ain't you washin’ nowadays 2?” Aunt Caroline (removing her pipe from her mouthy— “Well, you see, Miss Clara, I's bin out o' wubk so long dat now, when I could wuhk, I finds HAD ALL SHE WANTED. Boox-acent—"' Mrs. O'Toole. | have here a little work, fully illustrated "— THE DIFFERENCE. SO\JHAT,” asks the low comedian, “is the dif- ference between Carrie Nation and the coronation ?” “One,” is the quick reply of the soubrette, “ruined the bars and the other bars the ruined.” As the audience knew how much it cost to go to Europe this year, the distinction was considered unusually timely, not to say apt. Doctor—1 found the pa- tient to be suffering from abra- sion of the cuticle, tumefaction, ecchymosis, and extravasation in the integument and cellular tissue about the left orbit.” Judge —"You mean he had a black eye?” Mrs. O'Toote—"' Well, young man, Oi hov here a good dale av wurruk, fully illy- Doctor—* Ves.” I's done los’ mah taste fo" it.” shtrated. be th’ token. Yez kin see it wid yer own eyes. so be off wid yez!"" BETWEEN FRIENDS. Miss Orpourt—"'{ think I will have to marry young Gayboy and try to improve him."” Miss Bupo—~"* Well, it’s worth trying. They say a man Improves with age.” comicbooks.com