Judge, 1902-06-28 · page 6 of 17
Judge — June 28, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine satirizes American upper-class summer vacation culture. The opening poem mocks the annual exodus of wealthy urbanites—portraying preachers, doctors, judges, and society ladies abandoning the city for seaside resorts, their homes shuttered and courts literally relocated to lawns. The accompanying vignettes use ethnic stereotypes (Irish "Kelly," presumably Italian "Tarantula Jim") and class humor typical of the era. One sketch ridicules an American magnate's cultural pretension: his daughter marries a European duke, yet he remains unimpressed because he has season theater tickets back home—satirizing nouveau riche indifference to Old World prestige. Other shorts joke about domestic tedium ("Mrs. Subbubs" endlessly managing children's illnesses and picnic season) and mock prohibitionists named Swallow, Tipple, and Tope—a pun-based critique suggesting anti-alcohol advocates are hypocrites. The tone is lighthearted rather than serious political commentary, targeting contemporary leisure culture and social pretension.
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THE SUMMER RUSH. the man with dress-suit case See him for the steamer race? See the woman all fixed up Hurrying with her brindle pup? Sce the preachers—doctors, t How they rush and push by yo See the courts closed, judges gon Court is now upon the lawn, See the houses in the Shut up with the curtains down? See the good and wicked flee To the sands beside the sea? Still the city cars are full People grab the straps and pull. Some folks never get awa If they move out others stay. What a dry old town ‘twould be If we all went tw the seat NOTHING NEW TO HIM. se MY daughter,” confides the American magi ion ceremony is going s inside the building, ing the performa ried the duke of Scatterbranes.” tures the roy: do you not care to n Walso h’and see the great Natfair Lawsee, no!" answers the American magnate. * Why, I've got a season ticket to the theayter back home, and see comic-opery show that comes to town.” ALWAYS SO. Mrs. Subbubs— There is no rest for me.” Mrs. Backlots —» Why not? Mrs, Subbubs—" 1 have just got the children through the whooping-cough and mea- sles, and now the picnic season will be beginning. KELLY’S VIEW. Hogan—» Would yez loike see King Edward coro- nated ? Kelly —"Would Ov? ry be! Troth, Od loike ¢ see him coronated an’ his ashes trun on a shlippery pavemint in front av a Saint Pathrick’s- day parade.” QUITE LIKELY. arantula Jim —* What killed Stingaree Bill ? Alkali ke—"Acute pistol- itis. I reckon that’s what the doctor called it.” A PARADOX. TO SWALLOW, to tipple and to tope are not prohibition- ist practices, and yet Mr, Swal- 4 WISE REMINDER. Mr. Tipple and Mr. Tope Gtavys—" What do you think of mamma ? THE GLORIOUS CLIMB-IT OF OLD 0. Mr. Tipple and Mr. Tope Cnotty—" | think she is out of sight CALIFORNIA. are notable prohibitionists, Guavys—" You forget the key-hole. comicbooks.com