Judge, 1902-08-16 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 16, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: 1. **"Parting Song to Wu"** - A poem mocking Chinese immigrant Wu Ting-fang (likely the Chinese diplomat/minister). The verse ridicules Chinese linguistic and cultural differences in xenophobic terms typical of the era. 2. **"Couldn't Shake His Habits"** and **"Couldn't Remember His Name"** - Two brief anecdotes satirizing prejudiced attitudes toward Chinese immigrants, depicting them as unwelcome and foreigners unable to assimilate. 3. **"A Kick"** - A joke about a hotel clerk's poor customer service toward an Asian guest. 4. **"No. 6—The Wonderful Doings of Marvelous Thomas"** - A photographic sequence (likely a trick photography series) showing what appears to be magical or illusion performances. The page reflects late 19th/early 20th-century American anti-Chinese prejudice through humor targeting Chinese immigrants and officials.
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( PARTING SONG TO WU. Wu, O Ting, OF. To you We sing And clang The gongs of grief. Ah, woe Is ours that you must go! Bing, bang! Bing bang! A more delightful Chink Ne’er crossed the briny brink. Your English is unique— Low pidgin you don’t speak. You sling slang, Wa Ting Fang! Ting, so childlike, bland and true, Fang of yours we never knew. Bing, bang!, Bing, bang! Full of up-to-date, new-fangled Thoughts and things for which you've angled, Chinaland will grow Wu-Fangled, All the mongrel Mongol gang. So here's fo you, Mr, Wu Tiny May you keep from all the shooting, May your life be to your suiting, ‘Tang-a-lang, Mr. Fang— Tang-a-lang? MELVILLE WEXRY CANE. touches here and there we have-— “Now, my good people, here I have drawn a pod of peas, and with a few ts HOW IT HAPPENED. Mrs. Hanpour—" Who ts that other tramp at the gate? Why doesn’t he come In?” Weary Wittie—" Oh, he never dines till after I do, mum. Dat's me valet.”" COULDN'T SHAKE HIS HABITS. SUT.” protested the green-goods man, “if I will sell you the gold-brick for four hundred dollars and give you the bundle of money for one hundred dollars, and, besides all that, will take you down and show you where the tunnel caved in, I can’t see why you do not wish to trade with me.” Horev-ctere (to new arvival)—"'| trust you enjoyed your dip In the surf this morning, madam."* MapaM—"No; the water was frightfully cold, If things aren't better managed here I shall go elsewhere.” NO. 6.-THE WONDERFUL DOINGS OF MARVELOUS THOMAS. “It ain't prejudice, ner noth- in’ like that, mister,” said the hon- est rustic; “but I've got in th’ habit o' buyin’ my gold - bricks from Ike Skinnemup, an’ yer know how us country folks is fer al’ays tradin’ at th’ same place ev'ry time ‘we come ter taown.” COULDN'T REMEMBER. HIS NAME. A DEALER about to write a receipt for a purchaser did not like to admit he could not re- member the name of so good a customer and resorted to the ex- pedient of asking, “How do you spell your name?” —'Rastus, who ate some of them and liked them very much." comicbooks.com