Judge, 1902-08-23 · page 6 of 16
Judge — August 23, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains racist dialect humor typical of early 20th-century American satire. The top section mocks African American speech patterns in a story about acquiring a "ping-pong ankle" injury—the joke relies entirely on offensive stereotypes rather than wit. The middle sections offer conventional humor: a mother expects her art-ignorant son to become wealthy (satirizing nouveau-riche collecting); a foreign count pursues the youngest daughter for money; a husband admits he prefers his wife's absence. The bottom cartoon depicts Jewish characters (identifiable by names like "Isaacs" and "Cohen") in a business scheme—likely mocking Jewish merchants through the implication that owning stock in a building allows one to profit from it burning down (insurance fraud). This trades on antisemitic tropes about Jewish business dishonesty. The page reflects Judge's reliance on ethnic and racial caricature as its primary comedic vehicle, now historically significant mainly as documentation of period prejudices rather than humor.
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HOW HE GOT IT. ‘6GAM JOHNSING ‘lows he's got dishyuh ping-pong an- kle,” observed Mr. Darkleigh. “Huh!” snorted Mr. Snow- ball. “Laik ter know how dat niggah got it. He nevah play no ping-pong.” “Well, he say he cotch it fum bouncin’ back an’ fo'th ovah Mistah Jones's fence las’ Monday night, wid dem two bull-dogs pingin’ an’ pongin’ on each side er de fence, jes’ ’kase he try ter see ef de chicken-coop wuz locked.” 46THE marriage of the Boston young lady and the Chicago man was a case of love at first UP IN THE AIR. sight, was it not?” “Cheer up, professor! We may get within the earth's orbit “Yes; they were . married again.” a Proresson—"'Oh, it isn’t that. According to my theory of attraction this asteroid should not have enough force, When,she didn’t know pork and of gravity to hold us here,” he didn’t know beans. A BORN COLLECTOR. : ALTA] | 66] BELIEVE,” murmurs the i \ iN) proud mother, « that our | I little Willie is destined to be- j \ come a multimillionaire.” “Does he want to go to work?" asks the doubting fa- ther. “No; but he doesn't seem to be able to understand the least thing about art.” iy ae yD N AT PALM BEACH. Impecune—* Which of old Moneypenny’s daughters are you going to propose to?” Foreign count—Oh, the youngest one first.” A PERVERTED PROVERB. } > ZY Mrs, Henpeck— Absence, Gi GY, you know, makes the heart UMN 16 0 1m grow fonder.” Henpeck—"\ suppose so, WHAT A MAN INTENDS TO DO WHEN HE GETS MARRIED. my dear. At any rate, I never He tells his fiancee’s brother that his wife will never found it Helen! jou don't meae to ‘ell me yectve sent feel so fond of you as when you have to ask him for money. “I've seen too many nig- found It Helen! you don't mean to tell me youve span are absent.” Gardly, husbands, those receipts ?"* HOW IT HAPPENED. Isaacs—"*| shouldn't t’ink you vould care to do peeshniss in a fire-proof building."* Conen— Oh, I don't own der building: I only own der stitock."* comicbooks.com