Judge, 1902-10-04 · page 18 of 20
Judge — October 4, 1902 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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**Top Panel:** A vendor ("Ladies' Furnisher") sells bathing suits to a customer named Isaac. The joke relies on Yiddish-inflected English dialect humor (common in early 1900s American comedy). Isaac claims the suits are "fast colors" because his wife and daughter Sadie wore them at four different beaches—implying the dyes ran or faded, thus the suits changed appearance at each location. It's a play on "fast colors" (durable dyes) versus the family's rapid movement between venues. **Bottom Panels (1-2):** A diving accident between "Oarsman Jackson" and "Fatty Hardskull." Jackson didn't see Hardskull when diving; conversely, Hardskull immediately spotted Jackson's boat when surfacing—the implication being Jackson emerged directly beneath the boat, creating a collision. "Horse and Horse" likely refers to the cartoon's title or series name. The satire mocks working-class leisure culture and physical comedy of the era.
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THE LAST OF THE SEASON. Miss Tuuio—"" Why are you go positive that these bathing eults are fast colors Isacs—" Because my vife und daughter Sadie haff vorn every sult in dot lot at four diferent vatering places." Pele 2 Oarsman Jackson did not see Fatty Hardskull when he made his high —4id Fatty Hardskull immediately see Mr. Jackson's boat when he dive, nor— came up. COPYMONT 1902 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF KEW YORK HORSE AND HORSE. ‘chet 8 Wibeins Lita & Pig (a Rew Yor. comicbooks.com