Judge, 1902-12-20 · page 45 of 52
Judge — December 20, 1902 — page 45: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains primarily **humorous short pieces and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main story, "When Casey Came Home Sober," is a satirical poem about an Irish immigrant neighborhood's dismay when their celebrated heavy drinker, Pat Casey, arrives home sober. His community—proud of his reputation as a champion drinker—views sobriety as a disgrace and actively tries to get him drunk again. Casey, ashamed of his soberness, promises to return to drinking permanently. The joke satirizes **working-class Irish-American drinking culture** and its social codes, where excessive alcohol consumption was paradoxically a mark of community status. The humor comes from the inverted morality: sobriety is treated as shameful scandal rather than virtue. The page also includes various short jokes about marriage, commuting, and courtship, plus advertisements for soap, collar buttons, and patent medicine—typical *Judge* magazine content from this era.
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“WHEN CASEY CAME HOME SOBER.” There's trouble down in Casey’s block, there's heaps of trouble there, And many an imprecation deep is flying through the air, For Casey has disgraced himself, and the block it feels aggrieved — | For it's very proud of Casey and it hates to be deceived Pat Casey never yet was known to draw a sober breath, | And Casey said that if he did ‘twould surely cause his death And now the block is cra c is rife, s come home sober, for the first time in his life | y and trouble Pat was the “mixed ale king,” the champion of his class, He drank a half adozen kegs while others | drained a glass. e block was madly proud of him, and now it feared to lose | ¢ glorious reputation of its uncrowned king of boo: So ev'ry growler, duck and can was quickly on the chase And quarts of ind lager soon were dashed in Casey's face. And soon the ds round the door, of the block is 's full once more.” t understand how of © sobered while that there was no doubt asleep, He deeply felt the sad disgrace, he keen-| ly felt the pain, And swore that beastly sober he or be again norals of the ncighborhood he'd never more offend, But a decent drunken Casey he'd re- main until the end; And he promised ne'er again that he to} death would scare his wife, By coming home quite sober any morc in all his life, cwawurs sort povatas would The Miss Gaygirl—" Did ye lived in New Me Mrs. Hansom—" Yes." Miss Gaygirl—" And been married five time: : Mrs. Han ay Miss Gaygirl—" Ever divorce: Mrs. Hansom— shot.’ Miss Gaygirl (gushingly)—"How ro- mantic!"—Detroit Free Press. she said, “ “TL don't how you can pursue a train of thought here in all this| noise “Oh, I'man old commuter,” “and pursuing trains has become second nature to me."—Chicago Kecord-Herald. Landlady—" What portion of the chick- en would you like, Mr. Newcomer?” Mr. Newxcomer—"Oh, half of it will be | ample, thank you."—Tit-Bits “I suppose you feel that the mant! of Booth has fallen on your shoulders, said the admiring friend. “1 wasn't thinking so much about Booth’s mantle,” rejoined Mr. Storming: | ton Barnes, “as about my own winter overcoat.”—Washington Star. Willie—".This is an up-to-date turke pee Willie— sticks. Two are compa In what way, Willie? Why, ous has drumless drum- until they are made | No; husbands all he replied. | YOU CANNOT BEGIN TO! With Packwtds Fon Seah Hair cared for early stays late. Shampoo once a week with Packer’s Tar Soap. Send for our leaflet on care of the hair. The Packer Mfg. Co., New York. * Demule I stole wuz only wuth twenty dollars,” said the Georgia darkey, “en | bless me, ef de lawyer didn’t charge fifty ter prove me innercent!""—Allanta Con- stitution, There are now but two kinds of politicc1 parties in this country—the “ point with prides" and the “view with alarm: jaltimore American Probably the worst feature about the | wisdom that age brings us is the short |time we have left to. use it—Chicago News. Landlady—" White meat or dark?" Boarder—"It_ docsn't tter; I'm color-blind.” ‘mes hanes can be man since he’s been 1 phia Press She—"Did you ever countenance a 1 | brother's weddin; Nell—"The worst about id they are so casily shattered.” Bell are apt to marry fa Record s best_man at_my —Von Is is that HE OUGHT TO HAVE IT. “Well, what do you want?” “A poet's license, please."* root of all evil —Philadelphig Record. Fighting tooth and nail—dentists and chiropodists.—Philadel phia Record. |LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS ARB STAMPED “Warranted Linen” ARE YOURS? one,—Baltimore American. Guarantee of Quality ONE PIECE t a new one ‘free, n& Unbutton For a Christmas Gift a Set of Collar Buttons is always acceptable comicbooks.com