Judge, 1902-12-20 · page 49 of 52
Judge — December 20, 1902 — page 49: what you’re looking at
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This page's main feature is a satirical poem about Irish-American working-class culture in an urban neighborhood ("the block"). Pat Casey is a local celebrity known as the "mixed ale king"—a heavy drinker respected for his drinking prowess. The joke is that when Casey comes home sober for the first time, the entire neighborhood treats it as a scandal and disgrace rather than an improvement. His community's values are so inverted that sobriety is shameful; the block fears Casey has lost his identity and status. The satire mocks both Casey's drinking culture and the neighborhood's backwards morality system. It's ethnic humor typical of Judge magazine, playing on Irish-American stereotypes about alcohol consumption and community pride in dubious achievements. The poem ends with Casey promising to return to chronic drunkenness to restore his reputation and family peace. The rest of the page consists of period advertisements and unrelated jokes.
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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 asey has disgraced himself. block it feels aggrieved For it’s very proud of Casey and it hates | to c Pat Casey neve and the yet was known to draw ath, that if he did cause his death; And now the block is crazy and trouble there is rife come home sober, for the first time in his life. twould | Pat Casey was the “mixed ale king,” the champion of his class | He drank a half adozen kegs while others | drained The block was madly proud of him, now it feared to | The glorious reputatic and of its uncrowned | and can was thousands round the di | x of the block is saved: great ) 's full once more.” how | of | couldn't understand all canie a must have sobered that there was no doubt He deeply felt the sad disgrace, he keen | ly jolt the pain And ‘swore that beastly sober he never be again morals of the neighborhood he'd never more offend, 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 in all his life, cwanuxs son He asleep. sould | The But ny more Miss Gaygirl—* Did you say lived in New Mexico all your lif Mrs. Hansom—" Yes." Gaygirl—* And been married five | 's. Hansom— Mrs shot.” Miss G mantic! Hansom— Husbands all girl (gushingly)—" How ro-| “Detroit Free Press I don’t see." she said. “how you can| pursue a train of thought here in all this, noise Oh, I'm an old commuter,” he replied » Record-Herald J.andlady— What portion of the chick- cn would you like. Mr. alf of it will be Tit-Bits “T suppose you feel that the ma of Booth has fallen on your shoulders,” said the admiring friend. “1 wasn’t ng so much Booth's mant * rejoined Mr. Stor ton Barnes. about my own winter | overcoat."—Washin Two are comp ny until they are made one,—Baltinore mterican. “You CANNOT BEGIN TOO EA\ Hair cared for early stays late. Shampoo once a week with Packer’s Tar E SOSD Send for our leaflet on care of the hair. The Packer Mfg. Co., New York. {;Deymule I stole wuz only wuth twenty dollars," said the Georgia. darkey, | bless me, ef de lawyer didn’t charge fifty ter prove me innercent!"—Atlanta Con- stitution, e are now but two kinds of politics] point with “view with alarms.” Baltimore American Probably the worst feature about the wisdom that age brings us is the short [time we have left to’ use it—Chicago Landlady—" White meat or dark?” Boarder-—"\t_ doesn't matter; I'm |cotor-biine ‘ex York Times Tess—"1 don’t see how. she | can be happy with a man lil | phia Press She—"Did you ever countenance a Twas best man at my nkers Statesman es: apt Philadelphia Record It is better te vn than a de: HE OUGHT TO HAVE IT. “Well, what do you want “A poet's license, please. Chicago It's the other fellow's money that is the root of all evil. Philadelphia Record Fighting tooth and nail—dentists and chiropodists. Philadelphia Recor: LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS ARE STAMPED “Warranted Linen’ ARE YOURS? For a Christmas Gift a Set of Collar Buttons is always acceptable ee 5 9 Guarantee of Quality Loox FOR THE NAME .-KREMENTZ PIECE Anew uone free, : Buttons Unbutton Sot tations. when stampedion COLLAR BUE pnyers damaged OF Se: 5 ana it Tne DoS xhe : thes agen of aco 3 Chest comicbooks.com