Judge, 1903-01-24 · page 6 of 16
Judge — January 24, 1903 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple unrelated satirical sketches typical of early Judge magazine humor. **"Uncle Snowball's Chicken Fancy"** uses a racist caricature of a Black man planning to steal chickens—reflecting era prejudices through dialect and stereotyping. **"Expensive"** satirizes wealth anxiety: a man must work to afford his sister's advantageous marriage to a duke, inverting expected class satisfaction. **"Spoiling for a Fight"** jokes about an American boxer's match with a Frenchman, with the punchline playing on "cable" (transatlantic communication vs. physical cable for the fight). **"What Hurt"** offers cynical social commentary: the poor can only be happy if everyone lacks money equally. **"Distributing the Cost"** and **"A Hopeless Task"** use working-class characters (depicted with dialect) to joke about financial hardship. **"Such Architecture"** mocks suburban development, with a New Yorker disappointed that cyclones don't threaten these new houses. The page reflects early-20th-century American humor: class anxiety, racial stereotyping, and observations about modernization—now deeply dated and offensive.
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UNCLE SNOWBALL'S CHICKEN FANCY. Mit felis quicken when 1 see De juicy chicken on de tree 5 igh dere’s plenty to be found, Dat chicken 's twenty cents a pound. An’ so de moonlight soon will see Dis gay ole conn light on de tree, An’ den de chicken, red er brack, Will soon be kickin’ in mah sack. EXPENSIVE. Clarence—" What's the matter, old chap? You look all cut up. Reginald—* My sister is going to marry a duke.” Clarence—" That's nothing to feel down-hearted over—you ought to be proud.” Reginald—" Yes; but 1 can't afford to be proud. aes It's going to cost the old man such a lot of money that x ™) Vl have to go to work.” Ww SPOILING FOR A FIGHT. ST HAT American prize-fighter will spare no expense in his match with the French- man.” “Ts that so?” "Yes; he’s even willing to have it come off by cable.” WHAT HURT. “But don't you think you could be happy without money 2° “Oh, yes—if nobody else had any.” DISTRIBUTING THE COST. . SeYVES, sir; that hat and the drink cost_ me two dollars and a A HOPELESS TASK: half" Mrs. Hanoout "Go to the ant, thou sluggar Weary Wittie—" No use,mum. Me ant's jest ez close-fisted ez de rest uv me * Did you drink champagne 2° relatives.”* SUCH ARCHITECTURE! New-Yorxer—*' Do you ever have cyclones here?” Susursan rrienp—"* No.” New-Yorxer—"* What a pity!" comicbooks.com