Judge, 1903-03-21 · page 7 of 16
Judge — March 21, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces targeting Irish-American stereotypes and early 20th-century urban life. **"Ballade of Saint Patrick's Day"** mocks Irish immigrants through exaggerated dialect and drinking culture, depicting a narrator's St. Patrick's Day involving excessive whiskey consumption and references to Irish names (Biddy, Bridget, Shanahan). **"Prosperity Works Wonders"** contrasts Farmer James's humble dwelling with how he reconstructs it after real estate booms and prices rise—satirizing get-rich-quick schemes during property speculation. **The editorial exchange** jokes about a newspaper cramming twenty pages of advertisements, leaving little actual content—critiquing commercialism in publishing. **"Modern Business"** sarcastically notes that department stores now primarily sell groceries and liquor rather than traditional dry goods, reflecting Prohibition-era economic shifts. The page overall satirizes Irish-American working-class culture, urban commercial greed, and journalistic compromise—common Judge targets of the era.
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BALLADE OF SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. —shure, we halted there— Oi tuk wan limonade ; An’ be th’ Holland house we shtayed A minnit, Oi shud say rth Oi'd toime t shpare 5 all me bra Nixt, Forthy-sicond shtrate—just where Oi use me pick an’ shpade— Oi tuk tin whiskey-shtraights, Oi shwear! T" help th’ liquor thrade ; ‘Thin fer th’ hundre'th toime they played ‘Th’ Wearin’ ” Biddy says t' thim Oi prayed. THE REAL THING. y bee's sting. magnified a thousand times, Whin Oi saw Bridget, Oi'm afraid, Upon Saint Pathrick’s day. RUIN CARMEN. Scuotar—" Yes'm: and it feels like a buzz-saw without any magnifying at all.’ THE PART NOT SENSA- TIONAL. 66 RUT," said the city editor of the Morning Koon: Boom, it seems to me that we ought to add a section or two to the size of the Boon Boon, We are carrying over twenty pages of ads., and that leaves but little space for other mat- ter. “Well, that’s all right,” replied the, m: through twenty pages of ads they wouldn't h any time left for other matter, anyway.” AFTER SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. O'Hoggarty —* Vhwat wuz yuresilf an’ Shannihan foightin’ fer lasht noig! PROSPERITY WORKS WONDERS. MeLubberty 1. This is Farmer James and his humble little dweiling. tice, begorra ! Fer prac- EDIBLE TO HIM. 46 YOU say,” tittered the fiancée of the vegetarian, “that you could fairly eat me. Now, isn’t that contrary to the tenets of your belief?” “Not at all,” asserted the vegetarian. * But if you ate me "—— “I should simply be eat- a peach.” No use talking, the meat dict isn’t’ the only one that makes the mind active. MODERN BUSINESS. Miss Meadows—" 1 sup- pose I can match this silk at the big dry-goods store?” Miss Street—" Mercy, no! All they sell there is groceries and liquors.” 'T IS not what a man thinks but what he thinks he thinks that determines his mental status, 2. And this is how Farmer James put up his little dwelling when lots began to boom and prices went up. comicbooks.com