Judge, 1904-01-09 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 9, 1904 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **"Thought It Was 'Mc'"**: Mocks Scottish names and the difficulty newspaper editors had pronouncing them. A headline writer creates "McMII arrives on time," but the copy-reader, exasperated by "unspeakable Scotch names," complains—referencing the common Irish and Scottish immigration that made such surnames frequent in American papers. **"Positive Indications" and other brief jokes**: Standard domestic humor about weddings, colds, and exaggeration in storytelling—timeless comedy requiring no specific historical context. **"A Strong Resistance"**: Officer McSmire (Irish stereotype) describes a drunk resisting arrest; the humor lies in his broken English dialect and the implication that the suspect's head broke the policeman's club rather than vice versa. **"The Empty Box"** and **"Way Off"**: Puns and wordplay (the opera-goer's silence as a "feature," the horse mishearing "Orloff" as "all off"). Overall, this page reflects Judge's reliance on ethnic stereotypes, domestic situations, and verbal wit typical of American humor circa 1900-1920.
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‘THOUGHT IT WAS “Mc.” HE head-line writer, after much study and calculation, turned out a head begin- ning, “MCMII ar- rives on time.” This, passing through the hands of the astute copy-reader, aroused his ire. “ Another one of those unspeakable Scotch names!" he growled. “It was hard enough to fig- ure out how to pro- nounce lan Mac- Laren, but if any one knows how to speak MeMii they've got the best of me.” So saying, he jabbed mali- ciously with his blue pencil at the mystifiying head-line and drop- ped the copy into the pneumatic tube, POSITIVE INDICATIONS. id Gladys have a fashionable wedding ?” Why, her wedding-dress was nearly torn off Mabel— Maude—" Very. before she got inside the church.” Morter—"" Johnny Jones, did you get that awful cold out skating ?"" Son—"' Mother, | think | caught it washing my face yesterday morning.” A STRONG RESISTANCE. Jupce—‘* So Mose Hardnutt was intoxicated and disorderly? Did he resist the arm of the law?” Orricer McSmire—"' Yis, yer anner—thot is, his head wonderfully resisted th’ arm av th' law. Shure, Ol hov this broken club to testify agin him, yer anner.” HAD HAD PRACTICE. ss you must take us for fools,” say those who are listening to the man who is telling of his adventures. “You claim you rode from New York to San Francisco in a packing-box on a freight-train and carried food and bedding and books and a lamp to read by, as well as a coal-oil stove to furnish heat. Bosh!" “Bosh nothing !" was the in- dignant answer. «I want to say to you that I lived in a flat for ten years, and the only mistake I made on my trip was not having a bath-room built into the pack- ing-box.”" THE EMPTY BOX. Miss Verisopht—« Why was- n't Mrs. Tiarabump at the opera last night, I wonder ?” Miss Verjuice —"She had such a cold that she couldn't speak above a whisper, so of course there was no use in her going.” ANYTHING TO BLAME IT ON. "WAY OFF. ightly deof)—" What did you say about this Russian horse of yours?” Brown—''I sald that he ts an ‘ Orloff.’ "” 2 Jones—"‘All ‘off, eh? Then that's the reason he can't trot for sour apples. comicbooks.com