Judge, 1904-01-30 · page 16 of 16
Judge — January 30, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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**Top cartoon ("To Get Working Well"):** A wealthy lady gives a dime to a poor Irish immigrant woman ("Hapless Hattoran"), hoping she'll spend it wisely. The immigrant responds that she needs to drink two beers first before she can think clearly. This stereotypes Irish working-class people as alcoholics and mocks the condescension of wealthy charitable givers. **Bottom cartoon ("They Were Sickening"):** Two men discuss a sickly hen, with one remarking it looks ill enough to be the mother of eggs thrown at them "last evening." This appears to reference a theatrical performance where audiences pelted bad actors with rotten eggs—a common form of audience disapproval. The joke equates bad acting with diseased parentage. Both cartoons employ ethnic stereotyping and crude humor typical of early-1900s American satire.
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TO GET WORKING WELL. Lapy—"" Here Is a dime, and I hope you will think well before you spend it."* Haptess Hattoran—"‘ impossible, mum, I have ter drink at least two schooners uv beer before | kin think well." a COPYRIGHT 190} BY JUDGE COMPANY OF MEW YORK. ‘Sackett 3 Wilbeles Litho & Pr¢ Co NewYork. THEY WERE SICKENING. RecinaLp TiewaLx—"' My! but that hen looks sick.’* Ferpy BARNsToRM—' She looks sick enough to be the mother of those eggs thrown at us last evening.” comichooks.cony)