Judge, 1904-02-27 · page 16 of 16
Judge — February 27, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate comedic strips mocking immigrant accents and working-class characters. **"Swelled with Pride"** depicts a tailor (Cohen, identified by his Yiddish-inflected speech) convincing a customer (Hayrick from "Pine Corners") that an oversized suit will make him *feel* so proud he'll literally grow to fill it. The humor trades on both the tailor's ethnic stereotype and the absurd logic of psychological expansion. **"All He Wanted"** shows a beggar (Tarryvon Toran) claiming "nervous exhaustion" while requesting an overcoat, suit, hat, underwear, and money. Mrs. Harefoot's retort—that his nerve isn't exhausted at all, given his shameless demands—mocks both the beggar's transparent con and contemporary concerns about poverty and malingering. Both strips employ caricatured dialects and stereotypes typical of early-1900s American humor, targeting immigrants and the poor as objects of ridicule rather than sympathy.
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SWELLED WITH PRIDE. Mr. Hayricx (from Pine Corners)—“' But, mister, this suit ts too big fer me."” ‘ Be Conen—"'Listen, mine frendt. People vill t'ink you vun dot suit on a bet, und dot vill swell you up mit pride so much dot you vill fill out der sult fine.” COPYRIGHT 1903 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF WEW YORK. ~ ‘Sackett & Wilhelas Litho 8 Pig Co New York ALL HE WANTED. Tarrervon Toran—"' Lady, could yer help a poor feller dat's sufferin’ from nervous exhaustion? All | want is an overcoat, an’ a sult uv clothes, an’ a hat, an’ some underwear, an’a couple uv dollars, an’ "— Mrs. Hawpout—" Hold on! It's no wonder your nerve is exhausted if you overwork it like that.”* re comicbooks.com