Judge, 1904-08-27 · page 16 of 16
Judge — August 27, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This 1904 page contains two caricatured scenes using heavy ethnic stereotyping typical of the era. The top cartoon depicts a ship's departure where a sailor (labeled "Yacht-Captain") hears a noise and asks if a rope has broken. The response uses an offensive caricature of a Black cook saying goodbye to his wife—the "joke" being that his affectionate farewell sounds like ship damage. The bottom cartoon shows a baseball game between characters with Jewish names (Hockstein and Cohen). Captain Cohen scolds his friend Goldberg for being distracted, implying he's treating the game as a business transaction ("catching customers") rather than recreation. The satire mocks Jewish immigrants as overly focused on commerce even during leisure. Both cartoons rely on ethnic caricature and dialect humor—common in early 20th-century American satire—to create comedy through demeaning portrayals of working-class immigrants and Black Americans.
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AS THE SHIP WAS LEAVING. Yacut-cartain—‘* Hark! What was that noise? Has the hawser parted ?"" Ketty—"' Make yure moind aisy, cap. It’s only th’ naygur cook kissin’ his woife good-bye." COPYALENT 1904 BY JUBEE COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 226 FOURTH AVE. NEW YORK Sachem witheles Lins b Pig o NewYora AT THE HOCKSTEIN—COHEN BASEBALL GAME. Cartan Conen—"' For hevink’s sake, Goldberg! vot's der matter mit you? Forget dot you are catching customers now und dry und catch dot ball. Remember dees is a game ohf bleasure, not beezness.”” comicbooks.com