Judge — June 3, 1905 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

These are two separate cartoons employing racial stereotypes common to early 20th-century American humor. **Top cartoon ("According to Indications")**: Uses dialect humor mocking African Americans. The joke relies on a racist stereotype that Black families feed their dogs chicken—implying both poverty and cultural difference. The humor targets both the dog's pickiness and the characters' speech patterns. **Bottom cartoon ("His Last Wish")**: Features what appears to be an Irish immigrant character (suggested by "Kelly" and "Oi" dialect). The dark humor centers on someone's deathbed wish: living two extra days to see how many taxi drivers ("hacks") attend his funeral—implying he's so unpopular or notorious that even this morbid metric would be noteworthy. Both cartoons use ethnic caricature and dialect comedy—standard Judge magazine fare for ridiculing immigrant and minority communities through exaggerated speech and crude stereotypes.