Judge, 1906-04-21 · page 7 of 16
Judge — April 21, 1906 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"In Court"**: A racist minstrel-show stereotype mockery depicting a Black defendant whose dialect and malapropisms frustrate a lawyer. The "joke" relies on racist caricature—the defendant deliberately misunderstands legal language and demands the stenographer re-read questions, suggesting intellectual incompetence. This reflects the deeply offensive racial humor common in Gilded Age publications. **"Patriotic Compliment"**: A Utah man stands during Wagner's "Lohengrin" bridal chorus, believing it's the state anthem. Mild satire on provincial pride and cultural unfamiliarity. **"Good Plan" and related anecdotes**: Humorous domestic sketches about wives managing husbands—one wife distracts a visiting professor from noticing burnt roast by engaging him in chemistry discussion; another wife notes her clever husband is "one of the cleverest men she ever married" (implying serial marriages). The page represents typical Judge content: light domestic humor mixed with cruder racial caricature. Modern readers should recognize the explicitly racist material as historically significant evidence of accepted bigotry in mainstream American periodicals.
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AIMTTTNAT REALTY LETT IN COURT. Hall Ku Lawyer (‘o prisoner)—" What was the occasion of your intrusion on the premises of the complainant?" Necro prisoner—"' Will yo" say dat ag‘in, boss?” Lawven—"* The stenographer will please read my question.” (Stenographer reads.) Necro prisoner—"* On dat occasion I hab no recomembrance. Dat s wot makes me hesitatious.”” Lawyer—* Will you please repeat that answer?" Necro prisonen—'* Will de stographer be so ‘greeable ter read mah answah ter dis deaf man wot t'inks he is a lawyer?" the bridal-chorus and march began, he rose and re- mained _ standing throughout the playing of the im- pressive strains. «Why did you stand?" we asked him after he took his seat. “That's the state-air of Utah,” he said; “and 1 rather took it as a high compliment to my state to find that it has been worked into this show.” Mrs. Avenoo— “How greatly Mrs. Brown-Jones- Green admires her husband !"" Mrs. Torkins— “Yes, She says he's one of the cleverest men she ever married.” PATRIOTIC COMPLIMENT. QUE friend from Utah was enjoying “* Lohengrin " vastly, as it was ¢¢ JV DEAR," said the distressed wife to her husband, «the roast the first time he had heard the opera. To our surprise, when is burned to a crisp, and I am at my wit's end to know what GOOD PLAN. TOO MUCH FOR HIM. ‘Tue evernant—"' So your marriage with Miss Grizzly Bear was an unhap Tue mirro—''| should say so! No matter how hard | worked for her she morning till night.” py one id nothing but grow! from to do. Here we have Professor An- lizem to dinner, and he "—— “That's easy enough,” inter- rupted the ingen- ious husband, + When Iserve the roast I will get him into a discussion of the proportion of carbons and proteins and other chemical things in it, and he will be- come so engrossed in explaining it that he won't no- tice what he is eating.” ‘THE TIMES. se\JAIT a min- Ww ute.” “Ain't got time.” Where you “Nowhere in particular.” comicbooks.com