Judge, 1906-07-14 · page 16 of 18
Judge — July 14, 1906 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a comic strip titled "Nervy Nat—The Lady with the Eggs and the Old Boulevardier," featuring the character Nervy Nat making observations about Parisian street life, likely in a working-class neighborhood called "Lingerleville." Nat commentates on scenes involving a woman selling eggs and various characters—a man reading a religious weekly, a performing acrobat named Yolko doing an "albumen schottishe" dance, and a sergeant-major. The humor relies on Nat's sardonic observations about social mixing, class distinctions, and bohemian Parisian life. References to "Johnny Rounder," "Officer Slimm," and absurdist performance suggest this satirizes both pretentious social attitudes and eccentric street entertainment common in early-1900s Paris. The strip's appeal depends on familiarity with Parisian street culture and bohemian society that modern readers would largely miss.
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1. Nervy Nat—"*One sees many things in Lingerleville that one, even two, never 8ees on Broadway. Now, just sling a cursory glance a this. On the starboard deck of that divan le beau garcon chuckling over one of those Parislan religious weeklies, and back to back sits madame, the egg gentleman's good wife, brooding over several dozen Scotch-ver- dict eggs.” 3. Nervy Nat—"'This is madame’s first and only connection with the haute noblesse—and old Johnny Rounder has certain ties he wots not of. "Tis" Indeed a pleasure to a student of social conditions like myself to be the humble instrument that destroys class distinctions and brings the aris- toorat in closer harmony with the mere mucker.”” 5. Nervy Nat—"“ The next number on the programme is Yolko, the human omelet, in his inimitable eccentric dance, which he calls the ‘al- bumen schottishe.’ [| haven't had so much fun since Officer Slimm of London had the measles." COPYALENT (906 BY JUREE COMPANY PUBLISWERS, 226 FOURTH AVE. NEW YORK. x NEOUVENAT THE LANDY WITH THE FGGS ANN La Vielle is dreaming of the old days when she wasn’t such a sight as she now is. | fail to see any urgent reason bei bs should snooze, ‘| think, as a divertisement, | will tle the string of jer apron to the tail of old Johnny Rounder’s morning-coat. XH z 6. Sercewt Canuc—"‘Sacré table d’hote! You are to me one large trouble, n'est-ce-pas 2 ‘ Nerv Nat—“‘Oh, petit pols and haricot vert, Caduc! ‘Tis nothing as yet. Walt till you have had me on your mind as long as O'Toole and Slimm have; then you may well be peevish. THF OLD BOULEVARDIER. comichooks.coyy)