Judge, 1906-09-15 · page 16 of 16
Judge — September 15, 1906 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This is a humorous comic strip following "Nervy Nat," a wealthy American dandy visiting Paris's medieval museum (Musée Cluny). The joke is that Nat tries on ornate medieval armor and knight's clothing, then treats the experience with exaggerated sophistication and absurdity. Throughout the sequence, Nat makes ridiculous pronouncements: comparing armored knights to piano-movers, obsessing over restaurant quality, casually mentioning his "letter of credit," and treating the heavy armor as if it were a fashionable suit he might bring back to New York. He's portrayed as a stereotypical nouveau-riche American tourist—ostentatious, name-dropping ("Toole," restaurant references), and completely oblivious to how absurd he sounds. The satire targets both wealthy American tourists abroad and the pretension of treating casual experiences as profound cultural moments. His constant references to dining and servants underscore the character's vapid materialism masquerading as sophistication.
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1, Nervy Nat—"'Sanctified steel! isn’t that loun| bet Richard Cure de Lion had a piano-mover . lL can imagine him saying, ‘Get a derrick, Winterbottom, and lay out my clothes.’ I believe I'll climb into those duds and go over to that swagger grub em- porium across the street."" oul—yes. Ja, si—sure, Mike! Of course the night-owl lunch-wagon under the ‘L’ station at Thirty-third Street has all this chuck beaten to a whisper, but for mere polly-voo truck it’s not at all bad. You may bring me the bill presently.”” ‘5. Nervy Nar had struck pay-dir Even if you manage to break into my waistcoat you will be unrewarded, | fear, Heft my letter of credit on the wash-stand at my apartments.” ‘COPYRONT 198 BY JUDGE COMPANY PUBLIENERE, £18 FOURTH AVE, REW v0 2. Nervy Nat—"Just my buna! I supp.se one should use a stove lifter to get’ into this hardware Wish | could smuggle this suit over to New York when | go back. I can see 2Toole trying to butt in on one of my post-luncheon snoczes, He'd 73 get plumber. Now, what ho! for the * restauraw “I” ‘4. Garcon—"* Did not monsieu" say bring him ze beel ?” Nervy Nar—"'Sure thing, old pal! I just wanted to finish up with a hearty snicker. It's bully for the digestion. Now, you may take it away and have it framed nicely with a wide mat. It is really a curiosity. I'm not snobbish. One owes it to one’s self to glance at one’s bill.”” 6. Seroent Capuc robbings in one day Nervy Nat—"" Mere bagatelle! Say, Caduc, did those waiter persons take me for canned lobster? This suit ought to be sponged and pressed. But never mind: | sha'n't wear it again. It is really impossible—the trousers will not turn up.”” NERVY NAT VISITS THE MUSEE CLUNY. comicbooks.com