Judge, 1907-06-08 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 8, 1907 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This six-panel comic strip satirizes American tourists abroad, specifically a brash character named "Nervy Nat" traveling with an English aristocrat, Lord Reginald Somerville. The humor plays on contrasting national stereotypes: Nat represents the vulgar, homesick American (nostalgic for Manhattan's Flatiron building), while Somerville embodies pompous British upper-class affectation with exaggerated speech ("bally," "blawsted"). The satire targets Nat's tourist behavior—complaining about homesickness despite traveling, his obnoxious confidence ("land on my feet"), and his casual disrespect toward servants and luggage. The final panel shows him drunk and ordering another beer, reinforcing stereotypes of uncouth American tourists. The recurring joke involves Nat's irreverent treatment of Somerville's lost valet and general disregard for European proprieties, mocking American travelers' perceived lack of sophistication and manners.
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1, Nervy Nat—"' To see all those Cook's tourists climbing yon gang-plank 2. Nervy Nat—"« By the lion and the unicorn, look who is here! Me lud, reminds me of the elevated in little old Manhattan. The microbe of home- at your service. My distinguished buck-tooth, sir, may I be of any slight sickness seems to have entered my soul. Oh, for a few paltry bucks and a assistance to you?” look at the Flatiron building!” Lorp REGINALD Somervitte—'* My word! but you're a bally old cove. Me good man, ye might watch me luggage a bit and hold me dawg. Me blawsted valet has disappeared.”” Mdina ni 3. Nervy Nat—" Tut, tut, you pie-faced mut! Don't get any brain-storms while I have a lien on your master's carpet-sack, etcetera, but be a good dinner in the dining-car, or I'm a fish. Algernon, your noble master not purp and look like something human. As it fs, you remind me of a baby- being here, there is really no reason why you and this blawsted luggage should grand plano.” not visit America. Follow me, and forget the past."” 5. Le cierc— But ze lest contain ze name also of one valet.”” 6. Nervy Nar—'*I generally land on my feet, and this seems no exception. Nervy Nat—" My benighted minton of a depraved nation, | do not for My only regret at leaving La Belle France is that | will miss Caduc, with his the fractional part of a second doubt but what it is as your billet-dukes says: charming personality and busted English. Algernon, me boy, don't sit there but nevertheless, as Lord Somerville, | demand that | and my Teddy Bear be in that cold, aloof manner. Look reai sassy. If anyone attempts to get popii- shown our hall-rooms. As for my valet, he missed the boat. Now, on with lar with us—— I say. garcon! another beer, and omit the cherry, pleas. the dance! Let joy be unconfined.”” CCOPYRIONT 1087 BY JUDGE COMPANY PUBLBNERS 228 FOURTH AVE. MEW 428K NERVY NAT LEAVES PARIS AND STARTS FOR HOME. comicbooks.com