Judge, 1908-11-07 · page 6 of 16
Judge — November 7, 1908 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces. The main feature is a humorous description of Harlem as a neighborhood, mocking it through absurdist exaggeration: it's "bounded" by Sing Sing prison to the north and J.P. Morgan (the wealthy banker) to the south. The text jokes about Harlem's supposed "industries"—the "Harlem goat joke" and "Harlem flat joke"—references to ethnic humor stereotypes circulating at the time. The other content includes poems and illustrations about romantic misadventure ("The Remnant of a Man") and a sketch titled "Making Him Useful" showing a child asking an overweight uncle to stand still for a game. The overall tone reflects *Judge* magazine's satirical approach: mocking urban neighborhoods, ethnic groups, and social pretension through exaggerated wordplay and visual gags typical of early 20th-century American humor.
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NCLE old man, bah s no moh sine chureh, sah, Bro Mag Maggie turkey, adsty ; Well, you street that at the hour."* A COUPL! Ah, Yes; far from the rubbering crowd man who was holding down a dry-joods box in front of the phia pressed brick, children, and bedclothes, and village store," they tell me rises toa height of one hun that you remem feet above the Wall “No, sah,"" THE DAY AFTER. dst re dinner to-night 3 cold, nay tell Mrs, POOR ADAM! CHOICE SPOTS ON THE EARTH. DAM stop- HARLEM. ped to ARLEM is bounded on the north by Sing Sing, on the east by wipe the sweat the Long Island Perfumery Works at Hunter’s Point, on the out of his eyes. south by J. P, Morgan, and on the west by the Palisades Ad- ““Well,""he — vertising Company, unlimited. said, “1 had a Harlem was first settled by the New York baseball team, who fine time in were in the habit of killing their umpires on the banks of the Harlem Eden, all right, but it certainly is tough to spend the rest of your life paying for one season at a summer re- sort." Then he dropped his hoe and stum- bled ily across the field River as far back as 1798. Rip Van Winkle once went througn Harlem, and calling at the first beer garden for a high ball, drank it, and staggering on to the Catskills, slept for twenty years. That is why no one, to this day, blames him. Harlem is noted for its industries, among which we may mention the Harlem goat joke and the Harlem flat joke. The grated from pt early in the last century, and have since the n led 4 peaceful and unperturbed, but quite act xistence, THEIR EOF SPOONBILLS ON HONEY MOON. t last we beloved, e alone!" THE REMNANT OF A MAN. HE 5} 1 aker said, ** Lend me your cars!"" wd 'em, though I had my ha world of wicked me m back again, ry dim. The rive! ld not undo, Although a week or two! I'm sure you will not 1 L remark I miss thos Soon after at a dinner g: 1 to young Miss May. thought Ht was @ souve! pnir! ‘a .. he took my arm, but left my sleeve, It’s hollow, as you will perceive. For young Miss May I ceased to care, And fell in love with Rose, so fair. I lost my heart with courtly grav An old tin can now fills the cavity ! I put some beets inside the ean— I'm sure that was a hearty plar MAKING HIM USEFUL. iclo—"* Oh, Unele John! won't you please stand lay tag around you? I married Rose! It must be told proved to be an awful scold, heud off! ‘That was snd! only one I had! nw remnant of a man! it, reader, if you ¢: Small boy (to very fat still and let Willie and me Harlem is connected with the Stock Exchange by the elevated railroad, the subway, and the Croton aqueduc Having been robbed of all personality years ago, it has nothing to conceal. Its windows, i nt home life, are always open to the passing | hours of the day and night, enabling him to J impressions of America. It contains about four HE HAD REFORMED. * said the drummer, addressing an aged colored MOS! Street level. Harlem and Brooklyn have beendeadly rivals. Inasleep- replied the * Ah uster 'mem- ing contest, no one knows y in’ him, but Ah don’t which would win, Harlem is Ab done j'in'd sustained and soothed by Woodlawn Cemetery; Brook- | lyn has Greenwood, It is fortunate that New York lies between them; oth- t (telephoning) what is there for erwise the banner of the ready-made necktie, the Sun- “1 think it’s day silk hat, and the ubiqui- tous baby carriage would float over Manhattan Island, whe naught now interferes with the Sabbath calm except the passing auto, the clang of sur- face cars, and the sound of falling poker chip: with sir, ! m! vet Ah troad- shall by detained late