Judge, 1909-06-26 · page 7 of 21
Judge — June 26, 1909 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several unrelated satirical pieces mocking New York life and conventions: **Top section:** Brief jokes about capitalization, hot dogs at Coney Island (punning "dachshunds" as actual sausage dogs), African wildlife endangered by rowdy New York tourists ("eddies"—slang for hoodlums), theatrical realism, and an absurd chafing dish that produces "gentle nightmares." **Main comic:** "Captain Fibb's Tale" is a tall tale about a ship crew caught in a tornado, deposited on a rocky island, then rescued by a massive tidal wave—all delivered in exaggerated sailor dialect. The humor lies in the increasingly implausible chain of events and the captain's casual acceptance of miraculous survival, typical of 19th-century seafaring folklore satire. The satire targets urban pretension, tourist behavior abroad, theatrical conventions, and the enduring appeal of impossible adventure stories. The cartoons assume reader familiarity with these cultural touchstones.
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AWFUL. REFLECTIONS OF A NEW YORKER. HE PRONOUN “1” and the interjection ‘0 are never writ- ten without using a capital. Let ‘U" be added, and it sig- nifies that the writer has got no capital at all. AT CONEY ISLAND. Customer—"* Bring us two hot-dog sandwiches.”* Waite rtainly, sir. Do you want dachshunds? They’re more expensive, but they're longer.” OF AFFAIRS IN Mamma Lion—" Remember what I tell you, children, and don’t go out while I"m away. AFRICA. ‘The jungle is just swarming with New York ‘eddies now !"* HARDLY FEASIBLE. “T ATELY a manager of a New York theater received a play in which one of the directions read, “ Enter the villain, smelling of tobacco."” SPECIAL OFFERING AT A NEW YORK STORE. Clerk—* Here is something new in chafing dishes.”” Customer—* What is its special feature?” Clerk—** It produces only nightmares that are perfectly gentle.” TALE TOLD BY CAPTAIN FIBB WHILE VISITING NEW YORK. ° 1, “Whew! ‘Talk about storms and things ! I've been in some pretty fierce ones. Once when I wuz cruisin’ around the West Indies with Captain Bilge in the little sloop Nancy O., a tremenjis tornado swoops up on us all of a sud- den.—— outer ten miles —— e water and carries us a-kitin’ fer about 3. ——and drops us high and dry ona rocky island in the middle of the ocean. ‘There we wuz, perched away up in the air, a hundred feet above tide-water, with nary a chance in the world of ever gittin’ off ag’in ! — 4. —— But bimeby we notices a high wall of water comin’ in the distance. Pretty soon we sees that it’s a monstrous tidal wave, about a hundred feet high, headin’ fer us! — 5. —— Well, bust me bulkhead, if that tidal wave didn’t pick us clean off that rock —— 6, ——and when the rumpus wuz over we finds ourselves floatin’ safe and sound on the calm bosom of the water, with no more damage than some busted riggin’ and a trifle of water in the hold !"* comicbooks.com