Judge, 1911-09-30 · page 10 of 23
Judge — September 30, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"The Borrowed Umbrella"**: A narrative sketch (left) mocking a woman's obsession with snakes in Ireland. She's disappointed there are no snakes to find, leading to a joke about St. Patrick driving them out. An Irish immigrant's response—praising Ireland despite lacking snakes—satirizes immigrant nostalgia and Irish brogue speech. **"Did Buster Hear Her?"**: A domestic humor piece where a child claims not to have heard his mother calling multiple times, suggesting deliberate disobedience masked as inattention. This reflects common parent-child dynamics played for comedy. **"Family Likeness"**: A brief joke about a family debating which relative a newborn resembles, with the punchline revealing their primary concern is which relatives have money—satirizing mercenary family attitudes and the class-consciousness of the era. The page employs period stereotypes, particularly Irish immigrant caricatures, typical of Judge's satirical approach to American social observation.
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“YES, DEAK BOY, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER LOVED.” “T looked at Sue. ‘You're all right, Sue,’ I said, ‘only St, Patrick beat you to the snakes by about fifteen hundred years, that’s all!" “*T can't understand it,’ I said. ‘Tell you what,’ id Sue, ‘I've just got ‘That creek is the snakiest looking bit 1 to have a snake of some sort. I’m go- aw, and I didn’t see any snakes.’ ing to use a garter snake if I can’t “The outcome was we steered clear get any other kind. And right here of the small town and is the place where garter went over the hill. snakes ought to be by Did Buster Hear Her? dozens. Right in this field.” Mrs. Brown (from the front porch)— “So over the wall she ‘Buster! Buster ! Oh, Buster!” THE BORKOWED UMBRELLA, hopped, and she hunted for hours, but not a snake could either of us scare up. Sue just sat down on a stone and cried. ‘Lean’t make it out!’ she says, ‘I can’t under- stand it!’ Neither could I. When there is a stretch of land most favorable for and no snakes there, ***Sue,” [ said, ‘I'll bet there is an epidemic among snakes! That's what's Something has killed them all off!" “ ddlesticks!’ she ‘Snakes don’t have pidemics’—— “Just then there come over the hill one of the » I didn’t know what language he spoke, so I tried American.’ I said,‘what kind of a country is this you've got here, anyway?’ “He looked at me a min- ute. ‘’Tis.a foine counthry he 1, ‘Sorry a foiner counthry ye'll foind anny- where than ould Oireland!’ Little Buster (from around the corner, on third call)—** Yessum.’’ Mrs. Brown—'‘ Why didn’t you answer me when I called you?” Little Buster—*’Cause I never heard you the first two times you called.”” FAMILY LIKENESS. “* Whom does the baby resemble ?"* “* Well, we haven't quite determined yet. To tell the truth, none of our relatives have very much money."” comicbooks.com