Judge, 1913-03-15 · page 11 of 24
Judge — March 15, 1913 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous sketches from the early 20th century, all centered on Easter themes: **"A Defective Telephone"** (top): A Southern white lady with rheumatism employs a Black servant girl named "Telephone." On Easter, the mistress instructs Telephone to greet a friend with the religious phrase "Christ is risen," expecting the response "He is risen indeed." When asked if she delivered the message, Telephone replies she didn't because she "don't 'spect she wed He'd riz"—a phonetic rendering of dialect humor playing on the servant's supposed ignorance of the religious greeting. **"Apropos of Easter"** and **"More Than He Bargained For"**: Brief comic verses about Easter eggs and chickens, using wordplay typical of period humor. **"Economy"**: A domestic dispute about egg prices during Easter, satirizing household budget arguments. The page relies heavily on racial caricature stereotypes common to the era, with the servant character depicted through exaggerated dialect. The humor targets both working-class concerns and social hierarchies of the time.
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A Defective Telephone. A LADY ina little Southern town was crippled with rheumatism and confined toh ployed a queer, litth darky, black her and run ¢ proved so satisfactory that th adopted her, christened her her to the Epis al Sunday scho where she and the negro. sexto: were the sole representatives of her . On Easter morning her mistress called Telephone to her send toa friend, a devout Methodist. a lovely bunch of roses ww, Telephone,” instructed her mistress, * ber, this is Easter Day; so, instead of say- ng, ‘Good-morning, Mrs. Kit you must say, ‘Christ is risen and she will answer. ‘He is risen, indeed came back, her mistress 4 ‘Did you t Mrs. King, ‘Christ. is. risen’? SHIFTING THE ssum,"" the chil stolidly. “What d answe plied Telephone don’t ‘spect she wed He'd riz.” Apropos of Easter. Robby stol Tow “ity . Please, you tell me whe More Than He Bargained For. {his knife to crack the shell plot s to thicken.) He'd only ordered just one z, he had a chick Economy. rs is, oh, so high! m we must try. Your little witie, good and wise, Will tre ha But, hubby, 1 razy ford n't you think comicbooks.com