Judge, 1913-12-13 · page 15 of 24
Judge — December 13, 1913 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon, "Sunshine and Shadow," depicts a racial stereotype scenario: a young Black man seeking permission to court his employer's daughter is rebuffed by the father, who insults him as a "Socialist" and threatens violence. The satire targets not the Black characters but rather the father's hypocrisy—he uses political name-calling ("nigger Socialist") as cover for crude prejudice, while the cartoon's ironic title suggests the contrast between outward respectability and inner cruelty. The surrounding short humorous pieces are unrelated: one mocks wealthy men who accumulate money they're too old to enjoy; another makes a joke about aggressive salesmen; a third plays on police indifference to theatrical emergencies. The "Hogwallow, Ky." section is rural humor focused on poor Southern characters and their modest circumstances. The page reflects Judge's typical mix of social satire, though the racial content reflects its era's problematic attitudes.
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i; SUNSHINE AND SHADOW The Appropriate Remark «sMISTAH SOCKETT, sah,’’ timor- ously began the saddle -hued young swain, ‘‘I loves yo’ daughtah, Loo- ella Maud, but I doesn’t know how to ‘spress muhse’f and ’splain muh sedi- munts; I dunnuh what to say to yo’, and’’—— “Lkin he’p yo’ out’n de compercation, Mistah Spradley,’’ grimly interjected the square-headed oid man. ‘‘As yo’ doesn’t do nuth’n’ but set round inde barbah shop and zing-i-zang on de gee-tyah and ’spound dat ’ar plumb-foolish Socialism—and I does think dat a nigger Socialist am de no-'countest of all created critters!—de most ‘propriate remahk yo’ kin make am, ‘Uh-good-by, sah; I’m gone!’ and if yo’ doesn’t say it, and say it quick, yo’ am gwine fo’th fum yuh wid de biggest lickin’ dat a triflin’ nigger ever packed off wid him! Dar’s yo’ hat, sah!”” A confidence man capitalizes his per- sonality at the cost of the fall guy. A Losing Game HE HAS no time for any fun, For he is far too busy Annexing and safeguarding mun. He works until he’s dizzy. Day after day he gathers gold. And how will he employ it? To buy delight when he’s too old And feeble to enjoy it. —Walter G. Doty. Thrown Down New drummer—Hello, cutey! buyer in? Ribbon-counter Mary—No, freshy; but the cellar is downstairs. No Cause for Alarm Passer-by (excitedly )—Officer, that man leaning from the fourth-story window is yelling ‘*Police!”” New York policeman (calmly)—-Oh, he’s probably a theatrical manager who wants to get a new play revised in a hurry. Is the Latest News from Hogwallow, Ky. Miss FRUZIE ALLSOP, one of our most charming and elite young ladies, is so modest that she lifts only her eyebrows while crossing a muddy road. Washington Hocks shook himself out of persimmon tree on Musket Ridge Tues- day night. a Cricket Hicks held the lamp Sunday night while Miss Hostetter Hocks sung a solo at the Dog Hill church. At one point her voice rose so high Cricket was compelled to mount a chair. The weather has been so cold for the past few mornings, the mail carrier has been compelled to sit on his hands, Washington Hocks was tried at Rye Straw Saturday morning on a charge of stealing a cow, worth ten dollars, from: some one in the Calf Ribs neighborhood. Wash pleaded guilty, with the under- standing that the court would give him three dollars to boot between the cow and. the fine. —George Bingham, comicbooks.com