Judge, 1915-05-01 · page 9 of 24
Judge — May 1, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple pieces of satirical content typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines: **Main Cartoon** ("'Twixt Devil and Deep"): A crude racial stereotype dialogue between two Black women discussing a man's coercive behavior on a boat. The "joke" relies on offensive dialect and depicts predatory male behavior as comedic. This reflects the deeply racist attitudes normalized in the era's mainstream publications. **Other Content**: The page includes brief humorous verses and quips, including "Cunning Willie" (a joke about a child stealing his sister's money), poetry titled "The True Romance," and a dialogue joke linking shoe prices to the European War (likely WWI). **Context**: Judge was a prominent satirical weekly that frequently published racist content alongside social commentary. The cartoon's presence here illustrates how casual racism permeated American popular culture and supposedly "respectable" publications of this period.
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Huby ’Twixt Devil and Deep T WAS a bright summer morning in Sa- vannah when two ladies of color met at the corner of Broad and Oglethorpe. Said one, ‘‘Mandy, Ah heah yo'-all was out skiff ridin’ wif Mistah Jackson las’ evenin’.’’ “Yassum,'’ said Mandy, ‘‘Ah suttinly was out ridin’ wif Mistah Jackson las’ evenin’; an’ Ah wants to toll yo’ Ah’s pow- uhful disconflustered in that gemman— powuhful !’* “Why, Mandy! Whut all's de mattah wif Mistah Jackson? Ah heah he’s a puffec’ gemman, Ah do."" “Puffec’ gemman!"’ exploded Mandy. “*Puffec’ gemman, huh! Yo’ know whut that low-down niggah do? That scoun’el done git me out dah in that ah boat, right plumb in de middle ob de ribber. Then that amoriferous coon he ‘low he gwine kiss me; yassum, jes’ lak Ah’s tollin’ yo’. My dear, we'll be late for the ball. Co'se Ah ‘low he ain't gwine do any sech thing. Then that niggah ‘low he gwine kiss me, an’ if Ah ’jects, he gwine upsot de boat an’ drownd us bofe. Yassum, he say that ve'y thing."’ Mandy paused and seemed loath to con- tinue the narrative. Her listener waited impatiently and then burst forth, “*An’ whut yo’-all do then, Mandy, when that niggah done act so scan’lous?"” “Whut Ah do! Huh! Whut Ah do!’’ And Mandy moved scornfully down the street. ‘‘Well, yo’-all ain’t heah o’ any niggahs bein’ drownded, has yo’?"" —Panl A, Riston Cunning Willie Little Willie’s kind 0’ funny— Takes it after Uncle Lafe. Swallowed all his sister's money— Said that he was “‘ playing safe’'! Strickland Gillilun Aren't you nearly undressed ? The True Romance H, KEEPER of the keys of love, Which only may unlock life’s gate, Woman: who keeps the keys of love Holds fast the keys of fate! Open the door, and, as I pass Beneath the arch thereof, Wipe out of me my love of law; Write in your law of love. —Reginald Wright Kaugman. Too Bad Murder’s Forbidden “How much are those mouse-colored shoes?"* ‘Seven dollars."” ‘Why are they so high?”” **European war."* “*T thought the Suedes were neutral?"’ Few photographs of the unco guid would be accepted as illustrations of happiness. comicbooks.com