Judge, 1919-07-26 · page 23 of 36
Judge — July 26, 1919 — page 23: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains multiple Irish-American humor pieces stereotyping Irish immigrants through dialect and perceived character traits. **Main cartoons and stories satirize Irish immigrants by:** 1. **"Conscientious"** — An Irishman breaks a store window, then runs home to get money to pay for it. The joke assumes Irish dishonesty; his honesty is treated as surprising. 2. **"Some Country!"** — An Irish railroad worker exaggerates America's size in heavily stereotyped brogue, suggesting Irish credulity and unfamiliarity with scale. 3. **"Simple Logic"** — An Irish vagrant's circular reasoning confuses a magistrate, mocking Irish intelligence. 4. **"Up Against It"** — An Irish-Mexican hybrid character claims sufficient Irish and Mexican heritage to justify fighting anyone—playing on stereotypes of both groups as naturally combative. The humor relies entirely on ethnic caricature, dialect jokes, and assumptions about Irish-Americans' supposed ignorance, dishonesty, and violence. The "Old Sod" (Ireland) reference frames Irish immigrants as foreign outsiders.
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—— | THE OLD SOD Conscientious A big Irishman while carrying # ladder through a crowded street, had the to break a plate-gla He im mediately dropped bis ladder and broke but he had been seen by the after him in misfortune window in a store into a run shopkeeper. who dashed company with several salesmen, and was soon caught “Here. you big loafer! angry shopkeeper.,when he had regained his breath You have broken my window!” I sure have.” admitted the Celt, “and didn't you see me running home to get the Harper's Ma shouted the money to pay for it Finnegan. a rail “On again Country! gh not he « returned to Ireland re On being questioned Some road worker. thou; off again” fame cently on a visit by his relatives concerning the of America, he described its size Phwy, An to drerag | wonders fol lows T-r-ric so big tho: if ye wor ind throug’) lave a mar rk in Oireland in inland the Shtates ve wouldn't th’ di n° ve could lose thim gr-great we call lakes get rid of there are un’ if oceans We ye had Scotland t th di carners to hide her in were ve'd put her, ex an’ no body cow the strong smell ay cept. begorra 3 Transcript whiskey Simple Logic —An Lrishman was before a ma, stra’ brougt ye and qu charge of vag “What trade are “Your h You in the sea tion whether you have ever been to sea in your life Shure. now think I came over from Ireland ina waggin?""—Blighty (London you in? ior. a sailor ng line? L ques and does your honor Up Against It -One day when Matt Wynne, the manager of Church ill Downs Land atonia, was at the Juarez track he was braced for a litth coin by a man who looked like a Mex ican but talked like an Irishman “Are vou an Irishman or a Mexi- n?” asked Matt Will, sor.” was the reply. Pm both Me name is Patrick O'Driscoll Valdez yugh Oirish in me to make e, sir, an’ > get licked Enquirer Thave juste me want to fight all the ist enough Mexican in me “—Cincin et Just WORDS a Reminder Thankful “What's: Bolshevisis’”” Folk that start fires! Then never be thank vin idness rif there's startin A Little Doubt My Jobn'll 2 oman wha the tire, it's Mnemotechnics— \ farmer ran into drug:store much upset My wife told me to get something here I have forgotten what it is ¢ Not unless vou tell me something more about it Farmer—Well, it’s for pain Druggist—Aspirin, cocaine, aconite? Farmer—No, no, th it, it’s something th t don’t sound like sounds prettier Druggist—Sorry, but 1 can’t do any thing for vou Farmer—Ves, you can Druggist—Well, how? Farmer—V'll tell, you Great Lakes for me I don’t quite see the con Ontario, name the Druggist nection, but I aim to please. Vhe farmer shook his head Druggist—Huron gan More shakings of the head. Erie,” said the druggist The fermer’s face — brightened That's it. Wasn't there a famous sailor who won a battle there?" Druggist—Perry, you mean? Farmer—Now you got it. Give me a dime’s worth of perrygoric for the Journal of the Americ Michi Superior old woman Medical Issocia The Wrong Guess—" What is the meaning of ‘false doctrine,’ Willie?” asked the Sunday-school teacher “It's when the doctor gives the wrong stuff to a sick man,” replied Willie. Pearson's Weekly comicbooks.com