Judge, 1922-02-04 · page 11 of 36
Judge — February 4, 1922 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This Judge magazine page contains three satirical stories typical of early 20th-century American humor: 1. **"Told at the Nineteenth Hole"** — Three brief jokes: - A Southern plantation owner is losing workers to Northern ("Yankee") employers because they use the respectful title "Mister" when addressing Black laborers, unlike the South. - A "hard" history professor is outsmarted by a student's pun: Pilgrims came in "hardships" (wordplay on difficulty and ships). - A cowboy courting an Eastern visitor brings only one overshoe, planning to return tomorrow with the other—a pretext to see her again. 2. **Bottom illustration** — A golf instruction comic showing a golfer's swing fault, part of a series on golfing errors. The page reflects period attitudes: patronizing treatment of Black workers, stereotypical "dumb student" classroom dynamics, and flirtation humor. The Yankee-South contrast references post-Civil War labor tensions and Northern industrial expansion into Southern agriculture.
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TOLD AT THE NINETEENTH HOLE A SPECIAL INDUCEMENT The Yankee invasion of Texas is making things difficult for the native plantation owner. After years of ten- antry satisfactory on both sides, and particularly favorable to Uncle Jake, the old negro appeared before his land- lord and announced his intention of leaving him. “Why, what you going to leave me for?” asked Mr. Harris, who looked upon Uncle Jake as a life-long pen- sioner. “How come? Why, jes’ cause I is gwine wo'k ovah on the Yank planta- tion yondah.” “Why, you old sinner you! Haven't I always treated you fair and square? Given you your own garden and a good bit left over from your share each year to send your boy to Tuskegee and to buy Aunt Viny’'s clothes?” “You shuah nuff hab did all which you say, Mistah Harris.” “Then why do you want to go over there when you can make more here farming my plantation on shares?” “This away,” confided Uncle Jake, half apologetically and half proudly, “I is gwine wo'k ovah the’ah ‘cause them Yanks they is call they niggers ‘Mis- tah." THE PILGRIMS’ SHIPS Rarely did the history class smile. The professor was a “hard” man. The class was repeatedly told how dumb it was. “Well,” said the scowling professor, “in what kind of ships did the Pilgrims come over to Plymouth Rock?” A boy in the class raised his hand. “Do you think you have the correct answer?” the professor asked. “I think I have, professor.” “What is it?” “The Pilgrims came over in hard- ships!” THE GALLANT COWBOY Returning home from a dance at a neighboring ranch, twenty miles away, an Eastern girl, who was visiting a Texas school chum, found she had for- gotten her overshoes. The other ranch was notified over the ‘phone, and the next day a cowboy rode up with a package. “Thank you so much for bringing my overshoes!” said the girl. Then, opening the package: “Why, you have only brought one!” “IT know it, ma‘am. the other to-morrow. wish, miss, that you pede!” I'll come with And I only was a centi- a Drawn by Rene Crarne: JIM BARNES’ LIST OF TEN COMMON FAULTS OF GOLFERS No. 6—Lifting the club with the right hand in place of swinging back with the left in control.