Judge, 1924-08-23 · page 27 of 36
Judge — August 23, 1924 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page collects humorous anecdotes and cartoons from Judge's archives, labeled "Ask Dad—He Knows." **The jokes** rely on wordplay and social observation typical of 1880s-1900s American humor: - A youth claims knowledge of married life through his *father's* experience (1886) - A servant girl named Bridget (Irish stereotype) corrects a boy calling her a "corker" (1889) - An "Ode to the Wind" uses ironic morality—God sends dust to blind wrongdoers (1900) - A daughter takes her father's advice about economizing clothes *literally*, wearing an inappropriately low-cut dress (1894) - Two Irishmen ("Pat" and "Mike," ethnic caricatures) struggle with a stubborn mule; one suggests the other treats it like a landlord—implying Irish tenant farmers famously resisted landlords (1901) **The appeal** relies on period stereotypes (Irish servants and laborers, gender dynamics, class anxiety) and innocent double-entendres rather than complex satire. The cartoons illustrate simple misunderstandings or comeuppances.
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XUM ASK DAD— HE KNOWS What They Laughed at in the Good Old Days Woman of the World (to youthful admirer)—You seem to know a great deal of married life. Are you mar- ried? Youth (with a blasé air)—No, but my father is. —Judge, 1886 Fae Merritt—I see you have a new servant girl. Little Johnny (confidentially)— Yes, and I tell you she’s a corker. Bridget (speaking up)—Indaade (~( > oi'm not, sorr. Limerick. —Judge, 1889 Ode to the Wind Providence sends the wicked wind That blows the skirts knee high; But God is good, and he sends the dust That blows in the bad man’s eye. —dJudge, 1900 Oi cum frum 7A Grant EB. Hamilton in Judge, 1894. HIS FAULT Parext—Aren’t you ashamed, daughter, to be seen in such a low dress? Davcnter—Why, papa, you said yourself that you wanted me to cut down in my clothes while the times were so hard. P. 8, Sullivant in Judge, 1901. Teas gru live sFo Pat—0i can’t git th’ divvle to move. q Mixe—Shure, he moost think you're his landlord. 25 comicbooks.com