Judge, 1925-07-11 · page 9 of 36
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# "Mah Florida Mammy" - Judge Magazine Satire This poem satirizes the Florida real estate boom of the 1920s. It lampoons the sudden wealth of Black Floridians who've abandoned agricultural labor ("cotton have all been forgotten") to become real estate dealers, selling property to Northern migrants ("suckers from Jersey and Maine"). The satire operates on multiple levels: it mocks the speculative frenzy itself, suggests Black Floridians are shrewd con artists exploiting naive Northerners, and uses offensive racial dialect and caricature stereotypes ("pickaninnies," "Aunt Jemima") typical of 1920s Judge magazine. The poem's ironic tone suggests skepticism about whether this sudden prosperity is legitimate or sustainable. The page also contains unrelated comic bits: "Krazy Kracks" wordplay jokes, a gag about a taxi driver, romance humor, and "Funnybones" quips—standard filler content for the magazine.
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L Mah Florida Mammy M“ Florida Mammy and Rastus and Sammy Don’t live in a cabin no more— They’ve all got positions and earn big commissions By selling choice lots on the shore. Mah kind-hearted Mammy owns half of Miami And old Aunt Jemima and Joe In old Tallahassee are ritzy and classy And rolling in diamonds and dough. They don’t hoe pertaters; they’re all real-estaters And dabble in acres and plots. The white fields of cotton have all been forgotten And serve now as choice building lots. The Mandys and Minnies—the pert pickaninnies Don’t harvest the cotton and cane, But sell costly pieces and property leases To suckers from Jersey and Maine. KRALY SRACKS “sive a sentence with the word / “ Scintillate” “My girl goes out every night and neter get scin- tillate.”” A FRIEND IN NEED Taxt Driver (to man in danger of being dragged into a hat shop)- Taxi, sir? “Ya gotta hand it t'me, Kid.” Strategy “You are the most beautiful girl I ever kissed,” he whispered to her. So of course, after that, she did not dare ask him if she was the first. SIS Physical Culturist—Do you take a cold shower in the morning? Another Nut—Yes; I always have grape fruit for breakfast. My idea of lily painting is the elocution course in a female uni- versity. comicbooks.com