Judge, 1926-03-27 · page 13 of 36
Judge — March 27, 1926 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This piece satirizes American assimilation and ethnic identity through humor. Uncle Abie Gitzenheimer is a Jewish immigrant who has children with conspicuously diverse adopted names: Irish (Mickey O'Malley), French (Renee L'Aiglon), German (Bertha Von Gitzen), Spanish (Carmelita Espinosa), Hawaiian (Duke Kaleukilowkaukiaeua), Italian (Gaetano Guglielmo), Arab (Achmed Sed Bey), Serbian (Stovich Korovich), and Anglo (John L. Smith). The joke satirizes how immigrant families adopted non-Jewish identities to succeed in American entertainment and society. Gitzenheimer ironically boasts that his children—originally named "Hermie, Hyman, Solly, Reba, Sarah, Mos, Rachael"—will "keep the old family name alive" despite abandoning it entirely. The satire mocks both assimilationist pressures and the father's obliviousness to his children's complete cultural transformation. The top cartoon mocks newly-licensed female drivers (an emerging social phenomenon) as reckless dangers to roads.
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Serious ae Solved—This course has been scientifically laid out between Nutley, N. J., and Nyack, N. Y., for the exclusive use of motorists teaching their wives to drive. car thus driven ever leaves the road. The Good Old Family Name I pRopPpED into Uncle Abie Gitzen- heimer’s place to-day to see if my watch was all right. He excited over the success of and daughters that he let me have another fiver. Old Man Gitzenheimer certainly has a good family. Pansy La Peach (the movie star, y'know), is the youngest girl. Then there is Mickey O'Malley, “The Fightin’ Irish Fool,” he’s the youngest boy. The other girls also are making big names for themselves: Renee L’Aiglon, known as “The French Jenny Lind”; Bertha Von Gitzen, credited with being the most cl of the young German novelists; Carmelita Espinosa del Rey, the famous Spanish dancer, and Lena “There's a man who sings at his work from morning till night.” “What does he do?” “He's a song writer.” It has been found that no Swenson, hailed as th Queen of the Folli The boys are doing just as well. Besides Mickey there are Duke Kaleukilowkaukiaeua, one of the champion swimmers of Honolulu; Gaetano Guglielmo, the famous or- chestra leader; Achmed Sed Bey, the popular Arabian acrobat; Stovich Korovich, the Montenegrin piano virtuoso and John L. Smith, of Wall andinavian “re good kids and deserve I remember ’em when they were just Hermie, Hyman, Solly, Reba, Sarah, Mos Rachael and Sam Gitzenheimer. “You're a lucky father, said I.” “Well, I ain't so much boaster,” he replied. ‘But it gives a lot of pleasure for an old man to know that when he dies there is sons and daughters what will keep the old family name alive.” Chet Johnson bo comicbooks.com