Judge, 1926-09-18 · page 8 of 36
Judge — September 18, 1926 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# "Judge" Magazine Satirical Comic: "Owalewishush!" This Paul Ernst comic mocks temperance advocacy and changing attitudes toward alcohol during Prohibition era America. **The setup**: Young Aloysius Bishes is a habitual drunkard whose maiden aunt constantly scolds him about his drinking, citing family honor and morality. **The joke**: When Aloysius falls ill with flu, he gives his aunt alcohol disguised as "tonic" medicine (a common pretext for drinking during Prohibition). The aunt, tasting it, becomes tipsy herself—slurring her speech into "Alewishush"—and secretly enjoys it despite her moral lectures. **The satire**: The comic ridicules the hypocrisy of temperance moralists who publicly condemn drinking while privately enjoying alcohol. It also mocks the excuse of medicinal "tonics" used to justify alcohol consumption when it was restricted. The repeated slurred pronunciation emphasizes both intoxication and the absurdity of the aunt's position: she condemns drinking publicly but succumbs to it immediately when presented in acceptable guise.
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JUDGE OWALEWISHUSH! 4 | | By : \ PAUL ERNST Soy ) Prat aye ) ty Feet Loysius BisHEs, When, one day, a sly, malicious (Please pronounce it Al-oo-ish-us!) Flu germ bit her, Aloysius Used to drink like twenty fishes, Deemed the time to be pro- ( To his maiden aunt’s dismay. pitious Aunt’s Angora to obtain. Every time his auntie spied him Wabbling home, she would deride him, Sadly, sorrowfully chide him With this mournful roundelay: So he poured a healthy snifter-— Said ‘twas tonie—would uplift her-— But the “tonic” slightly spiffed her; So she sang this sweet refrain: Alewishush, It’sh delishioush. ' But the odor ish shushpishioush. Are you shure, it’sh not pernishioush, Not an alcoholic drink? ; | “Aloy ius, That’sh nishe tonic, Alewishush- Drink is vicious. Makesh your old aunt feel ambishioush, I don’t mean to be officious Kind of kootsie-kootsie-kishiush. But it would be most judicious Alewishiush! Did you wink?” | If you stopped this life of shame. Don’t forget you are a Bishes! Never, never be seditious To your gentle father’s wishes That you keep a spotless name.” SS p Aloysius Bishes Sr. ~A man who could say'No,’ comicbooks.com