Judge, 1928-01-07 · page 7 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Page (Undated) This page contains three separate humorous pieces mocking Scottish stereotypes: 1. **"Steamship Passenger"** (top): A satirical cartoon showing people diving off a ship near Scotland, with the caption suggesting "diving for pennies" as a new sport—a joke implying Scots are obsessively frugal and will pursue money at any cost. 2. **"How to Get a Scotsman to Buy a Drink"**: A comedic instruction list that mocks Scottish miserliness through absurdist advice (sing Annie Laurie, exhibit sword lessons, rent costumes). The punchline: "Buy the drink yourself!" 3. **"A Perfect Day (In the Life of a Scotsman)"**: Satirizes a Scottish man's penny-pinching lifestyle—avoiding paid transportation, finding free newspapers, and enduring cough drops rather than buying medicine. These pieces stereotype Scots as comically miserly, reflecting period American ethnic humor conventions.
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How to Get a Scotchman to Buy a Drink a few bars of Annie Lauric, Imitate Harry Lauder. Complain of a bad cold. Sneeze spasinodically and) cough rau- cously., Purchase rattlesnakes. Allow snake to bite you. hibit wound to Scotchman. pipe lessons. Rent tume including bagpipe Appear in costume playing Campbells Are Coming ine family tree. Dise your great - gre. was born in Scotland. Make affdavit before a Notary Public attesting this. Show affidavit to Scotchman. Purel Scotch tweeds and bag of Scotch se osuit) of scones. Offer scones to Sandy. Tremble violently. Complain of fever. We Buy the drink yourself! ALL. . storm, rage— Scotchman who has Sreamsiup Passexcen—Funny no one ever thought before of introducing the sport of diving for pennies off the coast of Scotland. solved the problem of what to do with old safety-razor blades he shaves x ith tom. A Perfect Day (In the Life of a Scotchman) Finds a street car transfer and doesn't have to walk to work, Discovers discarded newspaper on a seat. On way to office three beggars pass him’ up. Learns that he has won office baseball pool. Friend invites him to lunch- con, Leaving restaurant, takes hand- ful of toothpicks. Walks eight’ times past a demonstrator handing out free packs of cough drops. Reads the day’s news on bulle- tin board in front of newspaper office. tion from cough eat much dinner, Gets indiy: drops, so ¢: Therefore ¢ thpick. says only half a not have to prayer. comicbooks.com