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This satirical cartoon series mocks an amateur violinist neighbor through five vignettes labeled "Pizzicato," "High C," "The Shake," "Con Espressione," and "And now for Slumber!" Each depicts increasingly frantic, contorted poses suggesting the young man produces awful sounds while playing. The joke targets the stereotype of enthusiastic but talentless amateur musicians—a common complaint in urban apartment living. The final panel shows him exhausted, humorously implying his neighbors are similarly exhausted by the noise. The accompanying text columns discuss unrelated political/labor issues ("The Wages of Labor is Stole," "Another Bosnian Difficulty"), standard for Puck's mixed-content format.
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Con Expressione. Waa. Tuey? Pexsonat.—Will the gentlemen ina butcher cart who robbed a passenger ina ‘Third Avenue car, and the gentlemen in a similar vehicle who waylaid Mr. Stone, and the gentlemen who committed a daring’ burglary ina house across the North River, please send their names and addresses to the New York Pot.ice. Nor ‘I'wo—One ano A Hatr. ‘Take Notice.—I hereby warn the public that any person who objects to the imposition of exorbitant fees by the Register, Sheriff or | County Clerk, and any person who threatens | to investigate the accounts of these officials, is “a piratical Anti-Tammanyite,” and renders himself liable to abuse from at least “vo daily papers. Joun Kenty, Boss, Wuere ts G. W.C., A. M.? Situation Wantev.—A gifted gentleman, late Mayor of the City of New York, and au- thor of the beautiful poem of ‘The Crooked Nose,” can be engaged to write the most beau- tiful, as well as comical verses, exclusively for the journal offering the highest terms, during the season of 1879. Address, Swamp, N. Y. PUCK. (AS WE FANCY HIM] High C, il “THE WAGES OF LABOR IS STOI . Dinny Kearney, whose goodness is only equaled by his good looks, is the author of ‘the above expression —watch-word, as. it were, ‘The first thought about it which sei, us is that, however honest and exemplary the | custodian of Labor's wages may be, his gram- mar has been slightly neglected. He’ had clearly no right to make such a statement as this, Besides, Kearney says that the wages of labor are small, hence the custodian could have had no justification whatever for debasing the grammar to mal he statement. Rather have suffered the insignificant loss, and then reported: ‘* ‘The wages of labor are not stolen.” It may perhaps be said that in the cause of labor grammar is not essential, It is. What ; would Kearney be without grammar? What Lis he with it? Prompt measures, we hope, will at once be taken to see that the wages of labor is not stole again, ‘I'his assured, it will be time to inquire how it happens that when, according to Dennis, Labor is reduced to the verge of starvation, its wages may be stole in an appreciable quantity. | race for the Mayoralty, there will be no blood | and-thunder candidate. THE YOUNG MAN NEXT DOOR WITH THE VIOLIN. Ir is now pretty definitely settled that in the | And now for Slumber! ANOTHER BO. DIFFICULTY, We learn from the Vienna Zagé/att, of re- cent date, that trouble has arisen between ron Javanowics and Stojan Kowacsewicks. he exact cause of the trouble is left to con- cture, but it is fair to assume that it must have arisen from the names of the combatants. One of the Vienna papers states that Javano- wics called Stojan Kowacsewicks by name, and Stojan thought he was swearing at him, Ac- cordingly he coupled the name of Javanowics with an offensive remark. This led to the trouble, We should be sorry to credit this account, fer clearly it will throw new com- plications into the Bosnian question, Names similar to Javanowics and Kawacsewicks prevail there largely, and should the inhabitants once get started calling each other by name, the re- sult will be terrible. ‘Ihe only hope now for Bosnia seems to be for the inhabitants to or- ganize and demand to be enrolled in the Aus- trian army. When the Austrian officers begin taking down a few hundred such names as Kowacsewicks and Javanowics, they will see that the case is hopeless, and flee the country, leaving unmolested the Sway of the Bosnians. ‘Tue difference between gold and the cucum- ber is that the former benefits as it goes down. comicbooks.com