Comments on: True Stuff: Editorial Cartoons from 1870

By: David Malki !

David Malki ! — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:22:55 +0000

Jake: I think you’re probably right; I’ve edited the post.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:57 +0000

Unrelated? Maybe;
My husband and I were once accused of being jaw-lickers by a rather roudy street person. Perhaps he was a confused time travelling goof.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:15:28 +0000

Being less than astute in matters of the economy and politics, I can’t really comment on the cartoons. But as a lover of bizzare slang, I will definately be aiding you in your revival of “Jaw-Smashers”

By: Elithrion

Elithrion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:57:31 +0000

I think the lesson to be taken from the third cartoon is not so much that “some people just love to be contrarian”, as that things always look different in hindsight from the way they looked at the time. What the cartoonist thought was a major problem is now overlooked and forgotten almost entirely because it seemingly did not play out to very much.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:32:54 +0000

Pretty sure the sign behind the pompous guy holding gloves says, “Shoddy Wholesale Cheap Clothing.” You can see a little of the “I” after “Cloth.”