Herriman One Shots: March 16 1902

 

Here's another one-shot by Herriman from the McClure comic section of March 16 1902. This one 'celebrates' St. Patrick's Day with a tableau of gag cartoons, all featuring highly stereotyped Irishmen. 

For those not keyed into Irish religious politics, the 'Greens' are the Irish Catholics, and the 'Orange' are the Protestants. As Patrick is a Catholic saint, Orangemen do not observe his day. 

And 'spalpeen' is a most wonderful term for a rascal or mischievous person, but also used as a general derogatory term. The sort of delicious word that makes me wish I had enemies on which it could be used.