Gimpel Beynish the Matchmaker
(Gimpl Beynish der Shadkhn)
Yiddish Comics of the early 20th century
Translation and commentary by Jane Peppler
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

He trades a bride for a not very good cigar. 12-27-1914

The Gimpel Beynish illustrator, Sam Zagat, always depicted himself with a cigarette, surrounded with a cloud of smoke. He suffered some terrible cancer of the face or jaw in his middle years and became more or less a recluse afterwards. He always depicts politicians with cigars.

Note the English words thank you,  lawyer: דענקיו לאָיער


December 27, 1914: He'd have to be a total lawyer to elude all troubles.
  1. GB: Thank you, Jake, in exchange I'll give you a bride you would never have dreamed of.
  2. Jake: Sure it's a fine cigar. You'll soon see what a rich aroma the smoke has.
  3. GB: She's as beautiful as a princess, she's as rich as Rockefeller's daughter, and further, she plays piano.
  4. GB: What is this swinish smoke the cigar is giving off? And a disgusting smell.
  5. Policeman: Don't you know it's a crime to let out a foul smoke in New York?
12-27-1914
ער װאָלט בעדאַרפֿט זײַן אַ גאַנצער לאָיער אױסצומײַדען אַלע צרות.
1
גימפּעל בײניש: דענקיו, דזשײק; דערפֿאַר װעל איך דיר געבען אַ כּלה װאָס האָט זיך דיר אפֿילו ניט גע׳חלומ׳ט.
2
דזשײק: שור, איז עס אַ פֿײַנער סיגאַר. איהר׳ט באַלד זעהן װאָס פֿאַר אַ רױך עס װעט פֿון איהם באַלד אַרױס.
3
גימפּעל בײניש: זיא איז שעהן װיא אַ בת מלכּה, רײַך איז זיא װיא ראָקעפֿעלער׳ס טאָכטער. הײַנט שפּיעלט זיא פּיאַנאָ.
4
גימפּעל בײניש: װאָס איז דאָס פֿאַר אַ חזיר׳שער רױך װיס דער סיגאַר לאָזט אַרױס. הײַנט אַזאַ פּאַסקודנע גערוך.
5
פּאָליסמען: װײסט איהר ניט אַז עס איז אַ פֿאַרברעכען אַרױסצולאָזען אַ ניט-שמעקעדיגען רױך אין ניואָרק?

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