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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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Snow and whiskey. 1-3-1915, 1-4-1915

Sledding, sliding: perennial topics for Gimpel cartoons during the winter.

Matchmaking and boozing: a perennial pairing in Yiddish literature and occasionally in the Gimpel Yiddish cartoons.

In the second strip there is a nice assortment of Yinglishisms. I like that she is visiting the "shkheyne nekst dor" and that her dad has made of their "parlor a bauri lodzhing hoyz." (Bowery lodging house).



January 3, 1915: It's fair to say he must transport this on his head because of the loafers.




January 4, 1915: He was far from getting a fee, but he didn't leave with nothing.
  1. Her Father: Wait here, both of you, please. I'll go call her over, she's next door at the neighbor's.
  2. GB: What do my eyes see? A bottle of whiskey! We should make a l'chaim while we wait.
  3. GB: Tell me again, little Jake: l'chaim. How many glasses have we had?
  4. Suzy: What's this, Papa? You make our parlor into a Bowery lodging house?
  5. Her Father's Foot: ...

1-3-1915
שײַך צו זאָגען װאָס ער מוז דאָס איבערטראָגען אױף זײַן קאָפּ דורך דיא לאופֿערס.


1-4-1915
צו אַ פֿאַרדיענסטעל האַלט עס װײַט, אָבער מיט לעדיגען איז ער ניט אַװעק.

1
איהר פֿאָטער: װאַרט דאָ בײדע, פּליעז, איך געה זי אַרױסרופֿען. זי איז בײַ אַ שכנה נעקסט דאָר.
2
גימפּעל בײניש: װאָס זעהן מײַנע אױגען? אַ פֿלעשעל משקה! מען דאַרף דערװײַל מאַכען לחײם.
3
גימפּעל בײניש: זאָג-זשע נאָך אַ מאָל, דזשײקעלע – לחײם. בײַ װיפֿיעלסטען גלעזעל האַלטען מיר?
4
סוזי: װאָס איז דאָס, פּאַפּאַ? האָסט געמאַכט פֿון אונזער פּאַרלאָר אַ באַוערי לאָדזשינג הױז!
5
איהר פֿאָטער׳ס פֿוס: …

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