Judge, 1911-11-25 · page 13 of 24
Judge — November 25, 1911 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Main Cartoon ("An Expert"):** A man applying as a chauffeur claims experience because he was a witness in seventeen divorce cases. The joke mocks both divorce's prevalence in society and the absurd logic of citing courtroom attendance as job qualification. **"Subjects for College Debating Clubs":** This satirizes college debate topics as trivial and absurd—arguing whether $5,000 is too much for education, whether college cheers help success, or if Latin is necessary for football efficiency. The satire suggests college debates waste time on pointless questions rather than substantive issues. **"Always Serves Them Out":** A brief joke where someone boasts of having "courage of his convictions," but the punchline reveals he actually asks others to petition for his pardon—exposing his cowardice and hypocrisy. Overall, the page mocks pretentiousness, frivolous higher education, divorce culture, and false bravado—typical Judge magazine targets of upper-class American foibles.
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AN EXPERT. “ Have you had much experience as a chauffeur ?’” “* Well, the last divorce case I was a witness in was my seventeenth,” Subjects for College Debating $ FIVE Thousand Dollars Too Much To Pay for a Fifteen-cent Education? Does Making Night Hideous Make the Day Brighter? To What Extent Does a College Cheer Help a Man To Make a Noise in the World? On the Burning of Money as a Prep- aration for Setting the World on Fire. Is It Cheaper in the End To Buy New Collars or To Have the Old Ones Washed? To What an Extent Is a Tailor’s Bill Either an Asset or an Obligation? Suggested by HORACE DODD GASTIT. Does a Persistent Study of All Kinds of Bier Fit a Man for Great Undertak- ings? To What an Extent Is a Bank Balance Necessary to a Freshman with a Check Book? To How Great an Extent Should a Modern University Recognize the Exist- ence of the Male Parent as a Promoter of Student Efficiency? If a Freshman Is Fresh, Is a Sopho- more or Less So? Are Latin and Greek Really Essential to Efficiency at Football or Draw Poker? Clubs. Resolved: Alexander Hamilton Was a Greater Man Than Walter Camp, Nit. How Long Must a Tailor’s Bill Run before Catching Up with the Customer? If a Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing, Are College Students Really in Peril? Always Serves Them Out. UNNIFER boasts that he has the courage of his convictions.’” “Well, I guess he has. I've never heard that he asked anybody to circulate a petition to get him pardoned.” comicbooks.com