Judge, 1913-05-10 · page 14 of 24
Judge — May 10, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a mock invention advertisement and several brief comic anecdotes typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines. **Main Feature:** The "pneumatic roadway" is satirical—Judge proposes building special roads with cushioned surfaces so cars needn't worry about tire punctures. The humor lies in the absurdity: rather than improving tires (the obvious solution), Judge suggests reconstructing America's entire road infrastructure. This mocks both automotive industry growing pains and perhaps government inefficiency. **Comic Vignettes:** The remaining short jokes are mild domestic/rural humor standard to the era: a man and woman swap residences (social mobility satire), a college student accomplishes nothing, a boy's transparent bribe attempt with a preacher, marital speed-of-life commentary, and a chauffeur's arrest joke. The overall tone is genteel satire targeting urban/suburban American life, automobile culture, and family dynamics—nothing politically pointed, mostly observational humor for middle-class readers.
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JUDGE’S GREAT INVENTION! Vast sums of money will be saved and pleasure insured by the adoption of Juncr’s device of the pneumatic roadway. NO MORE PUNCTURED TIRES OR (Patent not yet applied for) INTERRUPTED JOURNEYS! Auto- mobiles and motor cycles that have used inflated rubber tires may now travel the pneumatic road with solid tires to the speed limit and with no danger of accident or stoppage from tire troubles. The City and the Suburbs jour. BROWN, he lived in the suburbs; John Smith, he lived in town. John Smith was making his fortune, And doing the same was Brown. John Smith, he made his fortune; John Brown, he made his, too. And each of them then proceeded To do what he wished to do. John Smith, he moved to the suburbs, And on his way met Brown, With all his appurtenances, And he was moving to town, William J. Lampton, Father Knew hat is the meaning of Father (without glancing up from paper)—Some college yell, I guess. Versatile MAN who had been ailing for some time visited a new doctor. After examining him and listening to an ac- count of his symptoms, the doctor said, “If you follow these rules I’ve written down, you'll soon get well. “But I've been following them for a year,’’ replied the man, after he had read them. ‘‘They’re the same my old doctor recommended. “Hand them over and I'll give you some others.'" An Adept Farmer Bentover—What’s your nephew, that's home from college, doin’ now? Farmer Hornbeak—Nothin'; and he’s got more original ways of accomplishin’ it than any feller you ever seen. On the Lookout THE little boy was waiting at the gate when the preacher rode up. ‘Are you Brother Jones?” the little boy asked. “Yes, my little man. Are you glad to see me?"’ “You bet I am! cake now."" Mamma'll cut the Very Deliberate Benham—What’s your hurry? Mrs, Benham—If Adam were as slow as you, he wouldn't have finished naming the animals yet. Tough “Both day and night I'm on the go,” The tired chauffeur protested. “I never get a rest, although I often get arrested.” comicbooks.com