Judge, 1916-04-15 · page 9 of 28
Judge — April 15, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humorous short pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **"Brother and Sister"** mocks the hypocrisy of weight-shaming. "Skinny" Jones ridicules his sister Mamie for weighing 184 pounds, but when weighed himself, the scale requires two nickels to register his 120 pounds—suggesting the scale is broken or he's so light it barely registers. Mamie's retort—she'd rather weigh more than pay for the indignity—turns the joke on him. **"Expert Performances"** is a wordplay list where common phrases are literalized (wrestling with a problem, vaulting ambition, etc.). **"Exasperating"** and **"It Is Suspected"** are brief satirical observations about annoying people and beauty doctors respectively. **"A Good Suggestion"** jokes that a poet seeking to express "the joy of life" in two words receives the cynical answer "Received payment"—mocking both poetic pretension and financial self-interest. The top cartoon shows children playing tug-of-war near a gnarled tree, with one taunting the other about marksmanship—straightforward childhood humor.
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Tough boy—Aw, you can't shoot nuthin’. Brother and Sister 66QRKINNY” JONES, who barely tipped the scales at 120 pounds, was poking fun at his old sister Mamie for being a heavy-weight. One day when they were on the street together he suggested that they get weighed. She stepped on the scales and the indicator flew around to 184. “Help! Help!” cried “Skinny.” “When are you going to stop growing? You are getting hopelessly fat.”” “What do you weigh?” inquired Mamie by way of changing the question. “Skinny” stepped on the scale and droped in a nickel. For some reason the inachine stuck so he had to put in another nickel, and then the indicator moved feebly ahead to 120. aid Mamie, as she started away, ‘ather weigh 184 than have to spend Ye‘d better let me have it! Exasperating 66THAT man irritates me!” ten cents before I could weigh anything.”” —Phebe Emerson Kegley. Expert Performances ‘Throwing a fit Catching a fever Holding the breath Stopping a minute Snatching a chance Passing an hour Wrestling with a problem Fighting fate Vaulting ambition Grasping a situation Grappling with a dificulty Overleaping conventions Upsetting a theory Balancing probabilities Swinging a crowd Pitching a tent Hurling recriminatipns Catching up with the fash jon Beating the devil —Geo. B. Morewood. “He knows so much that isn’t so—and he can prove all his statements!” It Is Suspected Most beauty doctors are pretty, but it is suspected they were that way before they became beauty doctors. A GOOD SUGGESTION Poet—I seek a phrase that shall express the joy of life in two words. Can you suggest anyt ring ? Unfecling friend— Received payment !" comicbooks.com