Judge, 1916-04-29 · page 18 of 28
Judge — April 29, 1916 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains two distinct elements: **The Cartoon** (top): Illustrates the caption's play on the proverb "when jealousy goes out of the door, love comes in at the window." It depicts a domestic scene where a man sits dejected while his wife entertains another man. The satire suggests that boredom in marriage leads to infidelity—a commentary on marital discord typical of early 20th-century social humor. **"Lazytown Local News"** (below): A humor column featuring small-town gossip and absurdist jokes about fictional characters (Atlas Peck, Jefferson Potlocks, etc.). The jokes are deliberately nonsensical—a man sleeping with two pillows to prevent drowning, a store burning because business was slow. This represents *Judge*'s style of rural Americana satire, mocking small-town life as backward and ridiculous. **"A Different Day"** and **"Big Brother's Definition"** are separate satirical pieces about changing fashion (shorter skirts) and language misunderstandings. The page is primarily satirical humor rather than political commentary.
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A NEW VERSION: WHEN JEALOUSY GOES OUT OF THE DOOR BOREDOM COMES IN AT THE WINDOW A’ AS PECK, who deposited some moncy in the Bank of Tickville some time ago, went Saturday and drew it out, as the cashier has bought an automobile. a Frisby Hancock is spending the week in the Calf Ribs neighborhood. He was intending to stay just a day or two, but when he got up to leave they asked him to keep his seat. 2 The store at Bounding Billows destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The fire originated from a bad flue as business has been dull for some time. 2 Sidney Hocks says the next hardest thing to do besides trying to find out who is your friend, is to locate a frog in a weed patch. ¢ Tobe Moseley, while seated at the post- office the other day, told such a realistic bear story, Columbus Allsop went straight home and went to bed. was When a stout robust person has something the matter with him, according to the Horse Doctor, he complains about twice as much asa weak one. But he ought to. He is more able to do so. LAZYTOWN LOCAL NEWS Ry GEORGE RINGHAM Jefferson Potlocks has dreamed several nights hand-running that he was about to drown, and as a precaution he is now sleep- ing with two pillows under his head. e ing from the Rye Straw he owner was here looking Nobody, however, in this stole a calf for several days. 2 Washington Hocks spent Thurs¢ Hog Ford moonshine still, getting s a temperance petition. 2 We stop the press to announce that Atlas Peck, who began taking a census of the stars last week, has been bothered a good deal this week by clouds. # Cricket Hicks was a pleasant caller to see the Calf Ribs Widow Sunday. there so much the dawgs ha and quit barking at him. * The depot at Tickville has been moved up the track several bundred yards so that the train will arrive sooner. A calf is mi communit for it yesterday. community, ha Slim Pickens took dinne! the Farmer's Home restaurant while in Tickville last Saturday. While the waiter had his back turned Slim put several toothpicks in his pocket, and will use them this spring when he wants to put on style 2 Spring arrived on the 21st. It was accom- panied in by the Excelsior Fiddling Band. * ‘The Mail Carrier says winter is not over yet, as his foot still gets cold on the north side. A Different Day HE DAYS when ladies’ skirts were long And trains swept out behind them, ay this startling day— arce history can find them. ‘e slipped down from swanlike necks $ crept up to meet them— How bold soc’er may be one’s stares, There's no attempt to cheat them! Gowns ha LAM Big Brother's Definition one mornir of the word ? “Tasked my big brother,” replied Johnny, “and he says it means ‘do you get muh?’ comicbooks.com