Judge, 1918-08-17 · page 8 of 32
Judge — August 17, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple short jokes and two illustrated cartoons from an early 20th-century American satirical magazine. The top cartoon mocks detective work, with a police chief rebuking an inexperienced detective for catching a suspect rather than following proper investigative procedure—a joke about bureaucratic rigidity. The bottom cartoon by R.B. Fuller shows a widow asking a man if her child would make "no difference" to him, likely a marriage-proposal scene where she's testing his commitment. The text sections are brief humorous anecdotes touching on wartime profiteering (a boy extorting his brother, then raising prices "on account of the war"), butcher shop humor, college disappointments, and social awkwardness (the golfer's modesty before the handicap committee chairman). The "Coloring Matter" joke plays on the double meaning of "color"—physical appearance versus rumors spread during social dancing. These are typical light satirical humor of the period, aimed at middle-class readers.
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Violating Precedent HE young detective was en- t thu: ic but inexperi- enced. Rushing into his chief's office in great excitement he | cried: I've found the assassin! I've got him cornered so that he can’t escape!’ The chief regarded him with withering scorn. “Allow me,” he 1°) \ said, “to draw your attention the fact that at present we are looking—not for the assassin, but Dra for clues “y Mr expensive, der of the sea: A Systematic Cuss Mrs. Brown would never pur- chase a leg of mutton unless it had been hanging up for several days. And her butcher catered to her peculiarity in this re- spect. One day she entered his shop and discovered, hanging in full view of all patrons, a |. quarter of mutton with the explicit label: “ Mrs. Brown's ™ The Profiteer “T'll have to teil mother that I saw you kissing sister.”” ‘Il give you ten cents, Bobby, not to tell.”” »pe, I've had to raise my price on account of the war.” Sonny When sonny went to college he hoped to make the team; car him talk now, you would think he did. and, to o 7 ia- A bak y R. B. Futter Lave Camrseie We Ut gl Eee ra Modesty Is the Best Policy Visitor—You were altogether too modest in talking to that gen- Ueman about your golf. Member—But that gentleman is the chairman of the handicap committee. Another Doc—Did your son get a letter at colle; ster Pop—Ves—from the faculty, sending him home. 5 juat’roost around forthe “Do you go in for baseball? “No, I go out for that.” Night Fishing Jack—What was the best thing you caught on your fishing trip? Bert—A pair of kings. But Perhaps He Was Left-Eyed “The poor fellow only has one eye, you know.” “Oh! What a pity! Which one is gone?” he left.” “Oh, well, then that isn’t so bad.”” Coloring Matter Fred—Don't you think that dancing heightens a girl's color? Mary—No; it is what is said between the dances. The Widow—And are you sure my child would make no difference? comicbooks.com