Judge, 1919-04-19 · page 9 of 32
Judge — April 19, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces: **Top Illustration**: A rural spring scene showing farmers and soldiers, captioned with dialogue mocking old soldiers' complaints—typical early-20th-century nostalgia humor. **"Stock Exchange Quotations"**: Fake financial commentary satirizing absurd business ventures. "Brass Foot-Rails" stocks rise when soda fountains plan to install them (meaningless connection). "Free Lunch, Inc." is doomed because "The Morning After Company" (hangover remedy sellers) closed—dark humor about alcohol. "Frozo-Dome Company" made ice heads for hot weather but abandoned the failed product. This mocks speculative bubbles and irrational markets. **Two Humor Pieces**: - "Defining Them" uses racist dialect humor (common in 1910s-20s Judge) where Black workers joke that "struts" (airplane parts) are what new second lieutenants have—military arrogance satire. - "Purely Scenic" involves a soldier on guard duty saluting his colonel in pajamas at 1:30 AM—gentle mockery of military formality and confusion. The page reflects period attitudes, including offensive racial stereotyping standard to the era.
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Drace by Joux Coxscuen Pop—Listen to em, will ye!—Argone Fc st—San Me-Heel Darn them old soldiers anyhow! Stock Exchange Quotations By Harry Irvinc Suumway RASS FOOT-RAILS, Ltd. This stock has de- clined steadily in the past few weeks. In fact, so dark was the outlook that it was feared the bottom would drop out of it altogether. Then out of a clear sky came the report that the soda fountains contemplated installing them. Presto, the stock took a boom and now sells above par. Bi-Carbonate of Soda Amalgamated. The outlook for this stock is gloomy. The Morning After Company, who use a great deal of this product, havz closed their plant indefinitely. This, of course, is a great blow to the former concern, and while they will run on a cur- tailed schedule, their output will be much less than in former years. Free Lunch, Inc. Our patrons are urged to keep Defining Them By Liver. Faas H. Boupes, U.S. A. At a flying field in a southern city, a couple of darkies em- ployed on construction work were airing their knowledge as to things aeronautical. “T know all about dese here airships,” said one, “but jes’ one thing. What am struts?” “Struts,” retorted the other scornfully, “am what dem new second lieutenants has got.” away from this stock. It has been rumored that the ‘Tea Hound Rest Room Company, who operate a chain of places in many cities, have thought of taking over this concern, but there is no truth in the report. Free Lunch, Inc. is doomed. The Frozo-Dome Company. This stock is a com- paratively new one on the market, and at one time seemed destined for a fine future. Their product was a cake of ice molded to fit the human head in all siz from 6% to 734. The Frozo-Dome Company say there will be no demand for their output so have decided to turn their plant into a Buttermilk factory. The future of the stock is very uncertain and therefore our friends are solemnly urged to lay off it until further develop- ments. Purely Scenic By Sencr-wason Howano A. Henry, A. E. F., France Murphy was on guard for the first time, and his post was in the vicinity of the officers’ quarters. At about 1.30 A.M., the colonel emerged from his tent, clothed in the majestic splendor of his pajamas. “Halt!” pipes Murph. “Who's there?” “Colonel Rogers,” answered the colonel. “Er-ah-oh! Pass in review.”