Judge, 1919-07-05 · page 6 of 36
Judge — July 5, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three pieces: 1. **"Rumpus Ridge Folks"** - A humorous story about two doctors (Grumm and Yaw) who treat each other during an influenza outbreak. The joke hinges on professional rivalry: Dr. Grumm, believing he needs doctoring, calls Dr. Yaw—then complains about the treatment, while Dr. Yaw recovers remarkably fast. The satire mocks medical pride and the irony of doctors being poor patients. 2. **"Ode to My Garden"** - A poem lamenting the impossibility of gardening in modern urban apartments ("five-room flats"), reflecting post-WWI housing constraints and nostalgia for rural life. 3. **A silhouette illustration** depicting a domestic scene, likely satirizing romantic or relationship dynamics. The content targets early 20th-century urban life, class concerns, and professional vanity.
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Dr. Yaw just laughed and waved it all aside as of no particular consequence, which made Dr. Grumm so angry that he got well in self-defense. “Next thing, Dr. Yaw took down with influenza, and sent for Dr. Grumm. The latter hum-hawed that it was one of the most serious cases he had ever seen, and it was a mighty good thing he was called in so early. e proceeded to give Dr. Yaw the huge and horrible doses he had wanted Dr. Yaw to give him—that is, the doctor doc- tored the doctor as he thought the doctor ought to be doctored and not as the doctor had doctored him. And to save his life poor, suffering, disgusted Dr. Yaw got well in record-breaking time, and now they don’t speak. Of course, it was funny to the rest of us, but them two doctors seemed con- vinced that it was a serious matter.” Ode to My Garden By Treve Coutixs, Jr. ‘0 cut the awful cost of food, We'd like to plant some beans; A lot of corn and spinach and Some other festive greens; We'd like to raise a bumper crop Of cabbages and such While scads of peas and radishes Di Wa Cancers Veen We'd relish very much. The Profewor having purchased a book on “How to Swim” is about to o luscious, ripe tomatoes we ‘ould like to raise a few, take a lesson. : Together with some celery Rumpus Ridge Folks And a juit y squash or two. But as we sit and ruminate, By Tou P. Morcan It strikes us, though, at that,— HESE yur moving picture shows are a great There's little room for planting in thing, Jurd,” said Gap {obsson, to a neighbor, Our modern five-room flat! as they gazed at the lurid litho- graphs in front of the Majestic Movie alace. “By gosh!—if a feller didn’t see ’em he never would have any idy there was so much trouble going on in the world.” “Sorter funny thing happened here late- ly,” said the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “Dr. Grumm—he is one of these ’ere mys- terious doctors that tell hum, you have a v-e-r-y serious case and it is lucky you called him in when you did—well, Dr. Grumm took down with influenza, and sent for Dr. Yaw. The latter is one of them lightsome physicians that say pooh, they’ll have you outinno time atall. He came and mentioned that it would- n’t take long to have Dr.Grumm on his pins, and gave him a little sweetened water, told him a few jokes, and said that sickness was largely a matter of imagination, anyhow. “Dr. Grumm knew better—he knew he ached like seven hundred dollars in a spend- thrift’s pocket, and that only about such pjs ty J, K. Barans and such a number of victims of influenza in “Jack seems to be very much in love with that Salvation Army girl he every thousand recovered, and he wanted pet abroad.” something done, and done right now. But “Yes, he’s absolutely doughnutty about her.” ‘6 comicbooks.com