Judge, 1919-11-29 · page 7 of 36
Judge — November 29, 1919 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers The main cartoon satirizes early 20th-century Prohibition efforts. A woman proclaims she's "annihilated the Curse of Alcohol" and "Tobacco," but a skeletal "Mere Worm" (representing vice or human weakness itself) cheerfully responds that it will persist—she can't actually eliminate these vices despite her moral crusade. The page is dominated by "Egg View News-Notes," humorous local gossip items poking fun at small-town characters and their quirks: a barber who snores in French, a drummer getting deaf, people's laziness or obliviousness. The bottom section contains brief jokes, including one mocking aeronautics safety and another about wartime scarcity—a man hired a detective to locate a ton of coal allegedly delivered to his cellar, suggesting dishonest fuel dealers were a known problem during winter shortages. The satirical thrust targets both temperance zealotry and everyday human foibles.
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Drawn by JoUN CoNACHER Turee o' Them Mrs. W. C. (To-you)—We've annihilated the Curse of Alcohol! Tobacco! The Mere Worm—Cheer-up, madam! Egg View News-Notes By Lesun Vax Every UTTON EDGIN’S dog treed a squirrel in Truman Bilge’s whiskers yesterday. oe 8 Erny Neff, our barber, can snore in French. ee Knobrick, the base-drummer, has been He’s getting too hard of hearing. eee Nehemiah asked to resign. Crony Paine would answer a letter to-day, only he has nothing else to do, and can't think up any excuse for making it a short one eee Chet Lumley is like a lot of other persons. He doesn’t know whether leather pocket-books have advanced in price, since the war, or not. o* 6 Saturday night Bill Waite, our grocer, told Plato Prouty he was going to give Plato twenty-five cents By nineteen-twenty we will have abolished the Curse of We'll still have you with us! more a week, which made Plato begin to blow the dust off of everything. 7 * © At the opening dance of the season over the lock-up Wednesday night, Sherm Spoor engaged only the “Home Sweet Home” number with Myrt, his wife, as he wanted his shoe-shine to last all evening. Stop, Look, Listen! It is hard to see how aeroplaning can be as dangerous as it is, without any grade crossings Suspicious Hubby—Yes, dear, bronze is a very tough and lasting material. Why do you ask? Young Bride—Nothing, only Farmer Jones writes that he is sending us one of his finest bronze turkeys. Hard to Find Telephone—Yes, Sir, this is the Detective Agency. What can we do for you? Jones—Send me up a couple of good men. The coal people say they put a ton in my cellar, and I want to find it before winter hits us. 11-29-19 comichooks.coly)