Judge, 1920-01-24 · page 19 of 36
Judge — January 24, 1920 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes satirizing early 20th-century American life: **"Some Traveling Is Slow"** mocks an elderly passenger's implausible claim of boarding a train in New Haven and remaining unnoticed until Cheshire—the conductor implies the man is either lying or senile. **"Abroad at Home"** gently ridicules provincial pride: a Missouri man boasts of attending a "fish fry on Salt River" and a frog-leg banquet in Kennett, Missouri, treating these modest local events as cosmopolitan achievements comparable to Paris. **"Beer to His Bier"** is a brief epitaph joke about a man's devotion to beer. **"His Only Chance"** satirizes the era's ubiquitous movie theaters—a hotel clerk suggests a homeless man sleep in a continuously-running cinema instead of renting a room. **"A Solitary Existence"** and **"Trouble"** joke about movies' cultural dominance: one character notes only he avoids cinema; another's wife admits movies are her primary emotional outlet. The recurring theme: movies' overwhelming cultural penetration in 1920s American life.
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