Judge, 1920-07-10 · page 9 of 36
Judge — July 10, 1920 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* contains several short humor pieces satirizing American social manners and contemporary concerns circa early 20th century. **"Mother Takes to Slang"** mocks women adopting modern slang speech. The cartoon depicts a boy fishing while his mother uses crude language ("tu' darks son of a gun knows me!"), inverting expected propriety—mothers were stereotypically guardians of proper speech. **"More Waste"** critiques American consumer excess, with a gentleman complaining that the nation spends three times more on tobacco and chewing gum than education, and "eight hundred times" more on reformers complaining about it than actually fixing problems. **"That Wily Old Trout"** is a simple fishing anecdote playing on dialect humor. The bottom section includes brief satirical quips about automotive industry skepticism ("Fords") and a joke about finding an American man uninterested in both Zionism and Irish causes—treating patriotic activism as so universal that apathy itself seems exotic. The overall tone reflects Jazz Age anxieties about changing social standards, consumerism, and ethnic/political movements.
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