Judge, 1920-08-28 · page 7 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1920 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge satirizes marital miscommunication and obsession. The main narrative follows "Ferret," a man receiving mysterious letters signed "Jombo" at his home, driving him to paranoid investigation with a magnifying glass. He suspects his wife of infidelity, even consulting a Ouija Board. **The cartoons illustrate:** 1. **Top illustration**: A man stuck on an iron box—visual metaphor for his predicament, rendered absurd by showing him literally perched on an oversized wheel. 2. **"The Third Party Before and After Marriage"**: Contrasts a social gathering (before) with a domestic scene (after), satirizing how marriage changes social dynamics. The satire mocks masculine anxiety about female independence and communication failures between spouses. The absurdist humor—mysterious letters, Ouija boards, a woman finding romance at a movie set—exaggerates domestic paranoia typical of 1920s-era Judge comedy, targeting readers' anxieties about changing gender roles post-WWI.
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ee didn’t get him anywhere. He always found himself after- ward still perched prominently on that ironical iron box. But inspite of these efforts, letters and more letters kept arriving as if on horseback (but not really, of course) at the palace of the Mazum No. 4 was singularly effe “Pearline Dearest, You really mustn't pronounce it entire. Don’t you know that at the Blamey Schoot of Languages you can get ten lessons in Palaver for $14? Jombo.” Could they have been sent Drews ty He L Baceres by the Rotary Club? Ferret By mur even went so faras to ask his own wife’s advice. The strain had unnerved him. But Mrs. Ferret was already dead, and the Ovija Board jigger had lost a hind leg. The answer was unsausage factory. It merely kept repeating, ‘I seen him when he done it!” CHAPT Exer Downward to the End 5 FERRET was now going about all day with nifying glass. looking for jambos. His brain had begun to scramble, and his ingrowing tonsils gave him no .espite. He felt like one who is walking through guava jelly up to hi but still he strungled on—on—in search of that thousand dollars, and no takers. Letter No. 5 had now arrived,and Mr. Mazumoid was almost rs— Dravn by Cwestex 1. Ganve Tue Tuirp Party Berore- AND———AFTER MARRIAGE 7 TIME YOU'VE ROLLED HALF THE LAWN Scandinavian in his anguish. Could you read this and be a clam? “Pearlioto: The way your right heel is run over makes me Shall 1 send you some Jounicfoots—liv Jumbo.” seasick. bleeding rubber? The secret fastnesses of his wife's life were being revealed —treated as just jest. Had she an intimate friend who knew All? Trouble was brewing, and it had a 66% kick to it. He suspected his chauffeur, but as the man had just asked for a raise, the banker dared not speak to him above a whisper. Ferret also was now desperate. But one night came courage, and from the lips of sweetest innocence. It was in a movie the- ater that what happened, did. An artless comedy it was, but when the bucket of hot tar was emptied over the beauteous at- mosphere’s head, even Ferret, for a moment, felt that life was in- deed worth living. A rapturous gurgle beside him awakened him to the stern real- ities of existence. Was he being made love to—again? He felt a thrill upon his triceps, and tumed —lit a match. The girl was as beautiful as Emmet Corrigan! And it the same sweet She of the tar shampoo upon the ery night I come.” she murmured, as if she were confess- ing to her Diary in visible writ- ing. “I glory in the sight! It was my One Moment before the camera. Next day I was fired.” It is from chance remarks like this, dear Reader, that lofty ideas are born. But this i place to discuss eugenics. it to say that that night Ferret Oughel Or Commi books¥eom