Judge, 1920-08-28 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1920 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers The main cartoon satirizes how magazines interrupt romantic narratives with advertisements. A poem titled "The Hop, Skip and Jump in Literature" mocks serialized love stories that constantly break the hero's passionate declarations with product ads—"Phyllis, my sweetheart..." followed by cigarettes, soap, motor-car fixes, and toothpaste before continuing pages later with "Hold my heart in your dear little hand..." (Continued on Page 42). The joke: magazines cynically fragment emotional moments to maximize ad placement, trivializing literature and romance equally. References to "Solomon's rules" (biblical wisdom about human nature) suggest nothing changes—men still pursue women predictably, and publishers still interrupt storytelling for profit. Below are two brief unrelated jokes about wasted paper in bills and expectations about clever men and marriage. The cartoon artist criticizes early 20th-century magazine publishing practices.
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