Judge, 1920-11-20 · page 12 of 32
Judge — November 20, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several distinct pieces: **Main Article "Some Are Noisier than Others"** by Royston Markham is a philosophical humor piece about noise and perception—playing on the old question of whether sound exists without an observer. It's lighthearted wordplay rather than political satire. **The Cartoons:** The upper illustration shows two people in what appears to be a romantic or theatrical scene, captioned about a director finally achieving "love at first sight"—likely mocking melodramatic theater or romance conventions. The lower cartoon by Calvert Smith depicts a skeleton (Death) sitting under a tree while a woman approaches, with the caption "Mother says, please say ye grace in five minutes. We'll be ready to eat Thanksgiving dinner then!" This is dark humor personifying Death as a dinner guest—a memento mori joke playing on Thanksgiving's theme of gratitude for life. **The Short Jokes** below satirize shallow observations about beauty, romance, and bureaucratic frustration—typical light satirical filler for the magazine. The page contains no obvious political commentary, focusing instead on social satire and absurdist humor typical of early 20th-century American comedy magazines.
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Some Are Noisier than Others By Royiston Magwnast T is an age-old question, this mat ter of noise All the argument began with the statement that if an explosion occurred with no one there to hear it, there would be no ne It sounds reasonable. And yet, if you never heard the reply to that, the natural conclusion would be that the rebuttal did not echo. From that came the expression “the report is not true.” which does not mean that pp me one isa liar, but rather that some How THE DIRECTOR dummy of ence of a deaf woman who, naturally, in order to have something to say afterward, had to make up her own versi f the story. It is said God gave us two ears and one tongue to teach us to listen twice before speaking once, but the teaching was carly forgotten. In fact, the ducking-stool came into vogue because of tongues which were hinged in the middle. And there is an ancient philosophy typified by the figure of a monkey with both paws clasped to his cars. The modern version of that. however, is merely a suggestion of little value to most persons because it refers to the devil Also, the man who makes a noise like “tut-tut!” or “chup!"” or “tush!” or “whist!” may be trying to apprise you of his desire for a solemn silence as against a sonorous sound. But it may also be an invitation to hootch from the hip. Insomuch, however, his preference is likely to be for an humble hush instead of for a phonocamptic fuss. Such a sibilant signal is usually ac companied by a fervid frown Drown by Caveent Sarr “Moria SAYS, PLEASE SAY VE GRACE IN FIVE MINUTES. ed his mouth in the pres TO REGISTER “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT As to acoustics generally, many a man, otherwise obtuse, learned in his college days to distinguish between the break of day and the falling night ‘And that, odd as it something a blind ry can’t hear However, an illustration of areal noise .s said to be the detonation of a cunning shell in No Man’s Land as compared with the burstin, astute bean in Boston. Therefore. from the squawk of at elephant to the bellow of a baby there is no doubt that noise is there when there is any one to hear it Whether it actually is there when every one is absent is an hypothesis as simple to prove as the Einstein theory. In other words, even, as a flippant philosopher once remarked, a noise annoys an oyster. In still other words, a « ay seem, is NALLY GOT THE STAK dis a noise which does not materialize. You Never Can Tell Merely skin deep is beauty. Don’t explore Soothing deductions oft’ react as shockers; For while a Some girls are belles and some of them are knockers! ‘0 adore, Not Alone Hewitt—Were you ever crossed! in love? Jewett—My boy, I've been double-crossed How Queer! “What do vou find the most difficult thing in life?” “To get information out of ‘Information. , ~ Lerrinc Hit xy oN THe Festivittes WE'LL BE READY TO EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER THEN