Judge, 1921-01-08 · page 27 of 32
Judge — January 8, 1921 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. **"Judge's Model Primer for Little Intellects"** is a humorous piece mocking children's educational primers by describing a wad of chewing gum found on an aunt's table. The joke satirizes the tedious, overly-detailed nature of instructional texts by treating mundane objects seriously—listing precise numbers of the gum's "relatives" (shoe heels, slack-ers hiding under restaurant chairs). This gentle mockery targets educational publishing conventions. **"The Great Day"** by Marie Fittyson appears to be poetry listing various abstract concepts and grammatical terms ("Dons," "The Ifs and Ands," "Pros and Cons"). The page is dominated by **period advertisements**: Egyptian Deities cigarettes (appealing to "culture and refinement"), a piano instruction offer, Film Fun magazine promotion, Cuticura Soap, and a brief joke exchange labeled "Dashed Hopes" and "Cool." The cartoonish illustration shows a fire-house scene with figures, captioned as an "invitation to tea" rather than an actual alarm. Overall, this is a typical **humor magazine issue page mixing light satire with commercial advertising**.
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January 8, 1921 Judge’s Model Primer for Little Intellects Drawn by N.S. ¥ wi! is on Is it a Cork? the Ta-ble? Is it a Mar-ble? Mer-cy No! It is a Cud of Gum. But what is it Do-ing on the ble? [tis Re-pos-i It has been Toss-ed a atin Aunt-y’s mouth all Day. It looks Wor-ried. Well, you would Look Wor-ried too if you Had to be with Aunt-y all day. This Lit tle Cud has 9.0 08.488 of Them are Work-ir Peo-ple’s Shoe Heels. 5.503.063 of Them are Slack-ers. They are Hi-ding under Res-tau rant Chairs to keep Out of Ser-vice 33 Cous-ins, 1,26 f Them are on 167,002 The Great By Marit Fitysox Day HERE’LL Dons, The Excellences The Peter-Pauls, the By-the-Byes The Comme The Odds and The Penny Tenses, The Bills and Dues, the Hows and Whys And wiser Hences, The Ifs and Ands, the Pros and Cons And Consequences When all our Kith and Kind shall rise With their Defenses be some crowd and talk—the enses. the Offs and Ons, If you don’t read Film Fun you don't get all the movie news The J See the pictures of C Re: id what the Pre they do it ¢ rn Film Fun for 20¢ st newsdealer, NOW EGYPTIAN DEITIES The Utmost in Cigarettes” Plain End or Cork Tip NUT People of culture and refinement invariably PREFER “Deities to omy other cigarette Makers ote Hips Coal Itoh Le) ing 1 hy Meaowas Parsnee No. Tuts is NOT A FIRE ALARM. It’s Dashed Hopes “Maw, what are you going to make with | === == = sugar, raisins and yeast?” Aone Cuticura Soap | — The Healthy — Cool st met my summer girl” Shaving Soap ° Coteurs Soap shaves without mag Everywhere Zc. AN INVITATION TO TEA, comicbooks.com