Judge, 1921-01-29 · page 22 of 32
Judge — January 29, 1921 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a *humor* page from Judge magazine featuring a recurring feature called "Bad Breaks"—a collection of unintentionally funny newspaper excerpts. The joke is that newspapers published absurd or awkwardly-phrased sentences that created unintended comic meanings. Examples include: - A fire report describing "seventy-four persons...escaped" in oddly melodramatic language - A boy who ate malted milk tablets mixed with beef extract, goose oil, and rheumatism liniment - A convict who crawled 454 feet through a sewer "to Freedom" - A revenue officer who went hunting and "secured their whiskey" The cartoon (bottom center) shows a man at a desk—likely an editor catching these mistakes. The satire mocks newspaper writers for careless phrasing that inadvertently creates humor or suggests inappropriate meanings. It's gentle mockery of journalistic incompetence rather than political commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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