Judge, 1921-02-05 · page 18 of 32
Judge — February 5, 1921 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several short humorous anecdotes and one cartoon, typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. **"Only a Try-Out" (main cartoon):** A maid serves tea while wearing her hat, prompting a question about whether she plans to stay or leave—poking fun at domestic service customs and worker turnover. **The text sections** are brief jokes about everyday absurdities: a man seeking a motorcycle cap with a back peek; someone claiming to know "all the best people" but not associating with them; a suggestion to use sandpaper on trousers to help light matches. **"Cause for Suspicion"** features a Scottish courtship dialogue where a man (Jock) attempts to prove his devotion by establishing he's visited his beloved every night of the week—the humor lies in the woman's deadpan responses and the absurd logic of the "proof." **"Of Little Use"** presents an immigrant's wife selling his valuable pocket watch because he wrote that California time differs from Scotland's, so the watch would be "useless"—satirizing literal-mindedness and miscommunication. The humor relies on period-specific domestic situations and working-class Scottish dialect.
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Well Known—" Ile best people in town.” Then why doesn’t he knows all the associate with then I “They know him."—Boston Tras cript To the Point—*Best after dinner speech I ever heard.” “What did he say?” Waiter, let me have the check le Courier-Journal. For Striking Matches—* Mr, Glip ping makes a timely suggestion for im proving the paper suit.” “What is it?” i “He thinks a strip of sandpaper on the right trouser leg would be a great help to smokers.” —Birmingham Age- Herald. Housing Problem—"“Why do you insist on getting into bedroom farce?” “Gotta have a place to sleep and can’t rent aroom.”’—Lonistille Courier-Journal Green, AM Right—A rather green looking chap went into one of our depart ment stores the other day and sauntering Just Play Only a Try-Out She—Ne WHAT Wot He—Onu, YOU HAVE LOOKED AT MY MUSIK ME TO PLAY aM up to the counter where dozens of men’s ed carefully caps were displayed he through the stock, but seemed unable to find what he wanted Just what kind of a cap are you look ing for?” asked the salesman at length “Well,” said the youth, “I bought me a motorcycle the other day, and I thought I'd like one of those caps with a peek at the back." —Boston Transcript Way ts ER THIS MORNING AN YOUR MAID SERVING TEA WITIL HER HAT ON © HASN'T MADE UP HER M R THE DAY OR A Litre Loncer.—Kasper (Stockh D YET WHETHER SUE The Evidence—First Caddy—Man, u’ rich Second Caddy t Caddy and he’s playin’ again. the stander (London Cause for Suspicion—* Maggie,” said Jock, who had decided to propose, he’s Hoo dye ken that? He lost a ba’ yesterday dav!—By- “wasna I here on Sawbith nicht?” “Ay “And nicht?” “Aye “And Iwas here on Tuesday nicht?” “Aye, ye did happen here on Tuesday nicht.” “And I nicht?” “Aye “And I nicht?” “Tl no deny that ye were, Jock.” “And [was here on Friday nicht?” “Aye, I'm thinking that’s so.” “And this is Saturday nicht here again? “Weel, what for no’? Ye are verra welcome.” jock, I dare say ye were.” wasna | here on Monday so ye were” Wednesday was here on so ye were, Jock, so ye were was here on Thursday and Pm “Maggie” (desperately), “d'ye no’ I begin to smell a rat?’ Dallas Of Little Use—Not long ago a num ber of masons left Scotland to settle in this country. One of them wrote to his wife shortly after ‘is arrival, and in structed her to sell their household property and to take passage out to him The good wife had a neighbor who came to help her with the packing. In i the midst of it they fell upon ‘Thomas's The neighbor examined it close watch. ] ly and then said ] “It's a grand watch, Catherine. Ye'll | be takin’ it wi’ ye?” Na, na!” “Tt wad be use oot there, for me in his letter that there is some ‘oors difference between the time here and lifornia, so TL needna be takin’ useless Harper's Magazin was the reply o” nae Thomas tells in€ things.” (who has Kirsty’s Retort—Donal’ taken lectures on economy to heart) An’ dae ye return my leve, Kirsty? Kirsty (who has ideas of her own on economy)—Weel, Donal’, it’s about the only thing ye ha’e gi’en me that I could return!—Bystander (London). comicbooks.com