Judge, 1921-03-19 · page 8 of 36
Judge — March 19, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge contains several short humorous pieces typical of 1920s college humor magazines: **"Relatively Speaking"** is a poem punning on Einstein's theory of relativity, using romantic/physics metaphors ("if a light-ray touch a body / Will it curve where?"). It's clever wordplay aimed at educated readers familiar with Einstein's recent fame. **"Impressionable"** satirizes academic favoritism: a professor flunks one student harshly while giving another credit for doing less work, implied because she's attractive ("She sat on the front innocently crossed her knees"). **"Point of View"** jokes about a cheap bargain—a woman buying a dress at half price but getting only half a dress. **"The Boob"** mocks an oblivious dancer who compliments the floor while dancing his date into someone's elbow, damaging her expensive shoes. **"Even As You and I"** appears to be serialized fiction about a woman named Lizzie and her volatile relationship with Jonathan, who drives recklessly in a secondhand Ford—suggesting lower-class circumstances and modern anxieties about automobiles. The tone reflects 1920s collegiate cynicism and modern dating culture anxieties.
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