Judge, 1921-03-26 · page 13 of 32
Judge — March 26, 1921 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Page Analysis This page collects student-drawn satirical cartoons from American universities, typical of Judge's humor circa early 1900s. **Key cartoons:** 1. **Top left**: Police/detective joke—one officer claims he "knows a crook when he sees him," while the other notes he only recognizes crooks when actually catching them. Social commentary on police incompetence. 2. **Center**: Woman with mirror reflecting tiny figures—a "scent" pun suggesting someone lacks personality or presence worth remarking on. 3. **Bottom left**: "Touching Letter" cartoon with unclear reference but appears to satirize sentimental correspondence. 4. **Right side**: Two recurring joke types—one about a "radiolite" (early radiation-related gadget, likely satirizing pseudoscience fads), another about a dentist father whose daughter's spotted veil makes poor advertisement for his profession. 5. **Bottom**: Classic class-commentary joke—professor congratulates a bootblack's farmer father for "making hay while the son shines" (wordplay on "sun"). 6. **Final cartoon**: Automobile death joke—grim humor about car fatalities. The page reflects early 20th-century anxieties about technology, class, and social pretension.
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