Judge, 1921-04-02 · page 22 of 32
Judge — April 2, 1921 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine collects humorous "breaks"—amusing newspaper excerpts and typos submitted by readers. The humor relies on unintentional double meanings and absurd literal readings created by poor wording or editing. Examples include: a man removing all his clothes (suggesting impropriety); a "dairy" gift for young girls with a "lock and key" (implying something inappropriate); and Prohibition-era references like "Volstead act" violations. There's also satire on topical issues: Volstead Act enforcement, the Zion religious community's dress codes, and General Crowder's mission to Cuba. The central image shows "The African Medicine Man's Toppiece," likely mocking colonial-era ethnographic displays popular in early 20th-century America. The page's humor depends on readers recognizing how awkward phrasing creates unintended, often risqué implications—a staple of *Judge's* satirical format mocking both newspapers and contemporary social concerns.
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EEE Some Peeler—" Off came the cap with the wide visor. He peeled off the sweater over his head. The TROUSERS were REMOVED LIkEWIse. These he carried into his bedroom.”—R:4 Book Maga- sine. (Maude M. Hoff.) Concentrated Time—* Misses Mary, Helen and Anna Rig f Fairview spent A PEW DAYs in the city THIS MORN ING. shopping.” av. Va Journal. (Andrew Industry Suggestion —“For the young girl, a parr¥ will be a welcome gift Most of these come in one-year sizes and are provided with a lock and key.” Louisville Herald. (Mrs. Wm. T. Isaacs.) A New Idea?—" According to the records, of the persons concerned in these marriage licenses, a total of six had PRECIOUSLY been married.” alina (Kan.) Union, (Mrs. Kenneth An lerson.) Suspense agony and suspense dragge by—every FOOTBALL in the street was listened to hopefully, every telephone calk was answered with flut- tering heart, the postman was met be- fore he could ring the bell.” —Syracus Herald. (Edward R. Davis.) Retroactive—“ The officers arrested Jacob Smith, fifty, and John Clark, forty-eight, who claimed to live there. They WILt BE ARRAIGNED in the Fede Court YesTerDAY charged with violating the Volstead act.”—New York Journal. (B. M. Duvall.) Countefeiters? —“The bees _ pro- duced in the United States last year 250,000,000 pounds of money.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune. (C. L, Shultz.) To a Girl, of Course—*A bank CLERK is a very acceptable gift when presented in a different way.""—New Or- Contributed by A. R. McCrevtan Oklahoma City, Okla Auto-Intoxication ‘A number of now widely preparations, which have been PARA ound to be Others are now being LYZED, officials said, were oxicating ini This Week's Prize “Break” kno’ wn examined.”"—OkM na City (Okla.) Times Exempt Firemen—-“Fire from the tub caught on the outsi but was put out befo DAMAGE could be done BY THE TEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Oregon (J. A. Thayer.) vot Port the building, any considerable UN- land Complexities of the Simple Life “Tue AFRICAN MEDICINE MANS PIECE 18 MADE OF PLUMES OF WILD BIRDS AND A PIECE OF AN OLD BLANKET. —B leans Times-Picayune. (Imogene Somers.)__Jyn Standard Union. (Emanuel Raices.) 22 Tor ke Fruit-Bearing Oysters—“ Manhat- —J. A. Coleman of Manhattan, displayed 85 PEARS, varying in size, which he declared he found in a single oyster shell. The oyster was in a lot shipment at a local market.”—El uso Herald. (Dorothy Rutherford.) To Box ‘Em Up—*Zion, Il.—Two censors, armed with one dozen WoopEN SHAWLS, Were appointed today by Wil- bur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion, to enforce an order against the wearing of low-neck dresses in the Zion Tabe: —New Orleans (La.) States. McKinstry.) cle.” (Grace A Leap in the Dark—*Six nurses at the University of Nebraska hospital were injured when fire broke out in their home at 4:20 a. m. Monday and forced them to jump from the second-story windows to the snow-covered ground fifteen feet below INTO THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES.”— Lincoln (Neb.) Star. (Mrs. J. Gordon Middleton.) Superfluous—"‘ Miss Lulu Bett’ was dramatized by Zona Gale from her own novel, WITH THE AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.” Portage (Wis.) Demecrat. (Dorothy C. Pemster.) And Revolutions Also — “Gen. Crowder’s mission to Cuba is delicate and difficult. The situation in the is- land, both political and financial, is ticklish. The price of sugar, the island’s great staple, has fallen to a figure which causes loud complaint. Ruin is staring many persons in the face. Here are INGREDIENTS of troubl Resotutions have grown out of less.""— Washington Star. (Arthur Hollick.) serious Nobody Home!—* Burglars called at the home of Fred Jensen, No. 009 Lake avenuc, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REAR porcu.”’— Rochester Democrat and Chron- icle. (C. L. Crosbie.) comicbooks.com