Judge, 1921-04-16 · page 19 of 32
Judge — April 16, 1921 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **"Both in the Same Boat"** jokes about class: a bricklayer's child reports both parents are unemployed—a Depression-era social commentary. **"The Eleven Greatest Pests"** is a recurring complaint list mocking people who constantly recite Kipling's "Gunga Din" (then wildly popular), those taking up golf as a fad, and people bragging about Cuba—likely post-Spanish American War tourism. **"Doctors" section** contains gentle workplace humor about medical charts, home-brewed alcohol (Prohibition-era reference in the "home brew" joke), and a quip about homely women's delusions—offensive by modern standards. **The large illustration** shows a film or theater production scene with dramatic lighting, captioned about clothes not reaching someone—appears to be a movie still or theatrical comedy moment rather than political satire. The page emphasizes contemporary fads, employment anxiety, and Prohibition-era references typical of Judge's 1920s content.
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Both in the Same Boat let ANN SIN your “Waar ts MAN?” "B'S A BRICKLAYER.” “AND WHAT DOES YOUK MOTHER DO. “Ou! —London Weekl: DOCLORS PATHER, MY LITTLE SHE DON’T DO ANYTHIN( Telegraph NEITHER The Chart—* The doctor said | must put down everything on the chart.” “Well?” “The patient tricd twice to kiss me Must I put that down?” “T think not,” said the kindly head nurse,—Leutsetlle Courier Journal, Might Be As Well—JMrs. Crimson beak—Have you invited our doctor to your party tomorrow night? Mr. Crimsonbeak—Certainly not should 1? “Why, L thought you intended passing out some of your home brew: stuff.” Yonkers Statesman Why The Source—*1 think.” said Dr Smith, “that bad cooks supply us with half our patients.” “That's a fact,” said old Dr. Brown “And good cooks supply us with the other fifty per cent.’—Journal of the American Medical Association. Her Delusion—Homely spinster You know, doctor, Lam alway’s thinking that a man is following me. Do you think I suffer from hallucinations? Dr. Blunt—Not the shadow of a doubt about it, madam.—Boston Transcript. ing a stranger from San Francisco around the city in a high- powered car, and when pointing out the Auditorium, Frank said: “That's our big auditorium, and Joc Grich built’ the whole thing in “six months,” ap wats she said the st “we built a That's nothing,” from San Francisco; one in three months.” Then Frank drove him out and they passed the beautiful water-tower next to General Otto Falk’s house The stranger said, “What's that?” “T don’t know,” said Frank. “That wasn’t there day before vesterday hinson N The Eleven Greatest: Pests The man who recites “Gunga Din.” ‘The man who has just taken up golf ‘The man who recites “Gunga Din The man who has discovered a new way to brew it The man who recites “Gunga Din The man who has the * You tell ‘em disease. The man who recites “Gunga Din.” The man who has just heard what he The man who recites “Gunga Din, The man who has just got back frot Cuba Phe man who recites Cincinnati Enquirer calls a* Gunga Din.” Gan You Beat [t?—Customer— That pound of evaporated peaches you sold me did not weigh over fourteen ounces. Well, mum, I didn’t guarantee Boston Grocer ‘em not to go on evaporatin’ Transcript There Is Always Something to Be Thankful For 19 —Kasper (Si comicbooks.com