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This page collects international humor pieces and cartoons from various sources, presenting jokes about social conventions and everyday life. **Key Content:** The header illustration depicts silent film acting—satirizing overly dramatic conventions of early cinema. The "Technique" section mocks specific theatrical gestures (fainting poses, cigarette rolling) that silent film actors relied upon. **Recurring Themes:** - Urban transit frustrations (impatient passengers, conductors) - Exaggeration in storytelling ("Vivid Imagination") - Gender roles and domesticity (wives keeping hens, remembering anniversaries) - Class commentary (the "cab horse" cartoon criticizing bourgeois dishonesty about tipping) **The Satire:** These pieces ridicule human pretension and social hypocrisy—people's tendency to embellish, forget obligations, or behave inconsistently. The "Both Divorced" joke plays on wealthy socialites' moral standing. The cartoons are sourced internationally (*Le Rire* from Paris, Copenhagen's *Klods Hans*), reflecting Judge's cosmopolitan audience. The humor targets middle-class manners and vanities rather than political issues.

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n- rs n- at ce id le- us m of at in re ns val er in he id, we ler ich he ib- all he eir pa on- tly of Ee } TECHNIQUE—Instructions for those who aspire to fame in the silent art: Mazie M.—There is only one ac- cepted way of effectively registering grief, and that is as follows. When the leading man says, “Say no more, there can be but one answer,” im- mediately place the back of the right hand against the forehead and turn the head up stage. Approach the mantel, rest the elbow on the nearest corner, and agitate shoulders as if with sobbing. Homer Knot—Yes, it is possible to win success without being able to roll a cigarette with one hand, but the trick is very useful. Mamie Moore—Yes, there are really estates such as are seen in some of the great photoplay produc- tions, but they usually belong to someone else. Solly Max—No, the bathing girls do not go about that way all of the time. Many of them have homes and live like ordinary people. Joe Kerr—You are mistaken. There are social functions in New York city in which no cigarettes are smoked, and in which no strong drinks are served. — Youngstown Telegram. Horse Sense The Cab Horse ANOTHER LOW-DOWN BOURGEOIS WHO prom- se8 A GOOD TIP! (indignantly)—Huu! -Le Rire (Paris). the World’s SERVICE—AII out of breath, a little fat man clambered aboard an inter- urban car which was just pulling out of the station. “Ain’t very obliging!” he grum- bled. “We saw you coming and waited for you nearly a minute,” the conduc- tor replied. “Well, where I come from the street car men are more obliging.” “Do they wait for you there?” “Wait for me? Why man alive, if they have started when they see me coming, they always back up.” —Youngstown Telegram. VIvID IMAGINATION—‘“Have you heard Jibway’s latest fishing yarn?” “No, I haven’t,” said Mr. Gadspur, “and I don’t want to hear it.” “Why not?” “Because Jibway hasn’t even a speaking acquaintance with the truth. He couldn’t describe a small- pox epidemic without making you think it was something you’d hate to miss.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. The Strenuous Life “MY FATHER SAYS I MUST TAKE UP SOME USEFUL OCCUPATION.” “WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?” “I HAVE BEGUN TO SHAVE MYSELF.” —Klods Hans (Copenhagen). Humor MATRI. MoraL HENS—A married young woman who moved into the country considered the keeping of hens a pleasant and profitable undertaking. As she grew more absorbed in the pursuit her enthusiasm increased. During ene of her animated de- scriptions of her success a friend in- quired: “Are your hens good laying she replied, in a de- “they haven’t laid a bad egg yet!”—London Tit-Bits. Boru Divorcep—‘“I call the Blanks the cream of society.” “Well, they’ve both been through the separator.”—Bosion Transcript. A HitcH—“Then she didn’t marry the duke?” “No.” ‘ “Did his family object?” “No, I believe his creditor. he could do better.”—Louis riev-Journal. thought Ue Cou- TAKES No CHANCES—“Your hus- band seems always to remember your vedding anniverssz “Yes, but don’t g¢: I take pains every doesn’t forget i Press. e him the credit. to see that he —Detroit Free Only a Kid DARLING—CATCH HOLD OF London Mail. i comicbooks.com