Judge, 1921-09-17 · page 25 of 36
Judge — September 17, 1921 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains early-1900s automotive humor reflecting anxieties about the then-revolutionary motor car. The jokes mock reckless drivers and automobile dangers: **"Has It Happened to You?"** satirizes dangerous driving and parental negligence—a father flips his car upside-down to entertain children, treating a serious accident risk casually. **"Tragedy Recipe"** darkly catalogs how drunk driving kills: fool + liquor + fast car = death, buried in a fancy coffin. This reflects genuine public concern about automobile fatalities. **"Needed Cheering Up"** jokes about buyer's remorse on an expensive, unreliable purchase—cars were luxury items prone to breaking down. **"Always Take Father's Advice"** (top right cartoon) shows a child nearly drowning because his father won't teach him to swim, fearing water. The irony: father himself survived water. **"Likely to Be Separated"** warns against marrying reckless drivers. The overall tone treats automobiles as dangerous novelties operated by foolish men, reflecting genuine early-automotive-era safety concerns before modern traffic laws existed.
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Has It HAPPENED TO YOU?—There was a large crowd gathered around the overturned motor car, while the excited driver was trying to right things. “Halloa!’” suddenly called the voice of a new arrival. “What’s the mat- ter, Robbins—car turned turtle?” Robbins smiled with expressive sweetness “Oh, no; not at all, old chap,” he replied. “These kids have wanted to see how the machinery worked, so l had the car turned upside down just to please them.”—Los Angeles Times. TRAGEDY REcIPE—Take one reck- less, natural born fool. Two or three big drinks cf bad liquor. A fast, high-powered motor car. Soak the fool well in the liquor, place in the car and let him go. After due time, remove from wreckage, place in black, satin lined box, and garnish with flowers.—Walton (Ga.) News. NEEDED CHEERING UP—‘“You sold me a car about two weeks ago.” “So I did,” replied the automobile salesman. “How do you like it?” “That's just the point. | want you te tell me everything you said about that car all over again. I’m getting discouraged.” -— Birmingham Age- Herald. Always Take Father's Advice Willy Mother 1 FELL Willy Hen! LIKELY To BE SEPARATED—The man who darts ahead of motor cars should never marry a girl who darts back.—Lovisville Courier-Journal. Nora’s Ignoring | ~ London Mail. MOTHER, HOW DID FATHER GET TO KNOW YOU? INTO THE SEA AND HE DIVED SO THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO LEARN TO SWIM! IN AND BROUGHT ME OUT Kasper (Stockholu) Jan INGENUITY You say you have no references. How is that? Prospective Mistress Applicant—Well, you see, mum, I've always stayed in one place till the people died! — Passing Show (Loudon). MIspLacep—-"I gotta fire that office What for? He’s a hard worker.” “Yes, but he doesn’t shoot craps, smoke, cuss, go to baseball games or flirt with the telephone girl, and I’m afraid he’s got a stunt up his sleeve te become President.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch. PERCEPTION—“He’s tactful.” “Think so?” “When I gave him my excuse for being late he said that it was better than none.” “Where is the tact?” “That was his easy way of letting me know that | had a poor excuse.” --Detroit Free Press. comicbooks.com