Judge, 1921-09-17 · page 30 of 36
Judge — September 17, 1921 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous quips and cartoons from college humor publications, satirizing 1920s youth culture and social changes. **Key targets:** - **Modern women's fashion**: Multiple jokes mock bobbed hair, short dresses, heavy makeup, and one-piece bathing suits as scandalous departures from propriety. The "Model" cartoon suggests all actresses under thirty adopt these styles. - **Flapper behavior**: References to "baby voices," perpetual emotion, and casual dating mock the new independence and affectations of young women. - **Generational gaps**: Jokes about parents disapproving of their children's behavior (the bathing suit, leaving hairpins in cars) reflect anxiety over changing social norms. - **College life absurdities**: Domestic mishaps (a gasoline stove fire) and student obliviousness (smoking in class appears as fog). The satire is gentle, poking fun at youth rather than condemning it—typical of collegiate humor magazines of the era.
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WITH THE COLLEGE WITS Tn the Mist Prof. (concluding a difficult ex- planation )—Is that someone smoking back there? Stud.—Not at all, sir, only the fog ('m in.—Amherst Lord Jeff. Was It Chmpge? PRETTY young damsel from Me, Loved a fellow exceedingly ple., But this bold homely Mr. Untiringly kr. Age. and age. and age. —Williams Purple Cow. He—I_ THINK THE WORLD OF you. She THE WORLD ISN'T SO VERY HARD TO GET AROUND, NOWADAYS. Yale Record, A Hot Session Mistress-—Bridget, get lunch on the gasoline stove. Bridget—Indade, mun, I did try, but the stove went out. s, mum, I will mum, but it’s not come back yit. It wint out through the roof.” —Carolina Tar Baby. Sarcasm Dad (sternly)—Where were you last night? Son—Oh, jus some of the boys. “Well, tell ‘em not to leave their heirpins in the car.”—Texas Scalper. riding around with / { { { \ “MOTHER SAID T SHOULDN'T WEAR THIS ONE-PIECE RATHING SUIT.” “YOU SHOULD OBEY YOUR MOTHER.” Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern. If IT’ she didn’t have her hair bobbed, If she didn't daub with paint, If she had her dresses made to reach To where the dresses ain't, If she didn’t have that baby voice, And spoke just as she should; Don't you think she'd be as popular? T hardly think she would. —Georgia Cricket. The Model—t FUNNY THAT EVERY ACTRESS THIN "S$ UNDER THIRTY. NOT AS FU UNDER THI 30 Discovered “This living with a genius is a little trying,” said the worried-look- ing man. “A genius! Didn't know that you had one in your family.” “Yes, my wife; she’s discovered perpetual emotion.”—Stanford Chap- eral. The Difference Tom —What's the difference be- tween betting and bluffing? Jack—A good deal.—Mass. Tech. Voo Doo. ALL's FARE IN LOVE. Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. Appreciation Minus Better Half—Don’t you adore that necktie I gave you for your birth- day? Other Half—No other eyes than mine shall feast themselves on its —New York University Quite True He said to her, “My love for you Is driving me quite mad.” She said to him, “How odd. The same effect on dad.” —California Pelican. It has comicbooks.com