Judge, 1921-10-29 · page 26 of 36
Judge — October 29, 1921 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief satirical jokes about golf's cultural obsession in early 20th-century America, plus medical humor. **Golf jokes:** Multiple quips mock golf's pervasive hold on society. One suggests Rockefeller attributes success to golf rather than vice versa. Another depicts a man carrying golf clubs merely to impress a banker for a loan. A banker joke contrasts wealthy men's golf freedom with ordinary workers' restrictions. Sunday golf receives criticism as potentially worse than weekday play. Children supposedly hear golf discussed so much they use profanity about it. **Medical humor:** Doctors supposedly attend seaside resorts for "post-graduate courses in anatomy" (implying romantic encounters). Another joke notes doctors lose patients to competitors but don't miss losing families who refuse surgery. The cartoons and captions satirize golf as an absurdly dominant leisure preoccupation among the wealthy, while poking fun at professional vanity in banking and medicine.
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of WHERE THE DEBT LIE -“I ob- serve,” said the fiend, “that Mr. Rockefeller says he owes much of his success to gol “It was my notion,” said the low- brow, “that most men owe much of their golf to success.”—Washington Post Magazine. ATMOSPHERE —‘‘Why the golf sticks? I didn’t know you golfed?” “I don’t. These are merely to im- bank president. I’m going e him for a loan.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. A SUBTLE CHARM !—‘What is there about golf that gives a man such a sense of freedom and exhilaration?” “I don’t know,” replied Mr. Growcher, “unless it’s the privi of promenading over the lands without being warned to keep off the grass.”—Washington Star. { vt § Spt \ 4] @ @ ; : » i “That reminds me, Mona, I must get my whiskers trimmed before this even- ing.”"—Passing Show (London). the f —- et Fair Creature—Oh, I say, Dickey, let’s hear this lecture—you've no idea how I suffer from freckles——London Opinion. SuNpAY’s JOURNEY — “ Father,” said little Rollo, “what is meant by ‘a Sabbath day’s journey’?” “Tam afraid, my son, that in too many cases it means twice around the golf links.”—Edinburgh Scots- man. EXPENSIVE AMMUNITION—“Must be some millionaire in our neighbor- hood.” “Heh?” “He throws golf balls at cats. Picked up four in the alley this morning.” —Louisville Courier-Jour- nal. EXPERT CRITICISM—“Do you think nful to play golf on Sunday?” “No,” said Mr. Wadleigh, “I don’t. But if a man only plays golf once a week his game is apt to be a crime.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Hap HEARD His FATHER—Mother —Willie, I’m shocked at you. Do you know what becomes of little boys who use bad words when they play base- ball? Willie—Yes’m, They grow up and become golf players.—Boston Tran- script. 26 World’s Humor A POST-GRADUATE COURSE—Craw- ford—I notice that the medical as- sociations pick out the fashionable seaside resorts for their conven- tions. Crabshaw—That gives the doctors a chance for a post-graduate course in anatomy.—Living Age. Not PROFITABLE—“So you've lost that family you’ve been attending for several years,” said one doctor to the other. “Yes,” he replied, “they’ve changed over to Dr. Green. But I’m just as pleased.” “Weren't they good pay?” “Oh, they paid their little bill reg- ularly enough, but there wasn’t one among ’em who would ever consent to having an operation.”—Detroit Free Press. 1 ~~ “Halloa, going for a holiday?” “No—just come back.” “By Jove, feel any change?” “Not a bally penny.”—(Reproduced by courtesy of Lyons Mail.) comicbooks.com