Judge, 1921-12-17 · page 3 of 36
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# Judge Magazine, December 17, 1921 This page contains three unrelated humorous vignettes typical of Judge's satirical style: **"Doubly Afflicted"**: A wife complains that her husband's insomnia and snoring create a double problem—he can't sleep, and his snoring prevents her from sleeping either. **"A Lawyer's Love"**: A young lawyer reassures his romantic partner that she comes before everyone else, then clarifies she's "the party of the first part"—a legal phrase suggesting he views their relationship through a contractual, legalistic lens rather than emotional one. **"Explained"**: An unexplained job acquisition is attributed to connections and ignorance—the candidate knew the manager personally but the manager didn't know the applicant. The central sketch by Nancy Fox depicts a domestic scene. These pieces rely on wordplay and situational irony typical of early 1920s genteel humor magazines.
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VotuME 81, NUMBER 2094 DeEcEMBER 17, 1921 JUDGE Editors: Douglas H. Cooke, Eliot Keen, J. A. Waldron der Act of March 3, 1879, $: ‘McDonnell, Treas.: W. Street, New for , October 21, 1881, at the Post-Office at New Yor dge Co., William Green. Pres.: Douglas Hi. Cook 8 sear, 16e a copy. Published weekly and re Phi a York C j wancy FAY | “I suppose you're going to roll ’em down same as usual, Sis.” DOUBLY AFFLICTED A LAWYER'S LOVE EXPLAINED “My husband suffers terribly from “Harold, do you love me? Do I “So Bilkins got that job! How did insomnia.” come before everybody?” it happen?” “Oh, isn’t that too bad!” “T'll say you do,” declared the young “Why, I’d say partly because he “And the worst of it is, he snores lawyer. “You are the party of the knew the manager, and partly because so loud that I can’t sleep either.” first part.” the manager didn’t know him.”