Judge, 1922-01-07 · page 7 of 36
Judge — January 7, 1922 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon (Kemble):** A dialect humor piece depicting African American characters discussing "sanctified milk" versus "pacified milk." The humor relies on racial stereotyping and malapropism—a common, offensive comedic device of the era. **Main Article ("What's the Use?" by Strickland Gillilan):** A satirical essay mocking human ambition. It argues that ambitious pursuits (mastering car driving, golf, boxing) ultimately prove futile—drivers remain mediocre, golfers lag behind caddies, boxers can't outfight jungle animals. The satire targets the obsessive drive for self-improvement and competitive achievement that characterized early 20th-century American culture. **Bottom Cartoon (Inwood):** A rural/small-town scene where a mechanic bills a customer for speeding fines, marriage license, and gas—treating legal penalties as casual service charges. This satirizes rural justice systems and frontier lawlessness, suggesting authorities profit from infractions. The page reflects period attitudes: class anxiety about automobiles, racial caricature as humor, and skepticism toward progress narratives.
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Drawn by E. W. Kemste. “Ah want a quote ob sanctified milk.” “Whut you all mean is pacified milk.” What’s the Use? By Strickland Gillilan SOME people become ambitious to acquire uncanny skill in driving acar. When they have reached the highest point possible in handling the steering wheel and gear-shifts they may have the satisfaction of knowing they are about as good as some dub with hardly enough sense to come in out of the rain, and who drives for some- body who pays him twenty-five dollars a week. Others get excited when they find “Look heah, small one, when Ah needs inflamation Ah’ll specify!” themselves about to become able to play nine holes of golf in forty strokes or so. On second thought they are let down by the knowledge that when they can do this wonderful thing they are about two jumps behind a lot of moist-nosed, throat-whiskered old cad- dies back in the “Hielans.” Men train and train and diet and wear themselves down to fighting weight so they can outbox some other fellows. And when they have at- tained the highest pinnacle possible in the ability to stand up in front of other scrappers, they are still utterly BErweoss, Drawn by G. B. INwoon. inadequate to the task of stopping the onrush of the smallest and most un- trained gorilla or mandril in the jungle. What's the use of being ambitious, anyway? THE BEST WAY “What is the best way to spend less?” “Make some other person spend more.” A WOMAN’S REASON “Why did you go and tell your chum I am giving a party?” “Because I knew she wasn’t asked.” “How much d’ye owe me? Wal, ther’s $5 fer speedin’, $1 fer marryin’ ye, an’ $2.60 fer gas.” 5 comicbooks.com