Judge, 1922-01-21 · page 10 of 36
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# "Told at the Nineteenth Hole" — Judge Magazine Humor Page This is a humor page from Judge magazine featuring golf-themed jokes and regional American stereotypes typical of early 20th-century satire. **Main cartoon (top):** Shows a golf dispute at the 19th hole (the clubhouse), depicting gentlemen in conflict over a game—common subject matter for this column. **The stories satirize:** 1. **"The Infallible Sign"**: A woman chooses her fiancé Phil because he replaced divots while golfing—suggesting character can be judged by golf etiquette. 2. **Regional humor**: Mocking Southern dialect and implied illegality in chicken sourcing; poking fun at rural Arkansas's isolation and small populations. 3. **"Logical"**: A tall tale mocking the tenderfoot (inexperienced visitor) expecting dairy production from cowboys, playing on Western tropes. **Context for modern readers**: The page relies on now-offensive racial dialect and stereotypes (transcribed in the OCR) that were mainstream in period magazines. Golf serves as the framework for displaying class, regional, and cultural distinctions among American men. The bottom section promotes Jim Barnes' golf instruction, indicating the magazine's affluent readership.
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TOLD AT THE NINETEENTH HOLE THE INFALLIBLE SIGN None of Alice’s friends knew whom she would marry. They knew he would be a golfer, but all the aspirants were successful men with low handi- caps. She finally announced her engage- ment to Phil. Her father, who once made the second hole in two, asked Alice where- in Phil excelled the others. “You know I can’t stand your cigar ashes in too many places,” said Alice. “I could never live with a man who was careless about the house. So I made up a foursome with Phil, John, and Clarence. We played eighteen holes.” “What did that prove?” asked her father. “Well, Phil was the only man who replaced the turf.” A MATTER OF LOCALITY At Southern railway stations it is the custom of darkies to sell chicken patties and other delicacies to passen- gers. A passenger who had enjoyed a patty and was leaning out of the win- dow to buy another, asked of the dusky salesman: “Where do you get your chicken?” The darkey rolled his eyes. “You-all f'om de No’th, ain’t you, sah?” he queried. “Yes,” was the reply. you ask that?” “*Case, sah! No gen'l'm’'n f'om de South eber asks a nigger whar he gits his chicken.” SMALL TOWN EXCITEMENT A traveling man in a small town in Arkansas had finished his work and he had several hours to wait for the next train, and seeing a group of villagers on a vacant lot wandered over to learn the cause of the commo- tion. He found that it was only a couple of the town’s worthies pitching horseshoes. After watching the game for a few “But why do minutes he inquired of a man standing next to him: “Pardon me, but what is the population of this town?” “Wall,” replied a lank Arkansan, “they’re all here but the constable. Count ’em yourself.” PEDIGREE Stable-wise negroes were discussing the pedigree of Man-of-War. “Say, Henery,” asked one, “dis horse Man-of- War—who is she by?” “Ah dunno. Ebery time Ah sees her she is by her- se’f.” LOGICAL A tenderfoot was traveling in Mon- tana. All he could see was cowboys on horseback rounding up cattle. Com- ing to his destination he put up at a small hotel, where the waitress served him condensed milk with his coffee. Seeking the landlord he inquired the reason, commenting on the herds he had seen. “How in Sam Hill do you expect a man on horseback to milk a cow?” the landlord replied. JIM BARNES’ LIST OF TEN COMMON FAULTS OF GOLFERS Lifting the club with the right hand in place of swinging back with inhi wll 5 the left control.