Judge, 1922-04-01 · page 6 of 36
Judge — April 1, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate comic sketches satirizing early 20th-century social situations: **"April-Fooling the Paleface"** depicts someone in Native American costume deceiving visitors, likely mocking both April Fools' Day pranks and stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans. **"The Bridge of Sighs"** presents a marital scenario: a woman questions her grumpy husband about a "congenial gathering," mentioning his former wife. The husband reveals she's now married to "Flim" and divorced from "Flam," with the cryptic joke "Mixed doubles"—wordplay on tennis terminology applied to multiple marriages. **"Just So"** and **"Specimens of Magnificence"** appear to be brief educational or definitional jokes about language usage. The page reflects period humor focused on marriage complications, casual racism, and linguistic wit typical of early Judge magazine content.
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BycaDn enteritis “Heap many visitors to-day! THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS Wife (awakened) —Why so grumpy, Tom? Didn’t your host have a con- genial gathering? Tom (sighing)—Yeah; there were several men present with rather win- ning personalities. APRIL-FOOLING THE PALEFACE JUST SO “Who is in the tennis match?” “Mrs. Flim, for one. She was di- vorced from Flam and married Flim. Flam is in it with his wife, formerly Mrs. Flubdub. And then—” “I see. ° Mixed doubles.” 4 Get out those Germantown, Pennsylvania, blankets, quick.” SPECIMENS OF MAGNIFICENCE Teacher—The word “grand” is used in the sense of “splendid, sublime, noble,” and the like. Can you give an example of such use? Little Bobby—Yes'm. and grand larceny. Grand dukes Comicbooks.com “wn ek a Sk n hi