Judge, 1922-05-06 · page 11 of 36
Judge — May 6, 1922 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains student-written humor and cartoons from circa 1925, likely from a college issue. The content reflects 1920s social attitudes: **"Cold"** depicts a domestic quarrel where an emotionally detached man ignores his wife even as her dress catches fire—dark satire on marital coldness and masculine indifference. The punchline is that he "froze to death" from her icy gaze. **"A Close Friend"** mocks a cheap date (23 cents) where a man sweet-talks a woman while admitting she'll forget him—yet she insists she'll remember him "as close," creating ironic humor about self-deception in romance. **"Getting Set"** (illustration) shows a woman at her mirror, likely satirizing female vanity or preparation. **"Moods"** is light verse about poetic sentimentality. **"The Reason"** jokes about gambling winnings at horse races. **"Vassar/Scranton"** is a brief dialogue joke, likely playing on regional college stereotypes. Overall, the page represents typical 1920s college humor: cynicism about romance, class consciousness, and gentle social satire aimed at young readers.
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Drawn by Henry Srrtz, City College, N. Y., COLD HE was cold, apathetic, aloof. OS He was composed, disconcerted, seemingly inattentive. Her voice shook as she frigidly upbraided him in icy rebuke. But through it all, he remained calm and cool, as far removed as some Arctic glacier. Furious at his apparent distraction, she backed away. A spark from the fireplace leaped to her filmy dress, It caught, and long, leaping tongues of fire enveloped her. Terror-stricken, she screamed to him for and help. ‘There was no reply. Beneath her ultra- frigid gaze he had slowly frozen to deat! Charles H. Wolfe, Ohio Wesleyan ‘2 Drawn by Winirren DsVor, George Washington Uni “Getting Set.” 26. Date canceled. A CLOSE FRIEND HE took her out on a party, And spent only twenty-three cents. Then he whispered sweet nothings—the smarty! In tones that were very intense. And he told her he knew she'd forget him, In sentences very verbose, But she said she would always remember, And think of him ever as close. Kenneth P. Britton, Williams. Partners The berry who started this “editorial plural” stuff musta hadda tapeworm. Clair Bushong Diffenbaugh, Franklin and Marshall '25. MOODS URKY d M ‘Moody was Trouble lays. Sunny climes, Happy times, Pleasant chimes. Brilliant beams, Golden dreams, Poet's schemes. Foggy haze, Poet's bays, Sleepy daze, John F. Webe St. Louis U. The Reason “How do you happen to have so much money this morning?” “Went to the races yesterday.” “And bet on a didn't Franklin H. Li William Jewell Prawn by Georcr TiomPson, Stanford ‘22. Hunch by Dick BLooo, Stanford. Vassar—I see you have a letter from your college. Scranton—Yes, “Let's “LCC. deed. see—what is your college?