Judge, 1922-05-20 · page 8 of 36
Judge — May 20, 1922 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains six brief satirical jokes typical of early 20th-century American humor: 1. **"A Family Row"**: A crude Adam-and-Eve joke where the serpent boasts about giving Eve poison ivy leaves as a shirt—mocking domestic quarrels and blaming women. 2. **"What They Are For"**: Political satire suggesting the Army and Navy exist perpetually, not for specific purposes—commentary on military spending. 3. **"An Expert"**: Jokes that experts identify real pearls by examining price tags, satirizing shallow consumerism and fake expertise. 4. **"Erroneous Conclusion"**: Mocks a wife misinterpreting her husband's loud snoring as practice on their son's new saxophone—light domestic humor. 5. **"Some Protection"**: Jokes that cheek-dancing isn't intimate contact because girls wear heavy makeup—satirizing both the dance craze and women's cosmetics use. 6. **"Experienced"**: A rejected manuscript writer claims five women rejected him before—playing on romantic rejection and literary failure. The illustration depicts what appears to be a treasure-hunting scene, matching the pirate theme referenced in the captions.
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Drawn by Peay BaRLow A FAMILY ROW The Parrot—What's the between Adam and Eve? The Serpent—She gave him a new shirt for a birthday present, and made it out of poison ivy leaves. trouble WHAT THEY ARE FOR } Scrapper—What are the Army and Navy for? | Patriot—For? forever! The Army and Navy Aw, there's no treasure ‘round here!” “Gee, whiz, there must be! AN EXPERT “How can you distinguish genuine pearls from good imitations?” “It’s quite simple. Just examine the price ticket.” ERRONEOUS CONCLUSION “Gracious, how loud your husband snores! He must be very tired!” “You're mistaken, my dear. He is practicing on little Harry's new saxo- phone.” The book says Capt’un Kidd buried his treasure by a tree!” SOME PROTECTION “You don’t approve of cheek danc- ing, do you?” “That isn’t as close contact as you may imagine. Just think of all the stuff the girls use on their faces.” EXPERIENCED “And is this the first time you've sent any manuscript to an editor?” “Yes, but I’ve been rejected by five girls.” SU | ann een ataaich a comicbooks.com