Judge, 1922-09-09 · page 13 of 36
Judge — September 9, 1922 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains four separate satirical anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American humor: 1. **Jewish Doctor at Country Club**: Mocks Jewish assimilation anxieties through dialect humor. A newly admitted Jewish doctor requests his office hours printed on golf balls—satirizing both social climbing and practical materialism. 2. **The Remarriage**: A widow marrying a widower each tries to convince a visiting curate they love their new stepchild equally. The satire targets insincere social performance and hypocritical sentimentality. 3. **Patrick Henry Obsession**: A prominent after-dinner speaker is so fixated on Patrick Henry that a club committee attempts to give him a topic—"colic in horses"—he cannot twist toward his hero. He inevitably does anyway through an elaborate Patrick Henry ("Give me Liberty or give me death") analogy. 4. **School Composition**: A teacher instructs students to write what they truly think, not imitate others. A child produces an honest but crude composition—satirizing the gap between adult instructions and actual results. The bottom illustration concerns golf and "G.B.S." (likely George Bernard Shaw), referencing standardized golf balls. These are gentle, class-based humor pieces without overt political content.
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