Judge, 1922-10-21 · page 3 of 36
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# Judge Magazine Content Analysis This October 20, 1922 page from *Judge* contains satirical commentary on contemporary social issues. **"The Poacher"** is a poem about class conflict—a poor man illegally hunting on a wealthy landowner's property, described with romantic sympathy for the working-class transgressor. **The central cartoon** depicts domestic life humor: a child asks his father "Daddy, what is a better half?"—a play on the term "better half" (meaning spouse). The father replies "A figure of speech, dear," suggesting the joke is about whether wives truly live up to this flattering description. **Right-side vignettes** offer society gossip and satirical commentary on wealthy leisure activities (golf, engagements, divorces) and class distinctions—typical *Judge* fare mocking the upper classes and their concerns during the Jazz Age.
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“ . ©cs54s rv “Good Morning, Judge” -~ ._—— ~y/ The Poacher * by Leon D' Emo YRISP is the sweet October air; Craftily hid ina ferny lair 1 gypsy lurks for quail and hare, 1s faithless wardens sleep Hanging limp at a rascal’s wwithacruel welt, Whereagin has bitten deep j Rustle of leaves at a lurcher’s tread, ME Stinking ‘soft where a Ro- many led, Sniffing the moss where rouse has bled, Scolded by rook and daw. Sinister master, — sinister hound, Stealthily making the sinister round Of hidden snares on for- bi By thicket and heron-shaw. olsen With eye, and head, and heart of a thief, Man and mongrel, o'er pebble and leaf Shamble swift for night is brief, nae 1 salads {nd stern is woodland law. In the smiling land each nto ali, honest hand Ts. an enemy's clenched at the swarthy band That ravage the wood, and the sod, and the sand Like the haggard that hangs in the haw. aa The Highbrow—Aren't you worrying about the Bolshiviki movement? The Simple Mu Nope. With a sick wif three growing kids, a salary that ha moved any in the last fi years, I simply ain't got time to. Ti a | Be, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” If you want to own The House — “Jepson broke off his engagement to that Jack Built, first earn the jack. that pe . “I suppose she gave him back the ri », you see she is a cling-stone ttt “Maud tells everything she knows. ae es, it wouldn't beso bad if she “Your son spends all his tim would stop there.” “Yes, Tam giving him a t business training.” “" golf.” Once it was possible to know a. sailor by the rolling gait wherewith he trod the unfamiliar cle- ment; now. there’s an even ¢ re it’s only a passe for more money. come ashore se ge kissed me nd three times the other night.” £ *s noth- Dead-eye Dick, of Skeleton Gulch, Wyo., bewails the popularity of x “Golluf has shore k this country by he id. horns. nt consic eltykey non to shoot off down nue with- Cemetery out hollerin eer Crawford—Do you really believe there will be famine next winte Crabshau—V'm not ing anything, but I'm sawing wood. sae “Tf you make a better mousetrap than any- body else the world will a path to your ey, | “Daddy, what is a better half?” “A figure of speech, dear.” n achieve the with poor comichooks,