Judge, 1922-10-28 · page 34 of 36
Judge — October 28, 1922 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor and cartooning showcase page featuring four separate comic strips by different artists, plus surrounding advertisements. The cartoons depict everyday life situations with gentle humor: 1. **Hammond's college senior**: A joke about perpetual studenthood—the senior claims he graduates "every year," suggesting he keeps repeating the grade. 2. **Everett's coal strike dialogue**: Two working-class characters discuss hard times during a coal strike. Their dialect humor ("Dis," "dey'll," "hafta") was common period comedy, reflecting the speaker's working-class status. The joke is that refusing wood fuel during coal shortage makes no sense. 3. **Armstrong's pet grief**: A child's misplaced perspective—he won't cry over a dog's death like his friend, only because he raised the dog himself rather than inheriting a grandmother. 4. **Millard's farm scene** and **Carruth's prodigal calf**: Rural/farm-life vignettes. The page emphasizes that Judge welcomes amateur cartoonist submissions with "bright, original ideas," positioning itself as a platform for emerging talent alongside its established contributors.
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