Judge, 1922-12-09 · page 27 of 36
Judge — December 9, 1922 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief jokes and one substantial advertisement. **The Cartoons/Jokes:** Most are short anecdotes about lawyers, farmers, and social pretense—typical Judge magazine humor from the early 20th century. One mocks a "parlor socialist" (someone who talks radical politics in comfortable drawing rooms but doesn't act on them). Another features "Farmer Corntossel," a stock character representing rural common sense, joking about mosquitoes avoiding areas where people drink illegal bootleg alcohol (referencing Prohibition-era concerns). **The Main Content:** The right half is a full-page advertisement from Earle E. Liederman, a famous bodybuilding promoter of that era. The headline "If You Don't Exercise—YOU DIE!" and the muscular male photograph exemplify early 1900s fitness marketing rhetoric—making exaggerated health claims to sell his "Muscular Development" course. This represents the birth of modern bodybuilding commercialism in American magazines. The left cartoon shows a child with a corkscrew, likely satirizing parental incompetence.
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