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# Judge Magazine Analysis (Feb. 15, 1923) This page contains humor pieces and illustrations rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Two Kinds of Silence"** — a dialogue joke about a young man's silence toward his father after bringing home a pregnant girlfriend, contrasted with his father's "silence" (rage). **"A Study in Relativity"** by Edmund J. Kiefer — two parallel lists contrasting what boys find "hard" versus "easy" (physical tasks vs. recreational activities). The large illustration shows a poor man sitting on a log, apparently explaining arithmetic to a judge or authority figure. His caption suggests working-class resentment about difficult math—he can calculate "sev'n hours 'n a quarter" of labor at low wages but struggled with school grammar. The overall tone reflects 1920s humor about class differences, working-class struggles, and generational conflict typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach.
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FEB 15 1923 JUDGE WITH WHICH IS COMBINED LESLIE’S W! Two Kinds of Silence Sin,” said the young man, “I have come to demand the hand of your daughter!” emand!”” exclaimed the father. “What do you mean “Her hand, sir, the price of my silence,” was the reply. The father was beside himself with rage and went to the telephone to ring up the police, when the young man in- tervened. “One moment, sir, I know nothing of your affairs, and I do not for a moment imagine you guilty of any misdeed. ‘The silence to which T allude is of another sort. Tam the y man who plays the trombone next J “Oh! exclaimed her, my boy, take he © father, “Take Flubb—Senks always appears to be in low spirits. Dubb—That'’s because he takes pro- hibition seriously! ree se—Drink makes Evelyn's husband 1. 'y—Where does he get the stuff? “He makes it. It’s a case of home- brutality.” Drawn by P. Hit Cherry tree! Cherry pie! Never caught him in a lie. Cherrio! A Study in Relativity by Edmund J. Biefer What a Boy Finds Hard Ww fat a Boy Finds Rasy R% NNING an errand, I UNNING @ F Whittli a . Turning an ice Propelling a roll Fussing with a dog. Solving a puzzle. Taking a swim. Beating on a drum, up a yard. Collecting worms. 1 ball of yarn. Winding a string baseball. yatched pants. Going barefoot. rying wood at home. g bats ata ball park. Sitting still. ra fire engine. ya veranda, am freezer. -coaster. Cleanin, Winding Wes Trate Visitorp—Hey! Do you let your “What did you give your best girl for kid smash everybody on the nose who her birthda picks him up? “A smoking ji Sporting Parent: (reprovingly)—Tood- leums, how often have T told you never to uppercut to the nose when the head is thrown back? What's the jaw for? J, * SMINWOD “Sev'n hours ’n a quarter at t’irty cents an’ a half a’ hour. Danged ef I can figger it! I wuz always better at grammer in school 'n ‘rithmetic.”