Judge, 1923-04-28 · page 13 of 36
Judge — April 28, 1923 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# "Night Sports" by Weed — Analysis This satirical piece mocks upper-class nighttime leisure activities and moral hypocrisy. The cartoon presents several "sports": 1. **"Waiting for dawn"** — appears to reference late-night carousing, suggesting people stay out all night and must wait for morning. 2. **"Old sporting George"** — a husband claiming to work late while his skeptical wife doubts him, satirizing infidelity excuses. 3. **"After-dark record — Twenty miles to the gallon"** — likely references reckless nighttime driving, possibly to secret rendezvous. 4. **"Watchman, what of the night?"** — quotes scripture while depicting gambling ("trying to hole in one"), contrasting religious morality with actual behavior. 5. **Late-night activities generally** — the piece satirizes how wealthy individuals shed social constraints after dark, engaging in drinking, gambling, and affairs they'd hide in daylight. The humor targets class hypocrisy: respectable daytime citizens become different people at night, treating questionable behavior as thrilling "sports."
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NIGHT SPORTS by Weed When the shades of night are falling fast (you pie dee—you pie dah!) the sporting blood quickens, the step faster grows and the old treadmill plod becomes a one-step at least. Whatever your station is, you get off and cut loose. The sport of waiting for dawn. The sport- ieryou are the oftener you play. Out after the_after- dark record — Twenty miles to the gallon. Old sporting George really is working late and his wife won't be- lieve him. “WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?” The sporting instinct survives. What could be more sport- ‘ ing than the spirit to play after one has landed for keeps at the loser’s end. Trying to hole in