Judge, 1923-06-16 · page 8 of 36
Judge — June 16, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine contains multiple short humorous pieces satirizing early 20th-century American social life and anxieties. **"The Summer Girl"** jokes about romantic fickleness—a woman lures men with hammock romance but abandons them after two weeks. The accompanying cartoon depicts polo players; the caption mocks wealthy men adopting polo solely for newspaper publicity ("Sunday Roto sections"). **Theater manager jokes** reference economic anxiety: one manager carries Eskimo dogs instead of bloodhounds, planning to ride them home if his show fails; another won't walk home after his production closes—both implying show business is precarious. **Caddy joke** suggests Smith is a poor golfer who loses all his clubs. **"Striking Incident"** is a poem about a poet's creative block—"The Muse has gone upon a strike," punning on contemporary labor strikes. **Ford joke** references Henry Ford's rumored political ambitions, joking that industrial America would collapse without him managing automobile production. The overall tone reflects pre-WWI middle-class humor about wealth, romance, labor, and celebrity.
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The Summer Girl by J.J. O'Connell H™ HAMMOCK, swung beneath the trees, Would tempt a saint to take his ease, And she knows how to capture you, For she has had it built for two. But do not, or you are undone, Imagine you're the only one, For she will fill your sorrow’s cup As soon as your two weeks are up. sae Pete (at the undergrads’ hop)—Wonder how I got in wrong with Clara Collins? She just refused to dance with me. Bill—Maybe she doesn’t carry any zecident insurance. “Why did he take up polo?” . “It was the only way he could get his picture into the Sunday Roto sections.” Manager (of Hickville _ theater)— What's the idea of your carrying Eskimau dogs instead of the regulation blood- hounds? Manager (of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Co.)—If the show busts, I don’t intend to walk home. tas First Caddy—Do you like to caddy for Smith? Second Caddy—Yes. There are never any clubs to carry home. Rd “Every now and then somebody breaks out with a prediction that the world is coming to an end.” “T guess that’s just to worry the land- lords.” 6 It’s not be T’ve not forgotten rhythmic laws, My mournful c mail the day after to-morrow. A Striking Incident by Clinton Scollard CANNOT turn a rhyme to- And so Tery, “Alack! alack!” ause the skies are gray, Or that my trolley’s off the track. should much dislike; is just because The Muse has gone upon a strike! A lapse which I * Wife—Here is a letter I want you to sae “Henry Ford is going into politics.” “Who will care for motor now?” comicbooks.com