Judge, 1923-06-23 · page 2 of 36
Judge — June 23, 1923 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **editorial content, not political satire**. It features a Norman Anthony illustration of a spring house-cleaning scene and uses it to launch a humor-collection campaign titled "How do You take a Joke?" The piece invites readers to submit funny observations from daily life to Judge magazine's editor. The satire is gentle: it pokes fun at the universal human experience of spring cleaning (Anthony's title: "Why men leave home!") and encourages readers to develop their sense of humor by noticing life's absurdities. The "Raisin Collector" address indicates this was a reader-participation feature. There's no identifiable political target—instead, the content celebrates humor as a valuable personal trait contributing to success and happiness.
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How do You take a Joke? It’s I {exes your chance to find out. unless a cinch you can’t take a jok you can see it. So the real question is Can you see a joke? By this, JupGe doesn’t mean, alone, can you see the point to a funny story or a funny picture. Ie means, can you see the funny side to the things that happen to you and around you every day. If you can, then you have a real sense of humor, the most valuable things in the world to have. For a real sense of humor is the shock absorber to the hard bumps of life. It’s the thing that makes our optimists, our go-getters, our great salesmen and business leaders. one of A sense of humor contributes immensely to every attractive personality, to real popularity and to success This, then, is your chance to find out how keen a sense of humor you have and to develop and make the most of it. Norman Anthony for example, who drew the picture shown above, has a wonderful sense of humor. This picture helps to prove it. He has taken some- thing that happens to every one of us once a year—spring house-cleaning and shown the funny side of it. His title is, “Why men leave home!” Norman Anthony happens, true, to be an artist. You do not have to be an artist to “play ball” with JupGe. Funny things are happening about you -day. Funny things are being said by your friends, your best girl, by the children. Nail at least one of these to-day, write it out briefly and send it to JupGe. Then, do it again to-morrow and the next day and the day after. You'll be surprised how many funny things are happening all about you. And you'll be surprised, too, how looking for them and seeing them will make you happier and life more interesting. JupGe will publish the very best ones that come to him from his readers and will, in return, send you something that will make you laugh. So right aw. two laughs where but one gurgled before. Don't = imagine—JupGe wants — real humor from actual daily experience; that’s much funnier and much more worth while. Start to-day, make a note of the funny things that you see and that happen to you and to-night, write out the best one and send it to “The Raisin Collector” Judge, 627 West 43d St.,New York City Office at New York City, N.Y E. J. McDonnell, Treas) W