Judge, 1923-08-11 · page 30 of 36
Judge — August 11, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** (tires, oil burners, shirts, patents) with a secondary "humor digest" section featuring reprinted jokes from international newspapers and magazines. The humor section collects brief satirical quips about **class and social pretense**: - A wealthy "self-made man" whose family feels as embarrassed by him as by a homemade dress - Society ladies photographed with crossed knees to appear modest - A countess warning a servant she'll check references about *their* conduct - A colonel rejecting a woman's proposal years ago, now claiming to treasure the memory The final joke uses British dialect ("guv'nor," "finansherly") to depict a beggar claiming poverty not from physical disability but from poor finances—a wordplay joke about economic versus physical hardship. **Context for modern readers**: These snippets represent *Judge* magazine's international humor exchange, showcasing period attitudes about class anxiety, female propriety, and working-class wit.
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