Judge, 1923-08-18 · page 5 of 36
Judge — August 18, 1923 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The top cartoon depicts a shoe salesman fitting shoes on a child while conversing with two women (likely the child's parents or guardians). The caption reads: "Shoe Patron—And you have a good memory? 'Yes, indeed. I never forget a man's face—that I've fitted shoes on.'" This is a gentle humor piece about the shoe salesman's profession: he claims to remember customers by their feet rather than faces. It's a straightforward occupational joke with no political content—simply playing on the idea that a shoe salesman would be more familiar with customers' feet than their facial features. The surrounding text includes unrelated short stories and humorous dialogue snippets typical of Judge's miscellaneous content sections.
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