Judge, 1923-08-25 · page 23 of 36
Judge — August 25, 1923 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate cartoons reprinted from British humor magazines. **Top cartoon** mocks an ice vendor with a heavy accent (rendered phonetically: "Vat?" for "What?") who's being questioned about product freshness. The joke plays on the vendor's defensive response and implied poor hygiene practices. **Bottom cartoon** satirizes working-class parental attitudes about masculinity and grooming. A father insists his long-haired son either get a haircut or learn boxing—reasoning that long hair on a boy will invite fights, so he'd better be able to defend himself. The joke targets both the father's crude logic and the period's anxieties about masculine appearance and toughness among working-class youth. Both cartoons use dialect and class markers for comedic effect, reflecting early 20th-century British humor conventions.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Customer—Yes, but are these ices fresh? , ; Vendor—Vat? Does ya tink I warms zem up from yistaday?—London Opinion. \ o/ iy i 4 i Pa—You must either ' ave that boy’s ’air cut or ‘ave ‘im taught boxing. Ma—Boxing! “Well, a lad wiv ‘air that length must be taught to defend ‘imself!”"— The Humorist (London). 21 comicbooks.com