Judge, 1923-08-25 · page 26 of 36
Judge — August 25, 1923 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge combines brief humorous anecdotes with a satirical cartoon and poetry. The main cartoon shows a census-taker questioning two working-class men about their occupation, asking whether "clammin'" (clamming—harvesting clams) counts as agriculture or fishing. The joke satirizes bureaucratic confusion and rigid categorization—the census bureau's difficulty in classifying unconventional labor. The "Egg View News Notes" section offers short jokes about everyday life: a lazy clerk, a husband henpecked by his talkative wife, and a woman whose diamond ring has an unpaid loan attached (satirizing consumer debt and fraud). "Floretta's Canes" is light verse praising a fashionable woman who playfully threatens suitors with her cane. The final quip mocks the contemporary real-estate boom, suggesting that talk of economic "stability" is meaningless when everyone obsesses over acquiring garages (implying the auto industry's rapid growth and the status symbol of car ownership).
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Census-taker—Let'’s see. View News Notes by Leslie Van Every Co Paine, who has just got done dusting himself off, announces that a bull is one animal that you can lead across a field without having to use a rope. Bill Waite, our grocer, has got rid of Ishmacl Plum, his clerk, on account of Ish being so lazy. Bill says, that the only time he ever seen Ish roll up a shirt-sleeve was one morning a short time ago when Ish wanted to see what had bit him! set May—She spends a lot on evening gowns, Jack—But she has something to show for it. Mrs. Knagg—Before marrying, you said that you'd die for me. Mr. Knagg—Perhaps, but I didn’t ex- pect to be talked to death! Rad Madge—So there was a flaw in that diamond engagement ring he gave you? Marjorie—Yes, dear; but the flaw was in the title. The piker had only the first installment paid on it. Phd Wally—We'll hit e Are you afraid? Sally (swallowing another mouthful of dust)—No, indeed. I’m full of grit. ery He—What happened to your hair? No waves to-day. She—Low tide, honey. ighty in a momeni! 24 What is clammin’, anyway—agriculture or fishin’? Floretta’s Canes by Thomas J. Murray Asc the stretching summer strand, 4 Floretta flaunts in fashion’s files, She's spt with the manner grand, And when her suitors clash, she smiles, And in mock anger, peace to gain, She oft is seen to raise her cane. Mer eyes are like the lights that gleam O’er meadows in the perfumed dusk, To lure and baffle men who dream, OF love To summa "Tis true to her dear campaign, ay, she raises Cain, Per What's the use of talking about stable conditions when everybody is looking for a garage? comicbooks.com id win naught but the husk;