Judge, 1923-09-22 · page 8 of 36
Judge — September 22, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical vignettes typical of early-20th-century American humor: **"Wall Street Broker on Vacation"**: A wealthy businessman encounters a bear while vacationing but refuses to discuss business—satirizing Wall Street financiers' obsession with work and their attempt to escape it. **"German scientist testing corn liquor"**: Mock-scientific humor about Prohibition-era concerns regarding alcohol's effects, particularly whether corn whiskey affects voice quality. **"The Telephone Girl"**: A young female telephone operator daydreams about rural life while managing city switchboards, contrasting pastoral simplicity with urban bustle—reflecting rural-to-urban migration tensions of the era. **"The Chair"**: Absurdist humor about an antique chair with gum stuck underneath, questioning what "antique" truly means. The remaining items are brief social jokes about dating, marriage, and courtship conventions. The illustrations use exaggerated caricature typical of the period's satirical style.
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— = “Oh, father! A bear!” Wall Street Broker on Vacation—Tell him I can’t see him. I positively yester will not talk business. And yet at last T must confess, at risk of my renown, it always causes me dis- tress to pour the water down. I take an ample sip and say, “This is the grand- est drink! It does not steal one’s wits away, or put him on the blink. I fill German scientist testing the theory as to whether corn liquor will make a man’s voice husky. myself with water clear, cre T retire to hed, and when the morning birds appe I have no aching head. T' finds me bright with smiles, grievous grouch; I see no spotted croc- odiles or snakes around my couch.” The Telephone Girl by F. P. Pitzer In the Country . O": THE BALMY, jetty nighttime > the fireflies seems flighttimy Mv But these dots of light in darkness sec to her E Just a lot of switchboard flashes And her mind it quickly dashes A To the city with its hustle and its stir, In the City T Oh, the bustling, sunny daytime \ For the populace scems saytime And the telephones with buzzes are aliv: But to her this is not ‘phoning x But just busy bees adroning And she dreams she's in the country, by A a hive. ae “That bantamwe boxer always i does things in keepin " “Yes—he’s going about with a prett a] icken!” ; rey Ye “T wonder what it is about autumn \ that makes it so sad, Alfred?” “Coal and ice bills at the same time! te Ai Higgs—While out in. the countr we run over a skunk. Biggs—That so? What was his name? A But as I tap the water jar there's | oil W sorrow in my gaze; I cannot help but het i look afar to old Perun | 4 Al The Chair | by Wm. S. Adkins | | oO wap of gum beneath the chair— i aw What dainty damsel placed it there? \\ For the chair’s history we seek: | The card denotes it an “antique.” | Antiquity intrigues me some. Does that include the wad of gum? z a sing too young.” . “That's right, Bluebelle. 2 Your chaperon is liable to “ be as fascinating as you y are. soe Magistrate—What's the charge against this prisoner? Policeman—Drunk, your honor. He walked up to me while I stood on the corner, just to tell me that he was perfectly sober. The Wife—What @ superb necklace! And all for me, John? My. she must have been a sas | / knockout! “Got a ci ptte to spare, Dudk asked Hoffy at the Home Folks’ hop. “Yes, but. I thought you didn’t smoke cigarettes.” “My wiff wants a whiff.” 6 comicbooks.com