Judge, 1923-10-27 · page 25 of 36
Judge — October 27, 1923 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** Depicts a conflict between an early motorist and a horse-drawn jaunting car (Irish carriage) driver who refuses to yield the road. The motorist sarcastically suggests buying the driver his own road; the driver retorts he already has one. This satirizes the clash between new automobile traffic and traditional horse transport—a common tension in early 20th-century streets. The joke mocks both the motorist's entitlement and the driver's stubborn refusal to adapt to changing conditions. **Bottom Cartoon:** Shows the awkward social chaos of a boarding-house dining room's first meal. Residents peer at each other with exaggerated curiosity, one holds a sign reading "ME" (identifying himself), while others eat and stare. The satire captures the universal discomfort of meeting strangers at a boarding-house table—the forced introductions, competitive sizing-up, and social anxiety of communal dining. It's an observational humor piece about uncomfortable first impressions in shared lodging.
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0 7/4) Tinie Ge pl, th AX, PRN Angry Motorist (to jaunting-car driver, who will not pull to the side of the road)—I suppose you'd like me to buy you a confounded road of your own? tke—Buy one fer yersilf. I’ve got wan!—Humorist (London). Ic yp Ly Na ac t That terrible first half-hour at the boarding-house—Passing Show (London). -”