Judge, 1923-10-27 · page 5 of 36
Judge — October 27, 1923 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct pieces of satirical content: **Top cartoon** ("The straight and narrow path in New York"): A crowded street scene depicting New York life with various urban characters and situations. The satire appears to target the chaotic, morally questionable nature of city living—the "narrow path" being difficult to navigate amid temptation and vice. **Bottom cartoon**: Features a young woman on horseback with an instructor, captioned with dialogue about frequent riding lessons. The humor plays on the double entendre—the "fair pupil" is seeing the riding instructor suspiciously often, prompting the joke about sending "a stiff bill" to her father, implying either excessive lesson costs or improper behavior. Both pieces employ typical early 20th-century satirical humor about urban morality and social propriety.
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Approach’ the learned attorney ra parcel of advice; humbly do you the journey, for the lawyer cuts much ice. With your hat in hand you greet him, tell the troubles of your soul, to the grim details you treat him, while he guesses at your roll. And he hands you out some piffle in his deep resounding tones, and he says, “Please make the riffle of five hundred useful bones.” Life has taught him how to measure your supply of shining ore, and you write the check with pleasure, and you kotow to the floor. Then you seek the bard rheumatic with fine frenzy in his eye; he is toiling in his attic, writing odes that cannot die. He'll be famous when the lawyer is for- en in the town, for the well-known 1 destroyer cannot slay a bard’s renown, And you do not doff your bonnet when vou face the toiling pote, but you say, “Grind me a sonnet on my new Side- winder boat. It’s the finest bus that ever made the jealous raise laments; write me something keen and clever and Vl hand you fifty cents.” ws your leg needs amputating, or you have some kindred need, nervous, sick and palpitating, to the sur- geon you proceed. And the doc he fixes prices, and he treats you with disdain, as - he tes or splices ligament and bone The straight and narrow path in New York al When he “A thousand dollars,” for this grisliest of tasks, you star and crescent, sing my amputated Vintley—Doesn't Dr. Johnson charge may wilt down sundry collars, but you limb! Sing about my leg of lumber, you more than Dr. Jones did? . and how well the blamed thing fits, sing Becker—Yes, per visit; but Dr. John- Then when you are convalescent to the — its hue of polished umber, and [I'll gladly » “Come next week nd Dr. bard you lightly skim, saying, “By the pay six bits!” Jones si ys, “Come to-morrow.” Fair Pupil (to riding instructor)—Darling, dad will soon begin to wonder if I’m seeing you so often just for riding lessons. “By Jove, yes! I must send him a stiff bill!” comicbooks.com