Judge, 1923-11-03 · page 12 of 36
Judge — November 3, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis for Modern Readers The main cartoon by Milt Gross (signed lower left) depicts a man repeatedly interacting with a bookcase in increasingly frantic ways—opening it, taking books out, throwing them around, and finally appearing distressed. The caption "The only one he read" is the joke's punchline. **The satire:** This mocks someone (likely a specific public figure, though unclear who) for illiteracy or minimal reading habits. Despite having access to an entire library, he only managed to read one book—suggesting either profound ignorance or disinterest in learning. Below are three short humor columns with mild satirical jabs: one about German currency inflation (a post-WWI reference), another mocking someone's cheap false teeth, and observations about traffic etiquette and workplace dynamics. The page ends with a poem about romantic rejection, where a woman's "nothing doing" response signals danger/heartbreak for an admirer. This reflects Judge magazine's typical approach: topical satire mixed with genteel humor about social pretension and romantic misadventure.
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Egg View News Notes by Leslie Van Every tim DopGer eagerly announces that the German k has given us some- thing new to feel as cheap as. * * + Muley Cannon bets that the German mark has raised hob with the cash-register business over there. s 8 6 Traffic rules, according to Chet Luniley, should include one giving the right of way to any man while he is chasing his hat. The only one he read. Thoughtless remarks oftentimes are the cause of The editor of a funny magazine wept, last week, over some that Galileo Sprawl had sent in. * * «* Muley Cannon’s new false teeth cost him so much that he s as often as possible in order to make himself feel that they are worth the money. Sas Dyer—Wyld’s success is due to sur- rounding himself with better men than himself. Ryer—And getting around others. 10 The Danger Sign by Clinton Scollard A WOMAN'S ways when a man_ goes wooing, Who can record in words? Sometimes she to his ardent suing Is wild as the wildest birds. Yet his fate he would not be ruing If he could but divine, That oft when a maid says, “There’s nothing doing—” That is the danger sign! comicbooks.com