Judge, 1923-11-10 · page 12 of 36
Judge — November 10, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine humor: **"A Layman's Map of the World"** stereotypes countries through exaggeration: Russia as murderous, Spain obsessed with bullfighting, Greece as restaurants, England hunting-obsessed. The humor relies on crude ethnic generalizations common to the era—Italy for serenades and knives, Denmark for large dogs, China for laundries. "Holland—Wilhelm's country seat" likely references Kaiser Wilhelm II and German imperial expansion, a topical reference suggesting pre-WWI tensions. **The tree illustration** is a gentle domestic joke about generational time passage—a grandfather's longevity compared to a planted tree. **The lawyer/witness exchange** satirizes male behavior around consumerism and marriage: a husband's "insanity" is taking his wife shopping for expensive hats, implying marital discord over spending. **"Rondeau" poem** humorously describes a man's hypocrisy—he claims not to flirt with chorus girls, yet his wife "spoils the show" by preventing him from doing exactly that. The overall tone is lighthearted social satire targeting male vanity, marital dynamics, and ethnic stereotyping as entertainment.
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“How would you—er, Clarice—like a nice trip to Niagara Falls?” A Layman’s Map of the World by Kitty Parsons —Where everyone drinks “vod- and is eventually murdered. Siberia—A suburb of Russia, highly popular as a winter resort. _Spain—Where people spend all their aut bullfights and doing Spanish U »—A long chain of restaurants. and—The hunting ground of Eng- lish lords. “This tree was planted when grandpa was a little boy, Walter.” “Gee, has grandpa lived all that tree?” England—The home of the Prince of nd—The ancestral home of most American mayors. Norway and Sweden—Where daylight saving started. Italy—Where everyone carries a sti- letto and sings love songs in the moon- light. Denmark—Where they raise great Danes. France—Where wine is cheap and chateaux are many. Japan—The seat of the kimona industry. China—One_ great mass of laundry schools, where yone lives on rice and Switzerland—The largest skating rink in the world. Roumania—The home of that good-looking queen. Bulgaria—A mass of many colored embroideries. the ‘bright colored china comes from. Holland —Wilhelm’s country seat. sae Lawyer—What do you consider the first sympiom of insanity on the part of the defendant? Witness—When he took his wife for a walk past show windows filled with expensive hats. 10 Rondeau by William K. Ziegfeld, Jr. I AM not one, when at a show, ‘To smile on chorinnes, row on row, And ogle Nor do I ‘That sets my bese er all alo When "twee martly at the stage. n the acts I go below, To act the Lothario On some post-midnight pilgrimage, Tam not one. Td like, within the footlights’ glow, To bask and smile and, well, you know— But if I leave my pasturage, In haughty flights of verbiage My wife will always spoil the show! Tam not one! AT THE RED CROSS BENEFIT Fortune Teller — You are soon to cross water. “Thank the Lord! I knew I’d get the hang of that water hazard if I kept at it!” comicbooks.com