Judge, 1924-01-05 · page 3 of 36
Judge — January 5, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page welcomes a judge with the instruction to "laugh carefully," introducing three humor pieces about modern automotive culture. The central cartoon depicts a couple in a car with the caption "Love will find a way," satirizing romantic persistence despite practical obstacles—likely referencing how courting couples used automobiles for privacy, a social concern of the 1920s-30s era. The surrounding text includes: - **"Stray Statistics"**: Absurdist humor about traffic and automotive casualties, mocking the explosion of motor vehicles and resulting chaos - **"Autograms"**: Witty observations about car ownership and driving behavior The overall theme mocks the automobile's rapid integration into American life, its associated dangers, and its transformation of social practices—particularly dating and courtship rituals.
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©cip605468 Cc WELCOME Ke) JUDGE PLEASE LAUGH CAREFULLY The Great Open Spaces by Edwin Rutt “VE ROAMED on the steppes and the pampas, ‘To the sun-smitten isles Pm no stranger; I've lived in the jungle and woo In the north where the wind’s like a knife, *Neath the Matterhorn’s c On the trackless Sahara I st [have taken my rest; I've laughed at its ar on the Labrador shore, stood, And thought this a wonderful life. I've been in all climes and all places, But I'm back in the regions of comfort, And most to the memory are d And the knowledge elicits a tear: But the place loathed by mine is the space with ‘Though I'm glad not to roam, it’s most sad_ to the sign come home That registers: “No Parking Here.” To a spot that says: “No Parking ere.” Stray Statistics I AN emergency all the people in’ Rhode Island could cross to Massachusetts in three Ford sedans. Tf half of the 16,000,000 new wheels made in 1 were used to replace those discarded from cars in service there would still be 16,000,000 to go round. Aten tontruck,working eight hours a day, cannot cart off as much dirt as three bridge table rake up in an hour. One hundred drivers out of every one hundred are declared to be reck! If autos were placed end to end across the continent, and if cach car bumped the one ahead, the first motorist in New York would be ten y seven months, and. th , by the time the last: motorist on the Pacific felt the shock. “Love will find a way.” —Frederick C, Russell Iv Autograms Ov HALF the world is be- ginning to find out how the other half can ride around in motor cars. Don't count your chickens if you live near a State road! ver put off till to-morrow the joyride you can have to- day. The man who hesitates is run over. In the pursuit of happiness we are all likely to exceed the speed limit. There is no use locking the garage door after the car has been taken out for a joyride. The fellow with the devil wagon is lucky if he runs into nothing but debt. It is considered all right to blow your own horn, provided it is attached to a high-speed car —I, I. O'Connell comicbooks.com