Judge, 1924-01-19 · page 18 of 36
Judge — January 19, 1924 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page contains three separate humorous pieces: **Top cartoon**: A satirical drawing of an overcrowded schoolhouse with children packed inside windows and doors, commenting on educational overcrowding or inadequate school capacity—a social issue of the era. **"Have You a Little Inn?"**: A wordplay joke offering fake tavern names based on puns ("Fall Inn," "Outside Inn," "Innside Out," "Caved Inn," etc.). This reflects Prohibition-era humor mocking speakeasies and illegal drinking establishments. **"Our Great Inventors"**: A humorous poem crediting famous inventors (Daimler, Whitney, Marconi, Edison, Bell) alongside absurd "inventions" like Eve inventing the bathing suit, judges inventing traffic fines, and "Velstead" (referring to the Volstead Act enforcing Prohibition) "inventing" Prohibition itself. The final lines joke about a young man receiving "the gate" (rejection) after kissing someone's daughter. The page reflects early 20th-century American concerns: school crowding, Prohibition enforcement, technological progress, and courtship customs.
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“The Little Red Schoolhouse.” Have You a Little Inn? A® you stuck for a name? Why not try one or all of the following? Fall Inn. Outside Inn. Innside Out. Caved Inn. Pushed Inn. Come Inn. Knocker-Down-and-Drager-Inn. —Q. E. D. Traits E HAS a heart of gold And an iron will, A silvery tongue That never is still. 4 t He has a grip of steel, “I realize I've nothing to speak of now, {[ But alack and alas! Peggy. But the boss says I'm a rising |} s ‘ young man.” XN These things are nothing— “Good. When he says you're a raised His nerve is of brass. young man, come around.” —Edgar Daniel Kramer. 16 “Our Great Inventors” D AIMLER gave us the motor car, Whitney the cotton gin, While Eve gave us the bathing- suit That girls go swimming in. Marconi gave us the wireless, That nothing can sury A judge once gave us th For stepping on the Lumieére gave us the picture show, et ray, A doctor gave us bitter pills To drive our pain away. The ‘lectrie light and phonograph Came from Edison the great. We gave a girl a kiss one night, Her Dad gave us the gate. ‘The credit for the telephone Goes to Alex Graham Bell. Hank Ford gave us St. Vitus’ dance, And Velstead gave us—Pro- hibition! —Jules Mahlon Green. comicbooks.com