Judge, 1924-01-19 · page 8 of 36
Judge — January 19, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis **Top Cartoon:** "Icethetic Dancing" depicts skeletal figures ice-skating—a pun on "aesthetic" that mocks winter recreation as literally bone-chilling and unpleasant. **Main Illustration & Caption:** Two men in top hats and coats discuss bootleg whisky. One offers "fine Scotch"; the other reveals he's a bootlegger himself. This satirizes Prohibition-era hypocrisy: illegal liquor dealers were everywhere, and even criminals encountered each other casually in the black market. **Right Column Jokes:** Mock weather forecasts and sports headlines for their contradictions and absurdity (predicting both coldest winter AND hottest summer). **"Criminal" Poem:** Suggests that if Romeo attempted his famous balcony scene in modern times, he'd be arrested as a "second-story worker" (burglar). This jokes about stricter law enforcement and how old romantic ideals clash with contemporary policing. **Context:** This appears to be from the 1920s Prohibition era, when illegal alcohol sales were rampant and satirists frequently mocked the gap between laws and actual behavior.
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To a Girl GIRL WHAT WE MAY EXPECT THIS WINTER I knew was fairer than the dawn. In Grace She e’en excelled the swan. Her Eyes Were black, as blackest night could be. T Loved Her, oh, so tenderly. Her Hair A mass of golden curls. Her teeth A row of shimm'ring aris. Her Sheeks Were red like apples on a tree. Her Head Was solid ivory. —Lewis Jackson. Any Movie Fan \ HEN winter time is with us And there’s no place else to go, ’Tis then I take a trip to town, To see a movie show; But when summer brings its splen- dor, And the pretty flowers grow, Ah! Then, I take a trip to town, To see a movie show! —Roy Wilson. Icethetic Dancing! Seme Headlines We Could Dis- pense With V rATHER Man Promises Clear Skies for To-morrow’s Game. Declares Movies (—~)* Are Responsible for Music Lovers to Have Busy Week Ahead. “Can't I interest you in some fine Scotch?” “Sh-h-h! I'm a bootlegger myself!” 6 edicts Coldest Winter Predicts Hottest Sum- mer in Years. One Killed, Six In- jured. __ -Q. E. D. Insert anything. Criminal I Romeo were here to-day A-doing his romanc- ing, The ireof the policeman The lover would be chaacing. When he climbed to Julie’s balcony, The lad was not a shirker, He would have been arrested as A second-stor) worker. —KdgarDaniel Kramer. comicbooks.com