Judge, 1924-02-02 · page 13 of 37
Judge — February 2, 1924 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers The top cartoon satirizes religious hypocrisy: a minister tells a criminal to seek divine forgiveness, but the criminal dismisses this, preferring to face the secular legal system ("circuit court"), suggesting earthly consequences matter more than spiritual redemption. "The Belonger" is a humorous essay mocking fraternal club culture. The narrator joins numerous organizations—college fraternities, the "Brotherhood of Bilious Buffaloes," Boy Scouts, the "Order of the Purple Cow"—each time to solve a specific practical problem (getting good grades, securing gin during Prohibition, fixing service issues). The satire targets Americans' obsessive club-joining, treating fraternal orders as mere transactional solutions rather than meaningful communities. The accompanying illustrations show club members in various regalia. The scattered joke captions at bottom mock social pretense and gender relations typical of 1920s satirical humor. The overall page reflects Judge magazine's role critiquing American social institutions and consumer culture.
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Minister—Brother, no matter what your crime, turn to the Lord and He will forgive. “Yeah? But I’m going before the circuit court!” THE BELONGER his hens to visit me lh morning and lay their eggs in my skillet.) BELONG to a great number of clubs, Later on I had trouble with my boot- fraternal orders and fraternal dis- black. orders. As Shakespeare didn’t useta sme: say, there’s a reason. and t He worked too hurriedly and ed imost of the polish on my socks users. I became a Noble of the It started in college. I found myself ‘ Mystic Shine. I get real service now. on the verge of flunking chemistry. The = My shoes are a bl of glory. They disaster was barely averted. I learned glitter and glisten like a sunrise. that my chemistry prof was a Heava : a | ‘The newsboy had a habit of tying my Psi, I joined the Heava Psis. I wrote 4 (I e paper in a hard knot and throwing it on “Heava Psi” in large letters on my y fi y the roof. I discovered that he was a examination paper. I passed. \ , j Boy Scout. I joined the Boy Scouts. After graduation I was about to apply \ ~ LY The milkman was my next problem, for my first position. I discovered that \ until I joined the Aitch-Two-Oh Society my prospective employer belonged to the E and the Order of the Purple Cow. I Brotherhood of Bilious Buffaloes. I ‘ r was being short-weighted by the iceman joined the B. B. B. I approached him, i < —until I obtained a member Wearing my insignia. It worked like an Ye, Cold Hands and Warm Hearts $ eight-cylinder charm. * But I'm sunk now. I'm try Last year my bootlegger became ir- persuade a 1 girl to marry me. regular in his deliveries. I managed to = 5 ff Howinell can I become a Daughter of secure a mémbership in the bootleggers’ eee fi : the American Revolution? secret society, Skull and Crossbones. I —Barrie Payne. get my gin on time now—and it’s gin. My next difficulty was with the poultry- man who delivered (or more often didn’t) “Burglars broke into our house last The Flapper—Should be a_ society th 2 Saleana o = night and stole our radio set.” . J os cal pa for our kitchen. I $0 sorry! Oh, by the way, Mrs. formed to help We girls. Fn “eosiets 4 jomed the Cluck Cluck Clan. All my Bugg, we must return your call! Are he Male—Oh, sort of a “society for €ggsare fresh now. (He has even trained you home this evening?” cruelty to dumb animals”? 1 c Gon wae comicbooks.com