Judge, 1924-02-09 · page 13 of 36
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# Analysis: "Told at the 19th Hole" This page from *Judge* magazine collects golf-themed humor and social commentary. The main cartoon depicts a conductor on a train with two passengers who claim comfort despite crowded conditions—a jab at suburban commuters' willingness to endure discomfort if it means accessing golf courses. The text includes golf preference poetry (by E.D.K.) celebrating morning rounds before "the dubs get there"—poking fun at amateur golfers' aspirations. Scattered jokes mock golf culture: a Rye Country Club warning about women in short skirts exciting cows in a cow pasture plays on both fashion anxiety and rural property concerns. A reference to the Hula Hula tribe's inability to count past four, attributed to "originating golf," is a casual, period-typical ethnic stereotype. The overall theme satirizes the suburban middle class's obsession with golf as status symbol and escape from domestic life, while gently mocking amateur players and their pretensions to skill.
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TOLD AT THE 19th HOLE The suburbanite finds that he doesn’t mind the walk to the station when he carries a golf bag. Preference LIKE to go ‘round in the morning, When the grass is a-gleam with dew, When the bunkers are flushed with dawn- ing And the hazards just wink at you, When the songs that the larks are singing Fall down, from the witching blue— T like to go “round in the morning, For then I can play right through! I like to go ‘round in the morning, When I find a keen kick in the air, When the fairways are softly calling, When I'm gifted with pep to spare, When there’s never a cause to grumble And but little oceasion to swear— T like to go ‘round in the morning, Before all the dubs get there! E. D. K. The Rye Country Club, of Rye, New York, has issued a warming to all ladies wearing short. skirts or knickers to keep out of the Parson’s cow pasture adjoin- ay. ‘The reason for the said warning is that strange calves often excite a cow's anger. see “What does the phrase, ‘addressing the ball’ mean, Colonel?” inquired the sweet young thing, shyly. “Go out on the links, liste A good liar has some trouble keeping in practice when there is no fishing and no golf, sae The Hula Hula tribe of Central Africa can, according to re- port, count only up to four. At least we have discovered the originators of golf! iP esti. Co GAPE Conductor—There’s two seats inside now. “Oh, we're perfectly comfortable, thank you.” Remember the saying that’s good and true, “Do ye unto others as you'd have them do.” So cover the tracks in a trap when you're through, And fill up the hole that is left by your shoe. Whenever a golfer is discovered playing through — snowdrifts with a red ball and a reddernose, itisa fore- gone conclusion that of the two evils, he has passed up the home work. tote Doctor (looking at clinical thermome- ter)—Hello! This won't do—hundred- and-three. Golfing Patient— What's bogey? cination of ding to don, lies in the fact that no mat- terhow badly youp! there is Ss some- body you can beat. J. Lewis Brown. comicbooks.com