Judge, 1924-03-01 · page 20 of 36
Judge — March 1, 1924 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor page from Judge magazine featuring jokes and comic verses from college publications (Stanford Chaparral, Northwestern Purple Parrot, etc.). The content reflects early 20th-century collegiate and social satire. **Key themes:** - **Dating rituals**: Jokes about young men pursuing dates, broken engagements due to illness, Saturday evening calls—reflecting formal courtship conventions of the era - **Gender commentary**: "The Eternal Feminine" poem mocks debates about women's nature; "I Love Her" satirizes a young man's grandmother who smokes, drinks, and stays out late—shocking behavior for an older woman, implying generational shifts in female behavior - **College life**: References to fraternity pins, math professors, dormitory humor - **Wordplay and puns**: The dentist joke, the farmer's eggs, the frat pin mishap The satire targets courtship formality, generational anxiety about changing women's roles, and collegiate pretension—common Judge magazine subjects aimed at educated urban readers amused by social observation.
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the bone. Stanford Chaparral. Fae Faith—The young man who sends flowers to a girl who has broken a date on account of illness. Hope—The man who calls a girl for a date at eight o'clock Saturday evening. Charity—The girl who suggests they go to the movies.—Northwestern Purple Parrot. sae Professor—Can any person in this class tell me what steel wool is? Pie Bate—Sure! Steel wool is shearings from hydraulic rams— Stanford Chaparral. Dentist (extracting tooth)— This will be ten dollars. Victim — Keep the damn’ thing.—California Pelican. Grandpa—This cold air chills me to Tue Erernau Femini NE How I wish that some debater, Versed in all forensic laws, Would some happy day create a Safe rebuttal for “Because.” —Northwestern Purple Parrot. Soe Motorist—I'd like a dozen eggs, please. Farmer—I haven't a dozen; I got only ten. Motorist—Well, are they fresh? Farmer—They’re so fresh the hen Granddaughter—Put on your hat.— didn’t have time to finish the dozen. —Williams Purple Cow. Soph—I was over to see her last night, when some one threw a brick through the window and hit the poor girl in the ribs. Fresh—Did it hurt her? “No, but it broke three of my fin- gers.”—Pittsburgh Pitt Panther. St I Love Her She smokes, She paints, She powders. She reads La Vie Parisienne, She drinks my liquor, She stays out all night, She cusses, too, She eats lobsters at midnight, She does lots of things she ought not to, But she’s my grandma and I love her. —Witt. Rad Presumption is a wonderful thing . . . otherwise a man would have to ask for a kiss.—Texas Ranger. “My watch has gone wrong.” “The influence of environ- ment.’’ — South California Wampus. see Ain’t it tough, When you're out with The “only” girl, And you've told her How much you Love her For her beautiful face And pretty ways; And you've told her You'll give up All other girls, and You'll reform and be good For her sake; And then, When you've sealed it With a marvelous, Blissful, holy Kiss; And you take off Your frat pin, And you're putting it on Her dress; And then you stick yourself On some other guy’s Frat pin, Ain’t it tough? —New York Mercury. Bs t _ “My math. prof. has lost his job.” “No, really?” “Yep, he isn’t my math. prof. any more.’’ — Northwestern Purple Parrot. FEI A A For I'll That Another Along But I fe Broke But nov It’s fy About a That For girl: The t But the Must Th —N comicbooks.com