Judge, 1924-03-01 · page 8 of 36
Judge — March 1, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple brief satirical jokes reflecting 1920s social attitudes: **Top cartoon**: A woman complains about learning to drive before a motorcycle cop stopped her—satirizing both women's newfound independence (driving) and police authority. **Left column jokes**: - Mock "flappers" (modern young women of the 1920s) as easily transformed into "lap landers" (unclear reference, possibly derogatory) - A pun about "Blackstone" and "Dobbs" losing his job despite enthusiasm - Define "Worry" as unpaid interest on borrowed trouble **Center cartoon**: Shows a crowded train or bus with caption "I'm darn glad I haven't any home to go to!"—satirizing homelessness or preference for public spaces. **Right column**: Golf and domestic jokes—a wife notes her husband wouldn't return home until completing golf at St. Andrews (Scotland); a daughter writes letters to a boy in the next room rather than visit. The page's humor targets emerging social changes (women drivers, youth independence) and timeless domestic absurdities, typical of Judge's satirical style.
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No man cares to be a woman until he is held up by a motorcycle cop. Ree Most of our native flappers seem easily transformed into lap landers! sae Literatiy! Blackstone— Strange about Dobbs losing his position. I thought he was fired with enthusiasm for his work? Webster—He was! soe Worry—The _ in- terest paid by those who borrow trouble. “Pshaw! Just as I had learned to drive, too!” LKEE: LEB A ELLE DOP V7 CLE: Bum—lI'm darn glad that I haven’t any home to go to! Tue GotFer’s Mecca Mrs. Goodsole— While you were abroad did you visit the Holy Land? The Golf Bug's Wife—I didn’t, but my husband did. He wouldn’t go home until he'd played St. Andrews. Rn Mother—To whom are you writ- ing your letter, dear? Dorothy—To Bobbie. “But he’s right in the next room.” “Yes, that’s why I sent him there!” comicbooks.com