Judge, 1924-03-22 · page 9 of 36
Judge — March 22, 1924 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century American life: **"Very Depressing"** criticizes the permanence of marriage by comparing wives to automobiles—men can trade in old cars yearly but are stuck with wives forever. The humor relies on treating marriage as a financial burden equivalent to vehicle maintenance. **"Befuddled Radio Enthusiast"** jokes about early radio technology's unreliability, mocking impatient listeners waiting for concerts that fail to materialize. The remaining pieces are brief humorous vignettes: a woman losing her Apache dance costume, a burglar getting imprisoned, a clerk's romantic advances using postal terminology, and a father's hypocritical parenting (reading newspapers while denying his son money for pictures). **"Improbable Conversations"** presents a father-son exchange about Einstein and the fourth dimension, satirizing adults' shallow understanding of modern physics. The closing editorial statement warns against "spoliation" (exploitation) threatening the Republic, suggesting the magazine mixed light satire with progressive political commentary.
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Very Depressinc A‘ TOMOBILES and wives are both ex- 4% pensive. Everyone knows that. T have a car and I yea wife. They both cost me a al for upkeep. But here is one great difference. Every year I trade off my old car, put some- thing more with it and get a new one. But I can’t do that in the case of my wife—I not only cannot trade and get a new wife every year, but I cannot trade at all. Thave to keep on paying the upkeep for the same old runabout! WILLIAM SANFORD. tote “I trust that you enjoyed your New York trip very much.” “Well, my time was pretty well con- Befuddled Radio Enthusiast—Been waiting for over an hour—when sumed in directing New Yorkers about does the concert commence? their city.” Tracepy! She used to do an Apache dance: (A really worth-while sight) yy some unhappy chance The patch came off one night. Wuat He Gor Maud—A burglar broke into my room and ransacked the whole place. Edith—Did he get anything? Maud—Sure. He got two years. Suop Metnops May—And so you accepted that young mailing clerk? June—How could T help it! He ad- dressed me rapidly, then enveloped me in his arms, stamped a kiss on my lips and sealed it all with a hug! A QUESTION-HEIR “—D”: can I have a dime for the pictures?” “No, son, you've been twice this week already. Why don’t you devote some of your time to reading and bet- tering yourself mentally?” (Picks up Sunday paper and reads a “Dad, who is Einstein? er—he’s the man who advanced the theory of the fourth dimension. “What's the fourth dimension?” “Why, that has to do with sp “What do you mean by space, “Oh, nothing.” IMPROBABLE CONVERSATIONS “And what is nothing, Dad?” She te tls nation is to endure, if the dreams of those brave “Tore! we?) avie ot some colonists, who fought and bled and died to preserve their ideals Here! Here’s a quarter. Get some of liberty and justice, are to be realized, we must purge our body Politic of this system of spoliation which is threatening the very Davin Merriam Maren. life of the Republic. candy, too.” re ee ee |