Judge, 1924-06-07 · page 23 of 37
Judge — June 7, 1924 — page 23: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine compiles humor pieces and light verse typical of early 20th-century college/satirical publications. The content reflects period attitudes toward courtship, gender, and social class. **Key pieces:** The "Country Lass" poem mocks Romantic poetry (referencing Wordsworth) by having the speaker, instead of celebrating a pastoral maiden, hope she drowns—dark humor deflating sentimental literature. "Two Heads" and "He Didn't Know" are mild romantic/mechanical humor common to the era. The swimming instruction joke relies on crude physical humor and the trope of the unwilling female pupil. The "English teachers" finale plays on the double-negative logic joke—two "no" answers equaling consent—reflecting contemporary assumptions about courtship rituals and legal marriage. Overall, the page represents casual, often sexist humor typical of American college magazines from this era, mixing literary parody with domestic comedy focused on courting, marriage, and gender dynamics.
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Two Heads When he proposed, he lost his head, Which fact he quickly told her, She didn’t mind, for she instead Put her head on his shoulder. CoCLN.Y, Mercury. He Didn’t Know “Tow is your car running motorist of the other, sked one “That's what puzzles me,” replied the other.—Georgia Yellow Jacket. eee Judge—You are charged with being a deserter, having left your wife. Are the facts of the case true? Prisoner No, your honor, Tam not a deserter. Just a refugs Punch Bowl. Pennsylvania ttt samp that the “abulary. consists words average of twenty - Most 2. Exquisite . Eyebrows, . My Dear, Phat Marvelous Man And ~ He 9. Has . The 20. OF Washington Dirge. “TH ma make can “Fine. Come over and meet our Polish housemaid.”"—Yale Record. girl that can cook and home, and not one of those who. ily play bridge.” Priscilla—Going downhill yester- day I stripped the gears. Prim—O-o-0-oh! How terrible! Did they show?—Williams Purple Cow. On Seeing a Country Lass Aweer Sally's leaping gaily by, Allon a summer's day. The sun is warm, her brow Por she's been tossing Q A little purling brook is near, Sweet Sally doffs her shoes. For when cool water calls so sweet What else is there to chose? A scene of such coy, peaceful grace Makes many a fine heart swell. Strong farmer lads with brawny arms h of her graces tell. Famed Wordsworth, Windermere’s great bard, May pastoral love expound. T entertain this casual wish, Thope that she gets drowned! Yale Reeord Putting on the dog. —TIowa Frivol. atte Sif SPOKE to me rather pert. S) ‘ome -out of your hop, you dreaming.” T hadn't been quite alert, She spoke to me rather pert, Td never known her so curt... . I forgave, for with charm she was teeming. She spoke to me rather pert, “Come out of your hop, you are dream- ing. are —Chicago Phocnie. ery “How do you teach a young lady to swim?” “Put waist, your gently her take PU seel arms her around hand in’ yours, and ht! She's my sister.” Throw her off the dock.” Wasp. Wesleyan Englishman—What's the best way to make an Eng- lishman happy in his old age? All-American—Tell him a joke when he’s young.— Georgia Cracker. [ee The Scientific Mind i (ae Lep him out of his cell early that morning and down the short stone flagged corridor to the little room. It was the first time he had ever been in the death chamber. He looked about and noted its appurtenances, the small barred window and finally the chair. As they strapped him in it he turned curiously to one of the rds. “Does the prison electricity” he asked. generate its own Toronto Goblin Prey sall right to sleep like a log—jus n from sawing it Georgia Tech. Yellow Jacket. ere) Devil aly His Assistant—Oh, To just had that flapper locked up ina room with a thou- sand hats and no mirror.—Princeton Tiger. What in hell are you laughing eed The Wife—What's the difference. he- tween scrapping and repartee? The Husband do it in publi do it at home. It’s repartee when you and serapping when you -California Pelican. tt He had proposed to her, as is still the with answer had been “No custom some people, and her NO!” imagine, then, why he erushed her exult antly to his manly breast and then off to buy the license? Well, it’s simple: ‘They were both English teachers and so knew very well that two negatives make an affirmative. Yellow Jacket. Can you rushe very Georgia