Judge, 1924-06-21 · page 23 of 36
Judge — June 21, 1924 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief humorous exchanges from various college humor magazines, presented as satirical commentary on early 20th-century American social life. The jokes target predictable targets: **financial scheming** ("They Profit" depicts small-time con artists), **bachelor life** (the drawback of having nowhere to escape to), **dating and romance** (the telephone booth joke about being rejected because the woman already knows the man), and **gender dynamics** (women's cosmetic artificiality versus natural beauty). The "Leap Year" exchange references the tradition where women propositioned men. The poverty jokes mock courtship across class lines. Several pieces mock **artistic bohemianism** in Greenwich Village and questionable theater conduct. The humor relies on contemporary college slang and social assumptions—particularly around dating rituals, class anxiety, and gender performance—that modern readers would find either quaint or mildly offensive depending on the joke's target.
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