Judge, 1924-07-26 · page 7 of 36
Judge — July 26, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Understanding This Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge magazine contains several satirical sections mocking contemporary celebrities and absurd scenarios (circa 1920s, based on references): **Top Cartoon:** A landlord discovers refuse at a summer cottage. The tenant explains it's her husband—a joke about marital discord and slovenly husbands. **"Unknown Waxworks":** Absurdist humor imagining ridiculous scenarios: baseball star Babe Ruth lecturing Egyptologists about the League of Nations; bootlegger Marco Polo; actress Marie Dressler breaking sprint records. The joke is pairing famous people with completely inappropriate activities. **"Add Historic Battle Cries":** Parodies famous phrases. One invents "Don't give up the shipment!" for rum-runners (mocking Prohibition-era smuggling). **"Origin of Famous Expletives":** Humorous fake etymologies. "Jiminy Crickets!" supposedly originated from a Connecticut farmer mistaking swallows for pests. "Hot Dickey dog" allegedly came from President McKinley's dog falling in a stove—wordplay generating the exclamation. This is light, nonsensical satire typical of Judge's irreverent humor.
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Tenant—Oh, that's Some Unknown Waxworks Jo s tét of Rela UMNER conducting a téte-a ith Peggy Joyce on the Theory Remy de Gourmont trading on the Curb Exchange. Babe Ruth lecturing to the Society of Egyptologists on The League of Nations. Marie Dressler setting a new record in the hundred-yard dash. Marco Polo discovering a bootlegger. Charles Lamb founding the Lambs’ Club. John D. Rockefeller introducing Lillian Lorraine to Mussolini. Jackie Coogan fox-trotting with Eliza- beth Marbury. Luis A. Firpo teaching Henry Ford the game of Mah Jongg. Magnus Johnson discussing the Sheeps- head Sweepstakes with Anatole Fr: Soon Decided Patient (weakly) —What ails me, Doe- tor? Doctor—1 don’t worry. don’t exactly know, but A post-mortem will tell. SSS LLZEE- LE OC my husband. Add Historic Battle Cries By the captain to the erew of the rum- running ship that outfought a dry-navy cruiser: “Don't give up the shipment!” Stet G. Bernard Shaw approved of the American rodeo in London. ‘The wran- gling appealed to him probably. “You just know she wears them.” 5 Landlord of Summer Cottage (noting heap of refuse)—What’s that awful mess? Origin of Famous Expletives Te gryllus jiminy, a cricket, was first discovered in Southern New England by Professor James G. Jimir Despite efforts to extermina te it, the insect has become a great pest owing to its perni- cious habit of traveling in large colonies at harvest time. A visitor to a Connecticut farm, ob- serving a flock of swallows fly overhead and mistaking them for these insects, pointed them out in excitement to the farmer. “Jiminy Crickets!” he cried. The remark became a standing joke among the and was long bandied about the Connecticut countryside until it came into common usage. When the late President McKinley was visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dickety, of Chevy Chase, he was much attracted by a small Pomeranian. In the course of the evening the little dog fell into the stov Mrs. Di y sniffed the air suspi- ciously. “What is that burning?” she asked. “Hot Dicket dent Mckin' ing from lip to lip, soon became pa the conversational baggage of every think- ing American. y dog,” suggested Presi- comicbooks.com