Judge, 1924-08-02 · page 7 of 37
Judge — August 2, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The top cartoon depicts a dressing room scene where a woman accuses another of knowing a man who "stole your pearls" and "arranged my bathing accident last season." This is satirical social commentary on wealthy women's gossip circles and the tendency to blame others for misfortunes while moving in circles where such "accidents" seem oddly common—likely poking fun at upper-class women's drama and moral flexibility. The "Prairie Breezes" section contains rural humor sketches mocking small-town life: a city council prohibiting horses at pumps, an old man's tall tale about drunk grasshoppers fighting each other, and a farmer's implausible claim that his Ford needs no repairs despite being charged gasoline on credit. The final jokes mock Prohibition-era hypocrisy (a bootlegger voting dry) and the newfound automobile obsession replacing traditional home life. The humor targets rural simplicity, tall tales, and urban-rural cultural differences typical of early 20th-century American magazines.
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your pearls if I saw him again. Dresser—I think I'd know the gent who stole Gene—Of course, you would—you remember he arranged my bathing accident last season. Prairie Breezes HE cit; council of Shortgrass met. in special session last Monday night and passed an ordinance prohibiting the hitching of horses to the city pump, as it interfered with the fire department. Old Tom Shiftless has been telling his experience with this new-fangled college idea of poisoning grasshoppers. He said he lost the can of syrup he intended to mix with the poisoned bran and so he stirred in a little home-brew he had on hand. One old male hopper would come along, he said, take a bite of the bran, jump four feet high, and then start in to lick the first hopper he met. Soon all the hoppers in the field were fighting each other and the carnage was awful. This continued until there was just one hopper left. Pretty soon an old rooster came along and made a dive for this big hopper, but Mr. Hopper, instead of allowing himself to be quietly eaten, jumped up and kicked the old rooster in the face and chased him under the barn. Nobody much believes this story. Buck Sawyer was handing out the cigars to his friends in Shortgrass yester- day, as last Monday night a son was born in his home, his best Jersey cow gave birth to twin heifer calves, the registered Duroc sow he bought at Dukes’ sale farrowed twelve pigs and his incubator hatched out three hundred chickens. Sim Galey has bad his Ford three years and he never = out a cent for repairs. 5 He’s had most of his gasoline charged too. Miss Flobelle Resteasy went to Center- burg last week to a swell party, where everyone ate with one hand in his lap. “Uncle Buzz never loses his temper,” says Bill Doolittle. “If anything he has more of it.” Gratitude First “Pleasure before business,” mused the bootlegger, stopping long enough to vote for all the dry candidates on the ballot before taking up the duties of the day. PSH The difference between a house and a home is an automobile. comicbooks.com