Judge — August 2, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Hay Fever Blues"** (top right): A humorous poem about hay fever symptoms, signed E.J.K. The verse uses blues-song conventions to catalog misery—itchy eyes, sore throat, breathing difficulty—culminating in a self-pitying plea to escape to "the 1000 Islands." This satirizes how people exaggerate seasonal allergies. 2. **"Picnic Hints"** (left): Practical satirical advice offering absurd "solutions" to picnic problems—using tweezers for insects, sardine cans for mosquitoes, tennis rackets as swatters. The humor lies in treating trivial annoyances with overengineered absurdity. 3. **"To the World at Large"** (bottom): A verse praising the person who "writes his name upon a check / And thereby pays his bill" above poets and songwriters. This sarcastically celebrates mundane financial responsibility over artistic achievement.