Judge, 1924-08-16 · page 7 of 36
Judge — August 16, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines: **"Page Gabriel!"** uses dialect humor mocking African American speech to joke about a military bugler whose playing is so loud it startles soldiers eating. The racial caricature and stereotypical dialect reflect the period's regrettable comic conventions. **"Her Plea" and "Good Reason"** are brief romantic/relationship jokes with wordplay ("give me the benefit," "entangling alliances"). **"Bricklayer"** makes a mild workplace joke about employee turnover. **"A Letter to Grandma"** is the page's sharpest satire—a grandson writes to his grandmother in jail, revealing Prohibition-era corruption: judicial leniency toward wealthy criminals (his friend "won three cases"), bootlegging, and casual lawbreaking. The humor satirizes how wealthy people evade consequences while ordinary citizens face prosecution. The top cartoon illustrates "It all comes out in the wash"—likely a general domestic humor scene with no specific political reference.
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Page Gabriel! “Cullud boy, we’s got a bugler in whut is a bugler! When dat win’jammer blows pay day hit soun’ lak de simple funny stry done broke loose on Iil vy Tore!” our company Nigger, y'all ain’ got no bugler ‘tall. When dat I'l boy blue of Company K steps out an’ wrops ‘is lip roun’ dat h’on an’ sounds mess call, de soldier hoy looks down at his beans an’ say: ‘Strawberries, berhave yo'self you done all de whupped cream outen de plate!” Wa. E. BrouGHER Her Plea “Why don’t you kiss me?”— soft she pled, And he replied—To-wit: “LT was in doubt—” and then she e me the benefit.” Good Reason Clara—What is your objection to kissing a man with a beard? Bella—Simply because I’m dead against entangling alliances. Brick Layer third helper I've had this week who has quit without notice. Hang it! That's the A Lerrer to GranpMa Dear GranpMa: Truly I sympathize with you and I am sendi some flowers to brighten your cell, so some cigar- After all, you know the judge gave you four warnings and, really, the news- papers are razzing the courts for not giving. stiffer speeders. A month isn’t. so much, old girl, and you may hav you want, almost. ettes and novels. sentences to ny thing . Tam about tempted to say you were a bit lucky. There were traces of breaking an amendment in your car and Brassy Holmes told me Mrs. Foots-Fum si sed the motor cop when he refused a cocktail. I will call on visitors’ day and slip you a bobbed hair of the dog, ete. My chum Dubois had Juck enough to shoot his bootlegger, craps of course, and won three cases that will never go to court. Your loving, lonesome grandson, JARWIN Rad You'll find no fool like an old fool—ask any young fool. comicbooks.com