Judge, 1924-08-23 · page 10 of 36
Judge — August 23, 1924 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page collects several brief humorous sketches typical of 1920s-era satirical humor: **Top cartoon**: A police officer chases a burglar through an alley—straightforward slapstick comedy about crime. **Jokes below address contemporary social anxieties:** - **"Self-defense"** mocks aggressive modern women, joking that a man must physically restrain his date or she'll hit him. - **"Bachelor of Arts" definition** satirizes wealthy men who've avoided marriage into middle age—implying this was considered unusual or shameful. - **"Necessary Ingredients"** jokes that a young man is only "good" at socializing if his friends supply alcohol (Prohibition-era commentary). - **"The Diagnosis"** mocks doctors' greed: the physician invents a fake disease name, revealing he only cares about the patient's $2,000 fee, not actual diagnosis. - **"Retarding the spark"** is a car pun: a father removes his daughter's suitor from the automobile, punning on automotive terminology. The humor reflects 1920s concerns: female assertiveness, matrimony avoidance, Prohibition, medical fraud, and parental control over courtship.
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Self-defense *Twas in the parlor— Just we two, I held her hands, Don't think me bold, I held them fast Because I knew If I let go She'd knock me cold! Definition of a Bachelor of Arts Any good-looking man of wealth who has reached middle age—and escaped matrimony! Necessary Ingredients Click—Is young Nipp a good mixer? Clack—He's all right, if his friends provide the stuff! Bic Crook—Git outa here! Diminutive ConstasLe—Durned if he hasn't made a clean getaway! Beat itl First CiusMan (after the tenth drink)—Howsh feel, ol’ fel’? Seconp CiupMan (thickly)— Highball right! The Diagnosis “Yes,” said the famous physi- 1 cian, “that man has spigoraltic ‘ detrullias sponzulium, and I’m charging $2,000 to diagnose his case.” “Beg your pardon,” asked the student, “but what did you say this man has?” “He has $2,000,” replied the physician. Daal “This,” chuckled the flapper’s papa, as he yanked the forbidden suitor from the family car, “is what I call ‘retarding the spark’!” Safe, if Not Sane “He's wandering in his mind.” “That's all right, he won't go far.” 7 _ comicbooks.com