Judge, 1924-09-13 · page 12 of 72
Judge — September 13, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three unrelated humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **Top cartoon**: A club waiter observes that a member hasn't spoken to him all day—their only interaction was asking the time. The joke satirizes the social distance between wealthy club members and service staff, suggesting the member's silence reflects the class barrier between them. **Middle section**: Two brief dialogue jokes about marriage and managing men. These are generic domestic humor with no specific political content—standard period comedy about marital dynamics and gender relations. **"Where Was Moses When the Lights Went Out?"**: A humorous essay parodying the famous riddle. The author creates an absurd explanation: Moses was hiding under a couch to avoid unwanted romantic advances (having been "kissed by a brazen hussy" during a previous blackout). The piece satirizes both the riddle itself and overwrought journalistic investigation, with increasingly ridiculous plot tangents that undermine the "mystery." No specific political figures or events are referenced. This is straightforward period social satire and wordplay.
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Member or Mavusoteum Cius—What's the time, James? Warirer—Fight-thirty, sir, and thank you very much. I drew your name in the waiters’ pool and that’s the first word that’s been spoken to-day. Too Clever! Milly—It must be fine to be married to an author, dear! Betty—Not at all. The stories the average man tells are hard enough to believe! A Good Manager Masie—Grace certainly knows how to manage the men. Dasie—Indeed she does! They have to handle her with kid gloves—and silk stockings! Weak:-willed man who entered movie just before end of feature picture and does not want to spoil reshowing Answers to Famous Questions il Where Was Moses When the Lights Went Out? Wee interviewed by a group of accredited newspaper correspondents twelve hours after the incident, Moses was non-commu tive. me of your darn business,” was all they could get out of him. However, Moses gave himself away. He visited a certain dentist to have a small cavity filled and when the dentist peered into said cavity mplete solution of the mystery. he saw s so jarred mentally and physically that he died five years later when struck by a tayicab running against the traffic on a one-way street. The taxicab driver's wife is a personal friend of mine. She used to wash my shirts in her less prosperous days. Moses was just shy, friends. Once upon a time during a similar period of enforced darkness he had been kissed by a brazen hussy. He had no desire to repeat the calamity. While the lights were ont Moses was merely hiding under the couch. Torrey Ford comicbooks.com