Judge — September 13, 1924 — page 26: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page collects brief humorous anecdotes and cartoons from Judge's archives, labeled "Ask Dad—He Knows," presenting old jokes for nostalgic amusement. The jokes reflect period attitudes: 1. **Twins joke (1882)**: Mocks women's domestic labor—a mathematician's happiness comes from having "two to carry" (children), reducing women to child-bearers. 2. **Bunions/onions joke**: Plays on class stereotypes, depicting a woman's physical suffering as comedic fodder. 3. **Muslim names for God**: Ethnic/religious stereotyping, suggesting Muslims invoke God only when angry (smashing fingers with carpets). 4. **Photography joke**: Rural dialect humor, mocking working-class people's unfamiliarity with technology. 5. **Tramp cartoon**: A homeless man asks a woman for assistance toward Bridgeport; she responds by siccing her dog on him—presented as humor. This reflects callous Victorian attitudes toward poverty and vagrancy. The page exemplifies how Judge satirized through caricature, ethnic stereotyping, and class mockery—humor that reveals period prejudices rather than punching up at power.