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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter"** mocks pseudo-intellectual scientists. Professor Blotter—supposedly famous for exploring the Caucasus seeking new concrete for pencil erasers—is found applying hair tonic to his chin. The joke centers on his ridiculous "scientific" experiment: whether a bearded man sleeps with his beard inside or outside the covers. This parodies how trivial "research" could masquerade as serious science. **"Love Tips"** is lighthearted verse contrasting old romantic ideals with modern cynicism about relationships. **"Funnybones"** collects brief gags, including one mocking Prohibition-era unemployment (what to do with now-useless prohibition agents?) and one using racist dialect humor about a Black man's financial success being credited to his wife's labor. The motorist cartoon at bottom depicts an accident victim sarcastically asking the driver if they could read warning signs—commenting on reckless driving. The overall tone reflects 1920s American satire: anti-intellectual, cynical about social progress, and reliant on now-offensive racial stereotypes.
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cote APT The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter Biorter has baffled gain. nerable scientist's fame had spread rapidly after his explorations in the Caucasian Mountains, in search of a new kind of concrete to use in the erasers on lead pencils. I found him sitting alone in his pa- jamas, applying hair tonic to his chin. “What are you doing?” I “What am I doing wha muttered sullenly. “What you are doing,” I explained. “Yes,” he replied, and lathered his ved. he I shifted my weight to the other foot. “Asa matter of fact,” resumed Dr. Blotter presently, “I am about to find out, by means of a personal experiment, the solution to a ques- is ean : tion which has been puzzling scien- = uu ba, : tists for centuries.” He set down his hair totic and K. K. & K.—This is just a warning—got anything to turned to me solemnly. say? “When a man with a long beard “Yessir—ah wanna thank you gemmen for curin’? ma goes to bed,” he asked, “does he hiccoughs.” sleep with his beard inside the covers or out?” . Avid soceaying, thewpad scientist eT un ying, the ag Love Tips ( Funnybones ; snapped out the light, and waited Young Romeo of bygone days Liscdh pi sates for his beard to grow. i 5 A . é "0 ish is iste Sighed for his lady love ari Ne Corey Ford So deeply that his fondest wish Was but to be her glove. \ ‘Fudge will pay 85 for cach one printed » But nowadays we all could give Friend Romeo some tips, For while about it, why not be The rouge upon her lips? —Lucia Trent PRR Higgs—What will we do with our old prohibition agents? Biggs—Haven't we got asylums for the blind? tae “T hear that Mose has made the last payment on his little bunga- low.” “Yah, suh! An’ he earned ebry cent ob it by de sweat ob his wife’s brow.” Fae Immigration has now swelled our population to 120,000,000 of people. And who was it that said the first hundred are the hardest? Mororist (in a dream)—Well, couldn't ya read the sign? comicbooks.com