Judge, 1924-10-04 · page 12 of 37
Judge — October 4, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's format. The main "Geography (?)" section is a satirical quiz mocking trivial knowledge and American cultural references—including sports (Philadelphia baseball leagues), geography (Poughkeepsie, Paris rivers), and contemporary figures (a Pittsburgh personality, William Jennings Bryan vs. "Brother Charlie"). The cartoons below present domestic comedy scenarios: - **"Sweet Young Thing/Jealous Clerk"**: A flirtation joke where a clerk suggests violence as a solution to romantic jealousy. - **"Biggs/Higgs"**: A motor-car enthusiast measures his child's age in "new cars" rather than years—satirizing the automobile industry's rapid growth and consumer obsession in the 1920s. - **"Practice Makes Perfect"**: A couple's relationship has improved through practice. - **"As Prescribed by Volstead"**: References the Volstead Act (Prohibition). A teacher's dry measure quiz answer becomes a temperance joke; separately, Mrs. Isaacs wants exciting reading but gets patent medicine ads instead—mocking both advertising saturation and Prohibition-era substitute entertainments.
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Geography (?) ounp Philadelphia on the north (a) In the American League. (b) In the National League. When some one knocked his home city, what famous Pittsburgher said: “It soots me.” On what river is Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and where is the Poughkeeps Bridge? In what river is Paris, France (high tide)? In what countries or alleys do people yodel? What are Yonkers? Who said what?) Why? How would you go from New York City to Los Angeles, Cal., stopping at Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Yellow- stone Park, Salt Lake City, ete., if you had no mor ie To become a warden must an in- dividual know how to parse sentences? i Why is it Niagara Falls? } In Bret Harte’s story, why were the Bi Outcasts of Poker Flat? lt Does your daughter or automobile (if any) smoke? Whom do you prefer: William Jennings or Brother Charlie. (Answer yes or no.) Robert Cyril O' Brien \Funnybones “Can that stuff,” said the fisherman as \ he threw the salmon catch on the shore | Sweer Younc Tuinc—I'd like some insect powder, please. Jeatous CLerK—Why don’t you just hit him over the head with a hammer? Biggs—Say, Higgs, how old is that boy of yours now? Higgs (a motor-car enthusiast). ; Well, now, let me see. ‘That boy ; was born exactly three new cars 4 4 ago. Practice Makes Perfect j He—Do you love me like you used } to? She—I think I can do better than that now. As Prescribed by Volstead Teacher—What is meant by dry measure, Bobby? Mrs. Isaacs—Jacob vants someding oxciting to read—hairbreadth esgapes, Bobby Wetmore—One half of une marvelous resgues, und all dot! per cent., I reckon. Mr. Isaacs—So? I vill cut him out a lot of batent medicine advertisements at vunce! comicbooks.com