Judge, 1924-10-04 · page 15 of 37
Judge — October 4, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple humorous sketches satirizing early 20th-century American life and attitudes. **Top Cartoon**: An "Awed Cowboy" marvels at a "Tenderfoot's" bronco-riding ability. The joke: the tenderfoot claims his skill comes from driving a Ford automobile over bad roads—suggesting Ford cars were so poorly made or rough-riding that they provided equivalent training to wild horse riding. **"The Age of Chivalry"**: A poem and illustration mock the decline of romantic masculine ideals. A man named Tom Green daydreams about being a noble knight, but is abruptly jolted back to reality when arriving at his train station. The satire suggests modern life has replaced medieval chivalry with mundane routine. **Miscellaneous Jokes**: Several brief satirical quips follow, including commentary on Prohibition-era drinking ("one swallow...may make an early fall"), courtship customs, traffic enforcement, and a domestic-exchange joke about a man wanting to "exchange his woman." The overall tone criticizes modern American life as having stripped away romantic notions and replaced them with commercialism and petty concerns.
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Awep Cownoy—How come you're dble to stay on that brone thataway mister? Tenperroot—Oh, I’ve driven a Ford car over bad pavements for years! The Age of Chivalry Sr Tuomas was bravest of all D of the knights Who sat at the Table Round. In loving, or tilting, or mixing in fights His equal was not to be found. Why, only this morning, a dragon he'd slain, For love of a lady fair. He'd hacked it, and whacked it and hacked it agai A deed that none other would dare! In fact, any female who asked for his aid Would not find him slow to reply. Be she princ scullery maid, He’d stand up and offer to die! or matron, or A rumble! A roar! The car jerked to a stop. Tom Green of his dream was bereft. He'd arrived at his station. A One swallow does not make a summer, but one swallow of the stuff you get nowadays may make an early fall: Everything in Due Course He—Let’s kiss and make up. She—Aren’t you putting the heart before the course? Not Back Talk! Flubb—Talk is cheap, they say. Dubb—Yes—provided youdon’t try it on a traffic cop when he catches you speeding! From Our Paper Hirum Shushinger, one of our leading citizens, created quite a sensation in a nearby city recently when he entered a Woman's Ex- change and told the lady in charge that he wanted to exchange his woman for another one. After Circus Hours Doctor—What’s the excitement? The whole bunch of you seem girl from a shop “L ain't sayin’ you ain't right, big boy, Sank down in the seat that he but [is sayin’ that if you was one foot left. Bert Goldsmith scared to death, Employee—Oh, the sword swal- sho'ter, you'd be wrong as hell!” lower swallowed a pin! comicbooks.com