Judge, 1924-10-18 · page 6 of 36
Judge — October 18, 1924 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page mixes humorous fiction and commentary typical of Judge magazine's satirical format. "The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter" tells of a scientist who feeds ground glass to cows to make them produce milk in bottles—a absurdist joke on industrial efficiency. The "Funnybones" section contains brief witticisms about government ("Ours is a government of the people by the minority") and social observation. The Halloween illustration shows witches engaged in "sky-writing"—a reference to aerial advertising, then a novelty. The caption suggests witches might modernize their traditional pranks using contemporary technology, satirizing how even supernatural folklore gets absorbed into commercialism and modern advertising culture.
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NOW IT CAN BE TOLD— First yptian GotrFeR—Did you find your ball? Seconp Ecyptian Gotrer (in the rough)—No—but here’s Moses! The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter Proresson Brorrer has returned unsuccessful but not discouraged after a summer in the country. ‘The venerable scientist has been experi- menting in feeding ground glass to cows, so that they would lay their milk in bottles. Although the professor is too modest to admit it himself, he played the part of a hero during his stay. It seems that a serious fire threatened the village where he had his summer laboratory. was awakened by the cries of ‘Fire’! explained Blotter, “and upon dashing out to the street I was horrified to find the country store in flames, and a stiff wind blowing the conflagration straight down the main street of the town. The village seemed doomed. “With but a second’s hesitation Thit upon a plan. While the others carried their buckets of water I shed my coat and climbed to the top of the town hall. There in the face of the onrushing flames I seized the weathervane and swung it com- pletely around, deflecting the wind in the nick of time 1 saving the town from destruction, This fire helmet on my desk is a little trophy °,”” he smiled, just a case of using my 5 ided Blotter, which of course only made it all the more remarkable. Corey Ford Funnybones It is said of Zeus, “He fed her ( ambrosia and nectar.” The quaint old practice persists. ) 7 Drunken singing led to the dis- covery that a Kentucky farmer was operating a still. He singing, “The moonshine’s right in my old Kentucky home.” as probably whey Wanderlust L™ me reminisce and dream of of old When caravel plunged through th seething sea— When swarthy buccancers swarmed aboard the privai Bearing treasures from the shores of Araby! ‘There's a rakish bark half hidden by the mists, While a frigat+ tosses through the spewing foam Did the roaring Spanish Main See me write this wild refrain? No, I wrote it in the bathtub here at home! Arthur L. Lippmann sae Nowadays one man’s drink is an- other man’s poison. sae Ours is a government of the people by the minority. sae Patron—I would like a good golf story. New Librarian—How about Churchill's “The Inside of the Cup"? sae It is hard to convince a park police- man that a public park is really the publie’s. How the Halloween witches might have made some odd change, by doing a littl priting on the side, comicbooks.com