Judge, 1924-11-01 · page 13 of 36
Judge — November 1, 1924 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains three distinct humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American comedy: **"A Circulating Library"** satirizes a common social practice: lending books to friends. The scheme humorously exploits the reality that borrowed books are never returned—the author admits collecting $1.25 in fees while still owed a quarter, making a dubious "profit" from friends' dishonesty. **"Funnybones"** is a brief joke about golf: a poor golfer claims that if everyday objects (daisy heads, cigar butts) counted as golf balls, he'd be excellent—mocking his actual incompetence. The remaining short jokes target: - A New Jersey "purity squad" investigating whether church windows contain stained glass (implying stained glass is considered scandalous or worldly) - Married life absurdities (wives leaving without warning; the importance of antacids) - Beauty fading from weather exposure The illustrations depict a golfer and motorists, matching the text content. The humor relies on domestic observational comedy and gentle social satire typical of Judge's audience.
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A Circulating Library And How to Circulate It H' RE is a novel scheme for ridding the shelves of your library of chaff, You collect all the which you have no further use and mumber them, although this is not absolutely For that none of this is absolutely volumes for necessary. matte neces: You Library.” this your “Circulating Then you invite all your friends to join it, and collect: from each an enrollment fee of fifty cents (or more if you can get it), You promise each member that you will return his or her fee when he or she returns the hook to be borrowed, Of course, friends never return books, so you are in just. so much. It'sa gi Try it. a Last winter we made $1 and a chap scheme. still owes us a quarter. Robert Cyril O Brien Eicuteen Hanpicar (practicing swing) —If daisy heads and. cigar butts were golf balls Td be open (\Funnybones ) Jays is that there pie-faced cale- \ The trouble now are too many caters, >—Cool: left without warning this afternoon. He—Not exactly without warning. It is rumored that a New Jersey purity squad is investigating the re- port that some of the church windows are made of stained glass. ttt Wha other’ is one person's junk is an- antiques. And Then! He—I am a special inves She—What are you invest “The theory that kissing is dan- gerous.”” Another Theory Mrs. North—Now I have a theory about raising children Mrs. West—Well, you wouldn't have if you had the children! ttt Mayme—Why did drous beauty fade? Alice's won- Corrine—She got caught out in a rain storm, She told me I had better bring home some dyspepsia tablets. comicbooks.com 7