Judge, 1924-11-01 · page 9 of 36
Judge — November 1, 1924 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several humorous short pieces typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines: **"That Hat O'Mine"** is a comic poem by Arthur L. Lippmann about the hidden costs of hat maintenance—checking and storage fees at restaurants and cabarets that transform a one-dollar hat into an eight-dollar expense. It satirizes the emerging service economy and tipping culture. **The main cartoon** shows a farmer and aviator at a well or pit, with the farmer saying he'll "soon have you down" while the aviator insists he drives a car, not being "that crazy." This appears to mock early aviation skepticism and the rivalry between new transportation technologies (planes vs. automobiles). **"Funnybones"** contains brief one-liners: complaints about saxophone noise, a joke about consciences regarding eating eggs, and observations about African clothing and American crime. The satire targets emerging modern anxieties—service industry costs, new technologies, and social changes—through gentle humor rather than sharp political commentary.
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That Hat O’Mine Wis allad or a sonnet I could pen about my bonnet— The wrinkled hat—the crinkled hat that first: my fancy caught. The hat I check each night and day in dining-room and cabaret, hat which but a month ago a ingle dollar bought! Extensively, offensively, P've checked that, hat expensively At restaurant. doors, on dancing floors—in humor far from kind— I shudder to compute the fees I've paid to caravansaries Who neatly hid my battered lid while mournfully I dined. And candidly they’ve handed me my hat and then demanded we Should cross their palms with silver and I tearfully relate That dollar hat—to my despair— inchiding upkeep, wear and tear Together with my storage bills to date has cost me eight! Arthur L. Lippmann Farmer—I'll soon “No! I'm i, HH “Mother, [ simply haven't the heart to fry these eggs. They look up at me so piteously out of their sad yellow eyes.” (_ \Eunnybones Love thy neighbor as thyself was a darn good adage until somebody invented the sazophone w0ooV— ‘Gude mil pay 85 for Gach one down. Aviator T drive a car.” have you not that crazy! Whisper This to Your Waiter Too many fingers spoil the broth. wee Many African clothes at all. well that tinent. women no Maybe it’s just as Africa is) the wear dark con- Which Proves? Good—AMi, hem, To didi't you in chureh this morning. Better you did't. I was taking up the collection. notice OF course. tote From the recent: Franks « arn that judg times just don’t give a hat ttt Jimetla—What is the cause of this crime wave? Jinmmic—Contempt of court. A Heavenly Affair The man in the moon is reported to have marricd Venus with Mars’ per mission. ‘The sun will probably be weaned in the milky way. ain't you?