Judge, 1924-11-08 · page 3 of 36
Judge — November 8, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine presents satirical observations framed as "What the Judge Wants to Know"—rhetorical questions poking fun at contemporary society and current events. The main illustration depicts women playing mahjong, with the caption "Old-fashioned! Why, my dear, she still plays mah-jongg." This mocks outdated leisure habits among society women. The accompanying text references: - **Society women being photographed** while crossing streets - **National Prohibition** as a potential "good thing" - **Pullman cars and crossword puzzles** (early 1920s crazes) - **Stenographers and tabloid newspapers** (emerging media) - **Dempsey's Thanksgiving dinner** (likely Jack Dempsey, famous boxer) - **Salesmen and movie theaters** (changing business/entertainment patterns) The overall satirical point mocks the rapid social changes and frivolous concerns of modern leisure culture during the Jazz Age.
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Nov 13 "24 “*LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS’? JUDGE WANTS TO KNOW WHY society women always cross IF it ever occurred to America that HOW salesmen used to kill their their — er— limbs while being pho- National Prohibition might be a good afternoons before the movies opened tographed. thing. at noon. IF the guy who named Pullman WHAT stenographers used to read IF Dempsey is going to have any cars didn’t start the crossword puzzle before the advent of the tabloid, “dark meat” for his Thanksgiving craze, picture newspapers. dinner, “Old-fashioned! Why, my dear, she still plays mah-jongy”