Judge, 1924-11-08 · page 6 of 36
Judge — November 8, 1924 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor and light satirical content rather than political commentary: **Top cartoon**: Shows a couple examining a radiator they've purchased secondhand. The wife jokes it will help their apartment "seem homelic" (cozy)—a gentle satire on newlyweds furnishing modest homes on tight budgets during what appears to be the early 20th century. **"To My Own Crossword Puzzle"**: A humorous poem using crossword clue format to flirt with someone, playing on the 1920s crossword puzzle craze. **Bottom cartoon**: Titled "How to stop them," depicts a car and train in collision—likely commentary on dangerous railroad crossings, a genuine public safety concern of the era. The page reflects genteel domestic humor and leisure activities (crosswords) typical of Judge's middle-class audience.
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To My Own Crossword Puzzle Mi ves xou're like a synonym ‘ for flower; Your eyes are like a certain kind of nut. Oh, had T but a word that hints at power I'd purchase you the antonym of hut! IT tremble with a genteel term for passion, Pn amition with an ofgan i sour face. I like your (guess © way of saying fashion?) Oh, give ime) oie TRIER embrace! Let’s hike it to a member of the clergy. He'll tie a noun that means a steamer’s mile. A standard of exchange will be his urge. We Can winter in a country on the Nile. Our life will be just like a western ocean: Tl love you like a foreign film star, Though (write two words depicting at commotion) T'll be, my dear, the opposite from far! Arthur L. Lippmann Wire—I picked them up in a second-hand store; just the thing to make the apartment seem homelike! sae Chaplain (to man about to be And a Robber On the Side hanged)—Have you anything to say hefore you leave this world? “Let's swim out to the bar,” sug- Roberts—Didn't you say he was gested Ethel. in the house-wrecking busine: “Ld like to, but I doubt if I could Doomed Man—Yes, I believe “uni- Richards—Why. yes. he’s a divorce swim three miles even for a drink,” corn” is the seven-letter animal in Jawver, sighed Guzzler. that crossword puzzle, Familiar Crosses Country. RAILROAD CROSS WORD PUZZLE Hot buns. Don't the street. ie ae eyed. ron the cans Gra ing. ¥ my palm with silver. +e The sign of the = Cable ing, don’t anchor. my heart. Washington —— ing the Dela- ware, Peet “Perhaps de meek will inherit de earth,” remarked the colored philos- opher, “but lots of proud folks will always be ready to contest de will.” How to stop them. comicbooks.com