Judge — November 29, 1924 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine Humor Section This page collects humorous anecdotes labeled "Ask Dad—He Knows," featuring vintage comic sketches from early 1900s Judge magazine. The top cartoon by T.S. Sullivant (1903) shows two men at a train station discussing departure times—a setup for wordplay about trains "leaving" (departing versus abandoning). The middle sketch by James Montgomery Flagg (1905) depicts a domestic dispute where Mr. Jones claims appendicitis while Mrs. Jones counters she's getting a new hat—satirizing marital conflict over household expenses and health complaints as excuses. Below are brief joke exchanges touching on familiar period themes: train schedules, courtroom testimony about violence, theatrical prices, and modest meal costs. These represent typical early-20th-century humor: wordplay, domestic squabbles, and class-based observations about American life.