Judge, 1924-12-06 · page 32 of 36
Judge — December 6, 1924 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge (a 1924 satirical magazine) contains mostly **advertisements** alongside brief humor pieces and a contest winner announcement. The main cartoon is "The Forest Lovers"—a humorous poem about prehistoric humans encountering dinosaurs while courting. The joke plays on anachronism: the couple worries about a "Brontosaurus" interrupting their romance, treating extinct creatures as casual obstacles. It's gentle satire mocking both romantic clichés ("amorous pash") and the era's popular fascination with prehistoric life. The shorter jokes reference Prohibition-era drinking (the "Scotch" reference), and contemporary social observations about women smoking cigarettes and auto safety. The advertisements—for diamonds, saxophones, and novelty items—are typical of 1920s magazines targeting middle-class readers with aspirational products. The contest winner (W.E. Hatcher) is noted for submitting a brief joke to Judge's humor contest. Overall, this is a fairly standard magazine page mixing light satire with commercial content.
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