Judge, 1924-12-13 · page 11 of 36
Judge — December 13, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humorous pieces satirizing early 20th-century social types and behaviors: **"The Diary of a Dub"** mocks a naive, gullible young man who repeatedly gives money to a woman with increasingly implausible sob stories—a sick sister, dead aunt, needed hat, stolen watch, farm mortgage. He realizes too late she's played him "for a sucker," suggesting common anxieties about con artists and romantic deception. **"Her Face"** presents a satirical poem about a "maid of high connection" with perfect character and family credentials—except she's unattractive ("you ought to see her face"), making her unmarriageable despite her virtues. This mocks superficiality and the marriage market. The cartoons and "Funnybones" jokes address contemporary concerns: desperate poverty (shipwrecked dyspeptic, poorhouse), women's vanity, automobiles (a new menace to pedestrians), and gender differences in aging. The page reflects pre-1920s urban American anxieties about class mobility, con artists, and rapidly changing social conditions.
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aos M/VA~ p SSrhroonp Lf Frienp or Suipwreckep Dyspepric—We won't get anywhere this way! Fast as I pray for food you thank God we haven't got any. The Diary of a Dub ; te ONDAY—Mcet new girl to-day; she told me sad story about poor sick little sister so I loaned her $50 to buy sister a wheel chair. Tuesday—Saw her again. Her aunt just died in poorhouse so I gave her $100 to pay for decent burial. Wednesday—Poor little girl. She told me she had date to hinch with Mary Pickford and didn’t have a decent hat to wear, so [ gave her my last $75. Thursday—That little girl has the worst luck. Some dirty pickpocket pinched her wrist watch last night so I gave her mine. Friday—The whole world is down on her. The mortgage on her mother’s farm is due but I borrowed enough on my life insurance to save the farm. Saturday —Met her again and told her I didn’t: have could borrow money on, She laughed at me and walked off with a taxi driver. I just wonder if maybe she wasn't playing me for a sucker! Chet Johnson aything more I Funnybones / oes A man celebrates his birthday by talsing a day off—a woman cele- brates hers by taking a year off. % Where the arerage American would enjoy spending Xmas Week. Her Face i ACQUAINTED With a maid of high connection, Whose father is a doctor of the law; Her handbag never carries her com- plexion; Her character is one without a flaw. ‘The only waves she knows are in the She sredit to her family and the race; And I'd marry her to-morrow if I craved a life of sorrow, She’s an angel—but you ought to see her fac Edwin Rutt Famous Suits Best of promise—. —or. Bedroom——. case. One-piece bathing— Union. — yourself. —of armor. A long: is A.L.L. (\Funnybones, The automobile increases by leaps } and bounds; the pedestrian de- /creasesin spite of leapsand bounds, a —Tuadge mill pay 85 far each on comicbooks.com