Judge, 1925-01-03 · page 9 of 36
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# "If They Had Their Way in 1925" This satirical cartoon mocks various 1920s figures and groups by imagining what society would be like if they had complete control. The targets include: - **Charlie Sumner**: Would restrict people to reading only Rover Boy adventure stories - **"Silent Cal"** (Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President): Would eliminate the dictionary and reduce English to one-syllable words - **The Ku Klux Klan**: Would monopolize tar, feathers, and white goods—referencing their use of these materials for lynching and intimidation - **Advertising agencies**: Would blame all social problems on "halitosis" (bad breath) The three "CAR STOP" panels show increasingly chaotic street scenes illustrating societal breakdown under these scenarios. The page also includes unrelated humor sections: anecdotes about naive girlfriends taken to New York landmarks, and observations about everyday sounds and landlord-tenant relations. These are typical filler content for the magazine.
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If They Had Their Way in 1925 | HARLIE SumNeR would want everybody to stay home every night in the year and read the Rover Boy Series. stead would have us all blind! nt Cal” would advocate the abolition of the dictionary the introduction of a monosyllabic lan- | guage. In times of great stress, as for example, when Washington wins the +a two or even a three syllable word might be allowa The Ku Klux Klan would monop- olize the output of tar, feathers and white goods for use in social inter- course. The American Association of Ad- acies Would attribute a and physical inca n insidious noun known universally as “hali- tosis.” ALL. Home’s Most Agreeable Sounds E aby's gentle t hing, in sleep. Coal rattling down the chute into the jar. Butcher's voice on the wire, “Just discovered I overcharged you on last month's bill.” ice from the amplifier, “This is Station XYZ, London, England.” _——— Neighbor saying to his boys, | ISrop “Stop that racket!” 5 * rm Fizzy sound from the crock in the pantry. Horace Wood mansee Funnybones; The landlord has an casier job raising the rent than the tenant has Gude mil pay 85 for Oa one, printed» The philanthropist. | A Romance of New York But when I took her to the Zoo. I TOOK my girl to sce “The Miracle.” and she said the elephants were “So nave,” she said. naive, I clubbed her silently and | | I showed her the Hippodrome. maliciously, “You're so naive.” she “Ne n't it?” murmured, and sank to the ground. A in the Aquarium, “Isn't . oe. | The Woolworth Tower. “Naive.” T have another girl. $-S-SSH— The Statue of Liberty. “Really She thinks everything is swell There's a woman at the bottom of it. naive.” H. M. Jalonack: comicbooks.com