Judge, 1925-01-10 · page 9 of 36
Judge — January 10, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page features "The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter," a humorous fiction series about an eccentric inventor addressing practical absurdities of modern life. **The Main Satire:** Professor Blotter proposes increasingly ridiculous "solutions" to everyday problems—using filled-in crossword puzzle books as linoleum for kitchens, inventing a self-returning button, and most absurdly, designing a framework that allows a man to tie himself *into* a necktie rather than tie the necktie normally. The humor mocks pseudointellectual inventors and overcomplicated "solutions" to simple problems. **Context for Modern Readers:** The crossword puzzle craze was relatively new in the 1920s-30s, making this a timely reference. The tie-tying invention satirizes both masculine frustration with formal dress and the era's faith in mechanical innovation to solve trivial inconveniences. **Lower Illustrations:** A poetic scene about a boy on a burning ship (likely referencing the famous poem "Casabianca") serves as filler humor; a "Funnybones" joke follows. The tone is gentle, absurdist humor rather than sharp political satire.
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J The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter Droressor Biorrer has been speaking in a nation-wide cam paign to discover new uses for filled. in Crossword Puzzle Books. Blotter points out that the: apt so numerous in the next month or two that traffic will he ally at a standstill all) over suntry. books are Blotter’s suggestion was to make the books out of linoleum, so that they could be tacked down to cover the kitchen after the was through with them. It was while dressing for a lecture recently that Blotter stumbled upon some interesting problems in con- neetion with dress suits. His re- sulting invention of! button that would bounee back inte your hand has spread like hot cakes, but he personally considers far more important I rubber collar lution to the problem of how aman with only two hands cant ow tie. “since there is so much difficulty m tying the tie around the man,” said Blotter, “it occurred to me that it might be easier for the man to tie himself into the tie. Henee my ine vention. “When this framework is com- Cary Gan Crosswonp Pest meaning quict. Crores The boy stood on the burning deck, He didn't seem to care, He didn't try to sare his neck, And here's what kept him there. Shutup! ~ pleted—" he showed me a large seaf- folding. sli railway y resembling scenic it and, re versing the directions for knotting the bow onto the man, E shall simply shall moun crawl around and around the piect of black ribbon until [have tied myself into a perfect “The slight dar while crawling through the loops added D1 ve Blotter, “is just of the risks that science must Corey Ford sae We are surprised that the re- formers have not banned the Sex- tette from “Lucia” on account of its title, /\Funnybones not only Wrigley, saluays ae Cnaddga will poy 85 for axhh on comicbooks.com