Judge, 1925-02-14 · page 7 of 36
Judge — February 14, 1925 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two unrelated sections: **Top: "Modern Valentines"** — Two humorous poems mocking contemporary annoyances. "The Drowsy Tenant to the Janitor" complains about early morning noise from building repairs; "The Lady Motorist to the Traffic Cop" sarcastically praises a traffic officer, expressing frustration with speeding fines. Both use exaggerated, ironic praise to critique everyday modern irritations. **Bottom: "The All-American Petting Team"** — A satirical roster of women baseball players with a cartoon showing women golfers. This appears to mock women's participation in sports during the era when such activities were considered unconventional for women. The "Funnybones" section includes light jokes about engagements and dating. The page primarily offers social satire about modern urban life and changing gender roles through humor rather than political commentary.
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a 7 7 7 Modern Valentines The Drowsy Tenant to the Janitor | | Is the morning. bleak and chilly, When my bedroom’s calm and stilly. | Comes a banging and a clanging as I leap out, willy-nilly | From my former place of slumber, P| | Voicing oaths in endless number, To repair the radiator that’s now clanging sharp and shrilly; How L vocally define you As T locally consign you a hotter zone and climate on the waters of the styx, So, my Valentine's a prayer to Ask your lordship if you'd care to Heed a plaintive, pleading tenant | | who would like to sleep ‘till six. a | The Lady Motorist to the Traffic Cop I" all the voices in the world United now in one great shout— If all the thrills In verdant hills | Where swiftly darts the speckled trout— Combined to swell this one great | truth, i, All merged into my symphony | Their volume great Would adumbrate The hymn of hate [feel for | thee! Arthur L. Lippmann »\Funnybones /~ \ Engagements, like wine, are Z a = = cS Stoteretod | ) usually the result of much squecz - ee ~ ing. 2 | { — J Braster—Gimme a hand wit’ this rock, Bill, we can’t leare it here! | The All-American Petting Team | First Base Gloria Swanson Pitcher Fatty Arbuckle | Short Stop..... Peggy Hopkins Joyce | } Second Base Rudolph Valentino Right Field Sadie Thom pson* Center Field... ...Pola Negri | Third Base.........Charlie Chaplin bs Left Field Mabel Normand Catcher Theda Bara Substitutes: Nat Goodwin, De | Wolf Hopper, Ben Turpin, Mrs. | Tucker, Kid McCoy, Lou Tellegen. (*) In case ¢ vlook around | now for the nearest exit. ie tence (tf) Picking them now in the The more determined golfers are wearing blinders this winter at Palm Beach. minors. = = ~ = b-4 6 comicbooks.com