Judge, 1925-02-28 · page 24 of 36
Judge — February 28, 1925 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a picture crossword puzzle from *Judge*, a satirical magazine. The horizontal and vertical clues are represented by numbered cartoon vignettes rather than text definitions. The accompanying jokes reference early 20th-century social concerns: 1. **Reckless driving**: A dialog about meeting a judge after a car accident—satirizing dangerous automobile culture and judicial consequences. 2. **Pedestrian safety**: A dark joke about pedestrians being called "deceased" instead, implying high traffic fatality rates in urban areas. 3. **Prohibition (Volstead Act)**: A reference to dancing "on with the dance" despite alcohol prohibition, suggesting continued revelry despite the law. 4. **Skating etiquette**: A joke about overly polite behavior—Archie apologizing while sitting while another remained standing during skating lessons. These vignettes capture contemporary anxieties about automobiles, Prohibition enforcement, and social propriety in 1920s America. The puzzle format itself was typical entertainment for *Judge* readers.
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JUDGE’S PICTURE CROSSWORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Solution nert weel:. ] The Worst Is Yet to Come The person who walked across the Anti-Volstead Version | Wiggins—Don’t worry about get- _ Street was once called a “pedestrian”; On with the dance, let the per- iY ting a heavy sentence on that charge now, unless he can hit a livelier gait. centage of joy be undefined. j of reckless driving, old man. Didn't he is commonly called “thedeceased.” sae | | you say you met the judge in an in- } formal w ‘Archie's awfully polite, isn’t he?’ | Higgins—Yes, my car smashed “Gosh, you're dumb. Why don’t “Painfully. When he was learn. | into his when I was driving on the you get an encyclopedi: ing to skate he apologized for sitting wrong side of the street. “The pedals hurt my down while I remained standing.” comicbooks.com