Judge, 1925-02-28 · page 9 of 36
Judge — February 28, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **"My Son's Set"** (top): A humorous poem by Arthur L. Lippmann celebrating a boy's homemade radio set—constructed cheaply ("parts cost him a dime") but functioning despite being broken, squeaky, and producing static-filled reception. The father's pride in his son's ingenuity is the joke's heart. **"First Aid for Crossword Fans"** (left): Blaine C. Bigler presents intentionally wrong crossword puzzle answers, playing on the era's fad for crossword puzzles. The humor lies in deliberate absurdity: "goulash" for overshoe, "velocipede" for speed, "bazaar" for odd/strange—mixing unrelated definitions to confuse solvers. **"Funnybones"** (center): A one-line domestic gag about financial struggle. **Bottom cartoon**: Two fashionable women discuss a taxidermied animal trophy. The "ultra-modern lady" jokes that she prizes it as "the first husband I ever shot"—dark humor suggesting either divorce or marital discord presented as trophy hunting. All content reflects 1920s preoccupations: radio technology, crossword puzzles, and modern women's independence.
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My Son’s Set M: BOY just built a rusty set, AY A battered, shattered, dusty set, A creaking set, a squeaking set—~ The parts cost him a dime. A moaning, groaning, wheezy set, A rasping, gasping, sneezy set, A balky set, a squawky set That's broken half the time. I gaze upon his handy set, His “Pa, ain’t-it-a-dandy-set?” His tarnished set, unvarnished set And marvel at his skill; His tunes-in-all-the-static set His coarse and hoarse asthmatic set, His snarling set, yet darling set, While secretly [ thrill! Arthur L. Lippmann SS ee —— Funnybones, The home stretch is making both ends meet Cadga will poy 85 far aach one printed | He followed the recipe. | First Aid for Crossword Fans j A KIND of overshoe worn by flap- pers—goulash. An adjective used to describe a man who drinks constantly—inver- tebrate. A tube leading from the middle 5 j ear to the throat—crustacean. ] Vaccination to prevent disease— ication. ‘The speed at which an object travels—velocipede. An implement for stirring a fire— ochre. A devil fish—octagon. A drinking vessel—calaboose. Odd or strange—bazaar. A horse with a low, curved back— zwieback. | A male flirt—mashic. A small abscess on the eye— stymie. A writ requiring a person to re- frain from doing a certain thing— conjunction. A young cow—zephyr. A union of three—dryad. Blaine C. Bigler doe First Uttra-mopern Lapy—What a fine specimen! Men, like eggs, become hard- Srconp U. M. L.—Yes, I prize that trophy highly as being the first boiled if kept too long in hot water. husband I ever shot. | j | | | comicbooks.com