Judge, 1925-03-14 · page 5 of 36
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# "The Commuters' Field Day" This page satirizes the absurdities of commuter life on trains around Chicago circa early 1900s. The main cartoon shows an exhausted man carrying an enormous traveling bag onto a train—"The outdoor-sleeping fanatic takes the Twentieth Century for Chicago"—mocking the impractical luggage some travelers brought aboard. Other vignettes mock commuter behavior: a race between Frank Gulch and R.F. Juice over train seating; a weightlifting contest where someone's bag becomes so heavy it's unmovable; a wrestling match in a smoking car; and a man repeatedly returning home to retrieve forgotten items. The humor targets commuter incompetence, obsessive behavior, and the general chaos of early rail travel. The "Funnybones" section at bottom makes a casual observation about women's vanity.
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Ab — The Commuters’ Field Day T five-yard sprint between Frank Gulch and R. FP. Juice of the 8.05 and J. Pistach of the 8.12, for the last seat on the 8.19, was hotly contested the entire distance up the aisle and resulted in a tie between Gulch and Juice. While the result- ing dispute was being settled Mr. Pilstach secured the seat. An un- identified man, endeavoring to get off the train at that station, suffered minor contusions about the nose and forehead when i arted down the aisle just as the r: arted. In a weight-lifting contest, in- augurated by Miss Miriam Towell of the 8.23, to see what g would be kind enough to tleman h down her traveling bag for her from the shelf, Mr. T. Prance of the 8.23 was the lucky winner, the weight of the bag being approximately cighty-nine pounds. Dr. B. T. Beet, asleep on the inside of Miss Towell’s seat, was slightly crushed when the bag became ageable and slipped from Mr. hands while he was lowering the floor. spike") McMullen of the or in the handicap race for that train, covering the entire distance between the station and his home four times in a single morning, when he returned for his pipe, his keys, his commutation ticket, and finally to kiss his wife good-by. McMullen caught the train over L. Dounce, his closest rival, when the latter attempted to return home a fifth time to empty the ashes out of his furnace. In the wrestling contest on the 8.36 between J. W. Crouch and the \ third window on the right in. the smoking car, Crouch established the The outdoor-slee ping fanatic takes the Twentieth Century for Chicago, record altitude of two and seven g to experts Crouch might have Tanother inch to his reeord but for the fact that the train rounded a curve just at that moment, causing the w yw to collapse on his thumb, Cre tended in his dr and hearty laugl L's injury w sing-room by jeers “Corey Ford f girls hare more on their hs than on their minds These folks get very rapid service from their maid (who is a physical culturist) by catering to a desire of hers to perform on the flying rings. comicbooks.com