Judge, 1925-04-18 · page 5 of 36
Judge — April 18, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humorous anecdotes and illustrations typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. The main story "I Know a Girl" by Carroll mocks automobile enthusiasts through the narrator's account of a woman obsessed with cars—she considers Fords "shallow," discusses Cadillacs as transport wagons, and views her automobile hobby as serious. The humor derives from exaggerating automotive fandom as pretentious behavior. The illustration depicts a man experiencing sudden hypochondriacal worry ("Sudden thought of a germ crank"), reflecting contemporary anxieties about germs and disease—a common satirical target in this era. The bottom sections include wordplay jokes and cultural references to artists like Titian and Botticelli, typical of Judge's sophisticated, literary humor aimed at educated readers. The "WHY NOT?" section offers a rubber-stamp lip-stick joke.
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I Know a Girl He thinks that a Ford is a shallow place in a river, that a Cadillac is a wagon in which they transport cows and th: n Dodge is an old ust crazy about auto- mobiles and motoring. In fact, it’s one of her hobbies. joke, but she’ She say's she thinks there’s nothing n to go whirring through God's virgin country with the wind lashing agai: ur face. I don’t know how she cor thought from the front se: roof of a Fifth avenue bus. T asked her if she thought steering difficult: and she on the she'd never tried it as she hadn't ever been on a ranch, but that it looked pretty easy from the way the cowboys in the movies did it The other night we had to take a taxi home because my engine froze and she said it served me right for not remembering to turn on the tor. thinks Chevrolet is a Freneh gambling game, Packard a new kind of steamer trunk and Marmon a religious cult. T called her on the phone the other night and told her if she ted to go for an auto ride I'd take out the new Moon. She answered that she'd for a ride with me when I was and hung up. did get that ride, how- » far when she chine to he most im- portant thing is the cluteh She cuddled close to me and whis- pered, “Go on.” We stopped! Carroll WHY NOT? The rubber stamp lip-stick Sudden thought of a germ crank. Telltale Tresses Helen—What are the wild waves saying? Ellen—That George has been here, fae First Sheik—How did you get that cauliflower e: Second—My girl's father threw me out into the vegetable garden Artists Treren Titian might have done your hair, And Tintoret your arms; And Botticelli’s talent rare Might lie behind your charms; Though Giorgione, were he here, Might lend that glow of health, There isn’t any doubt, old dear, You did your lips yourself. Edwin Rutt comicbooks.com