Judge, 1925-05-02 · page 10 of 36
Judge — May 2, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains several distinct humor pieces: **"Men I Have Never Met"** (top left): A humorous essay by S. Rank listing paradoxes—products he knows sell (Hamilton watches, menthol inhalers) yet claims never meeting actual users. The joke satirizes consumer culture and mass marketing: goods are ubiquitous despite never encountering real purchasers. It also mocks social etiquette (the unused "guest towel"), suggesting people lack courage for normal behavior. **"Big Dentist—Seat!"** (top): A slapstick cartoon showing someone being launched from a dentist's chair, satirizing dental anxiety. **The crossword/movie agent exchanges** (center-right): Quick gags—one about a cross-eyed man's puzzle-solving difficulties, another about a press agent using an actress's photo for halitosis advertisements (period advertising commonly featured "bad breath" as a social disgrace). **Bottom comic strip**: A four-panel sequence showing a man repeatedly operating something, with the caption "What father gets out of the four seasons"—likely about seasonal household maintenance or chores. The overall tone is light, topical satire typical of early-to-mid 20th-century American humor magazines.
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Men I Have Never Met Bu“ E it or not I have never met on nnected with a railre who carried a Hamilton watch for forty-two yeurs without having it gi these me I have never mi a menthol inh: Yet my drug- gist tells me sells hundreds of them every week. T know he can’t he lying as I always notice the little carton display which stands on his counter and there always seem to he vacant spaces every time [go in. And, by the way, as yet 1 have never met a man wh : enough to use a “guest's” towel. I am certain that the lovely hand- embroidered towel hanging all by itself on the rack, is there to be used. Yet I have never met a man who could scrape up enough courage to use one. S. Rank ‘t tf A cross-eyed man doing a cross- word puzsle Aw-w-k! Press Agent—1 rranged to have your picture appear in every n paper and magazine in the country. and it won't cost a cent. Movie Act —Wonderful! How did you do it? “LT offered your picture as an illus tration for all the halitosis ads. tae Most people think a rabbit Is cowardly and frail, And yet, though he is timid, No cook can make him quail. Headline “Insane Man Found in City Hall.” ‘The remarkable part about the mat- ter is the fact. that he was dis covered. “Guess they're all out of order!” comicbooks.com