Judge, 1925-05-09 · page 20 of 36
Judge — May 9, 1925 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Reveler"** mocks intoxicated urban men—a conductor helps a drunk passenger, satirizing public drunkenness and working-class behavior. **"Time Will Tell"** jokes about divorce and custody. A child says parents are taking him to Reno (Nevada's divorce capital) "to find out" whose child he is—dark satire on marital instability and parental abandonment. **Lower cartoon** shows a street con: an adult warns a youth about urban pickpockets and swindlers, depicting the naive "rube" (country person) vulnerable to city crime—a common anxiety about rural migrants in urban centers. **"Funnybones"** is a caption gag equating poets with impractical people who starve for art. Together, these reflect contemporary anxieties: urban vice, marital breakdown, and urban danger to the innocent—typical *Judge* satirical targets.
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“Now, listen. | eyes open—don't let ‘em Know you're a rube,don't let em put anything orer on you— mae s\haitt You'll have to go around the city yourself today. | and look out for pickpockets!” Keep your REeEveLcer—Avw right, here's y’ fare, conductor, an’ stop ‘n let us off ata hun'dred an’ tenth street ‘n help m’ friend downshtairs cause I think he's slightly ‘ntoxicated. Time Will Tell Visitor—Are you mamma's boy or papa’s boy? Small Boy—I dunno. We're going to Reno next week to find out. ae Lots of people Do not like Statues and Paintings of Figures in the Nude. But I do. I don’t know why. T guess it is bec I was just born that way. Sas Mind is the man. Well, then, what is the woman? Never mind! Funnybones A pot is a fellow who would rather write than eat. Tudo wil poy $5 for cach one prevted comicbooks.com —————— a AANAN >a