Judge, 1925-05-09 · page 23 of 36
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This is a humorous glossary defining radio terminology for fathers trying to understand their sons' hobby. The satire works by replacing technical definitions with absurd, domestic analogies and contemporary references. Key jokes include: "Hook-up" (a dress fastener), "Tube" (expensive, unreliable), and "Circuit" (various entertainment venues—Short, Keith, Columbia, Orpheum, Loew—suggesting the radio picks up anything). "Loose coupler" is a clergyman; "Static" is blamed for radio troubles like Uncle Robert never receiving Los Angeles. Period references include Prohibition ("Sing Sing dry-cell," "Anti-saloon"), and baseball players Mathewson and Bresnahan mentioned for "Battery." The final jokes mock marriage itself: poisoning one's wife's relatives or marrying an orphan to eliminate "interference." The cartoons show radio tower design and a broadcast setup, illustrating the emerging technology's bewildering complexity for ordinary people.
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