Judge, 1925-05-16 · page 10 of 36
Judge — May 16, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains several humor pieces typical of the 1920s flapper era: **"Figure It Out"** satirizes Euclid (ancient Greek mathematician) as a pompous intellectual announcing a "epochal discovery"—that four out of five people will have arthritis by age 40. The joke mocks pretentious scholars inflating trivial observations as groundbreaking wisdom. **The top cartoon** depicts flappers and references mind-reading as a trendy 1920s fad. The humor is that learning to read minds has made someone perpetually embarrassed by others' thoughts. **"Emergency Cases"** collects brief anecdotes about absurd situations—a man stuck in a telephone booth, tourists misbehaving—presented as humorous miscellaneous observations. **Other items** include wordplay ("Dotty Declares"), puns about curlers and misery, and a joke about a man caught kissing his stenographer. These reflect period attitudes about flapper culture, courtship scandals, and everyday mishaps treated as comedy fodder. The overall tone is light, gossipy satire targeting 1920s social trends and human folly.
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Finest Flarren COND FLAPPER oor Peter! Why, what's the matter with him? A JNemene soso cece wo years ago he took a course in mind-reading, and he hasn't stopped blushing since.” Figure It Out famous Greek mathe- Was expected any moment. Word had gone forth throughout Greater Greece that the brilliant calculator was arriving with His dis- ciples were expectantly. grouped. in his living-room, Some lazy ones eping on the multiplication fers Were grouped mat with adding ype writers. TI was all set for Euclid’s a new, epochal discovery. ! shouted the multi- as Euclid dashed in, fountain nd notebook in A hush fell over the onlookers as Euclid ponderously proclaimed : “TL have found a most wonderful Hearken ve all.” dropped nor a lid solemnly mir out of every five will have it at forty!” Arthur L. Lippmann tae Willie lit some gasoline Thru the roof the family went. Mother said, “How fortunate That we hadn't paid the rent.” (\Funnybones/ ) Little Dora Dumb thinks a 9 is a smail sailor. \brgei ¥ poy 85 for Gach one printed DOTTY DECLARES That uncasy lies the head that wears the curlers! Emergency Cases aught in vuldn’t He was stuck. A yx He was unabl Then somebody . of hooeh. get out. man was called. get him ont. him (the vietim) a drink That immediately knocked him out. \ tourist in Switzerland once beat a hotelekeeper out of a week's board. Later the two met high up in the Alps. As quick as a wink the tourist slipped behind a large chunk of ice and dropped completely out of sight. Incidentally, his body was recovered —but the ventually hotel - keeper never ri ered his loss. Aman once argued with a subway guard because there were no ble He said he intended to stand He did. Jed unexpectedly at her husband's office and found him kiss- ing his pretty stenographer. With remarkable pre: of mind he ex- plained th was. kissing her good-by. That was the truth! R.C. O'Brien Well, Misery Loves Company Liquor used to bring misery; now it brings company. comicbooks.com