Judge, 1925-06-13 · page 15 of 36
Judge — June 13, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor. **"Another Book of the Damned"** by Don Herold argues that men, not women, are the frivolous sex. Herold critiques masculine behavior—poker playing, wearing fancy clothes, attending parades, chasing women—as inherently silly, while men stereotypically dismiss women as trivial. The cartoon shows men learning poker, visualizing the game's appeal to male vanity. Herold's point: men mock women's supposed superficiality while engaging in equally absurd conduct. **"Biography of a Self-made Inventor"** by Richard S. Wallace satirizes the rags-to-riches narrative. Harry Carrey's repeated failed inventions (spaghetti fork, potato net, drinking fountain) don't improve his circumstances until age forty, when he mysteriously succeeds with a "rubber automobile." The satire suggests that luck, not innovation, drives success—and that inventor mythology obscures this reality. The doctor cartoon below provides comedic relief, unrelated to the main content.
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