Judge, 1925-06-20 · page 22 of 36
Judge — June 20, 1925 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes **Prohibition-era tourism and the "near-beer" loophole**. The main cartoon mocks wealthy Americans crossing into Canada to escape U.S. alcohol restrictions. A couple mistakes a waiter's dropped dinner for "jazz" dancing—physical comedy about urban sophistication. The poetry celebrates honeymoons to Canada, where "near-beer" (low-alcohol beverage legally permitted during Prohibition) supposedly tastes better than American bootleg liquor. The satire targets the absurdity: people traveling internationally to legally consume weak beer, and the cultural contradiction that legal near-beer seems preferable to illegal full-strength booze. "Krazy Kracks" presents a father angry his daughter spent only $10 weekly on a boyfriend, while she defends it as reasonable since "a week passes so quickly when you're so fond of each other"—satirizing both stingy courtship budgets and romantic infatuation. The home design cartoon depicts the Smiths' house as literally chaotic, suggesting marriage mirrors domestic discord.
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Sne—What hearenly Jazz let's dance! “That isn't jazz—the waiter dropped our dinner.” Here Comes the Bride! Core. my Lothario, North to Ontario— Dixie is dismal and drear, i nto fold ‘Toronto And bathe in the four per cent. beer! Living’s Arcadian “Cross the Canadian Border—come on, let us cruise— For Canada’s near-beer Possesses more cheer, dear, Than bootleg American booze! Break out the Packarl And follow the placard That points to our Northern fron tier; We gay honeymooners Will lap up the schooners With “Prosit!” and four per cent. heer! ACL. L. Statistical Klepper—There is now one auto for about every five persons. Boyd—l week T drove! my quota the first KRAZY RACKS “give a sentence with the word “Why. hang it, girl’ said her father angrily only 810 a wee “Tknow, father,” said the daughter pleadingly. “But then a week passes so quickly when you're so fond of each other.” Phat fellow earns The Smiths design their new home in taste with the character of their married life. comicbooks.com