Judge, 1925-06-27 · page 24 of 37
Judge — June 27, 1925 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor compilation page from Judge, featuring short jokes and quips typical of 1920s American college and social satire. The main cartoon depicts a woman at a telephone excited about a yacht, while a man warns her against misbehaving in an automobile—satirizing the social anxieties of the Jazz Age regarding young women's newfound freedoms and unsupervised dating. The "Books I Have Not Read" section mocks contemporary public figures through fake memoir titles: Edward Bok's mediocrity, William Jennings Bryan's self-importance, child actor Jackie Coogan's premature "recollections," and boxer Jack Dempsey attempting poetry. The joke is these figures' inflated egos or incongruity with authorship. Other jokes target college life (thermometers in fraternity houses), hypocrisy (students reading Balzac for "literary value"), and gender dynamics (a doctor husband causing a wife to stop eating apples—likely implying dietary restrictions). The overall tone reflects upper-class collegiate humor and gentle social observation characteristic of the era.
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“Wonder what makes the grass so green in the spring?” “That's easy. It hasn't been around all winter.” —Norre Dame JuccLer tae Two strangers happened to meet and started talking; one Books I Have Not Read “Memoirs of a Mediocrity,” by Edward W. Bok. “From Amozba to Me,” by Wil- liam J. Bryan. “Recollections of Seventy Years,” by Jackie Coogan. “Excuse My French!” by Fraser 1 Squair. or the Kiddies,” by H. L. Mencken. “The Flight That Failed,” by Louis XVI. “All's Well With the World,” by Upton Sinclair. “Ventures in Verse,” by Jack Dempsey. fy Thoughts,” by any United States Senator. —Yale Record of them immediately be- came rather confidential. “Yes, I've not seen my " brother nor heard from ' him for thirty years. He was stolen when he was a baby. “Did he have a straw- berry mark on his right | | s Brother Y | —Bouwdoin Bear Skin | PIs One—I hear the new Sig Delt house has a thermometer in every room. Two—They ought to have barometers. —Colgate Banter sas | “He certainly can play the ivories.” “T didn’t know he was a musician.” isn’t—he shoots —Boston Beanpot mobile? Sne—I'm just wild about a yacht! He—Do you think you could behare yourself in an auto- —Princeton Ticer Her Masher's Voice. —Micnican GarcorLe Reason Enough Ethel—Phyliss stopped cating apples after her marriage to young Jinks. Lynda—’Smatter, dis- agree with her or sum- pin’? “Naw, her husband's a doctor.” —Whio State Sun Dial tae What is a hypocrite? A hypocrite, my son, is a student who says he reads Balzac’s — Droll Stories because of their literary value. —Washington Columns sae First Stude—Can you keep a secret? Not Stude—Yes. ‘an you lend me “Your secret is kept; I've heard nothing. —Wesleyan Wasp comicbooks.com