Judge, 1925-08-01 · page 8 of 36
Judge — August 1, 1925 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine contains several pieces of 1920s-era satirical humor: **"Hot Weather Suggestions"** offers absurdist advice for summer survival, referencing Mayor Hylan's public street showers—a real NYC municipal initiative. The jokes mock overheated tempers and romantic complications during summer. **"Epilaughs"** presents humorous epitaphs, including one about a neighbor driven to murder by someone buying a saxophone—satirizing the instrument's popularity and annoyance as a noisy fad in the 1920s. **"Krazy Kracks"** is a punny wordplay joke using "loquacious." **"Funnybones"** cartoon depicts "Farmer Wiserube" literally harnessing his rocking-chair-bound boarders' kinetic energy to power household utilities—a visual pun on the idea of extracting productivity from lazy summer guests. This satirizes both rural hospitality burdens and human-powered labor absurdity. The overall tone reflects common 1920s magazine humor: lighthearted social observation, domestic comedy, and wordplay-based gags.
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Hot Weather Suggestions W=8 loose fitting clothing. If = you have none, borrow some from a friend who is’ much larger than you. Remember not to chase those who make fun of you on the streets, as running causes one to become overheated. Don’t fight. If you are married, separate from the other half during the summer months. Cross crowded thoroughfares as much as possible. Your narrow escapes from getting run over are bound to make you shiver. Don’t eat. Drink. If you can’t go to the seashore, bathe under one of Mayor Hylan’s street showers, or in one of the public fountains. Under no circumstances attempt any diving. Keep away from red hot mam- mas. Sleep on the roof. As near the edge as possible. Have your head~ overhang. Then every time you look down into the street you will break out into a cold sweat. Use cold cream. Cultivate a frigid manner. Use crisp sentences. Wear a frozen expression. “Pm in love and I am loved.” R. C. O’Brien “Then you must be perfectly happy.” “But it isn’t the same man!” When there's a bill, we're away Fudge will pay $5 for Gach ane printed The neighbors rose and placed our Phil Beneath this granite stone. They'd stood a lot from him until He bought a saxophone! Aun esUter bec lo susie pays 85 10F e0ch one plata, The only person who takes love seriously nowadays is the tennis player. LY “RAC. “give a sentence with the word Loquacious” a Sl elumped Farmer Wiserube harnesses the power generated by his boarders who her to loquacious rock allday on the porch and gets enough to light the house, churn the going.” cream and pump the water. comicbooks.com