Judge, 1925-08-15 · page 10 of 37
Judge — August 15, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers **Cut-Outs Section:** This shows paper dolls of Mayor John F. Hylan of New York (circa 1920s), with various costume options. The satire is that readers can dress him in different outfits to mock or ridicule him—a form of political caricature common in Judge magazine's irreverent humor. **"Krazy Kracks":** A pun section playing on words (e.g., "Bailiff me" sounds like "bail if" when the word "bail" is substituted). These are quick joke formats typical of period humor magazines. **"Nervy People":** A list of absurd character types and their contradictory behaviors—people who ask for inappropriate things in bad situations (asking for soap while boiling, asking for comfort before execution). This satirizes human irrationality and social awkwardness through exaggeration. **"The Millennium":** A 5-and-10-cent store window display showing Ford automobiles, likely satirizing commercialism and modern consumerism of the era. The overall tone is irreverent, mocking both politicians and social conventions.
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PA e) y CUT-OUTS FOR THE KIDDERS No. 3—This, little readers, is Hizzoner hizzelf, J-hn F. H-l-n, Mayor of New York. Try the little suits on him and see if he likes it. “I want none of your lip!” said Nervy People the girl as she drew away from her KRALY WRACKS ai, ae ahcrous tescort: “given sentence with the word HE fellow w ho is thrown into a tub of boiling water by cannibals “Bailiff me, it's and asks for a cake of soap. PAD x it 8 hard to borrow fife The movie exhibitor who charges No picnic is a real success unless dollars in dis x blind men admission. it’s called off. eee The murderer who is about to be hanged who asks for a foot-rest. The telephone girl who gives you the right number and then says: “Excuse it, please.” The doctor who advises you not to cat apples. The village postmaster who cannot read the French on a post card you receive from Paris and asks you to read it to him. The dog catcher who has pets of his own. The lady who borrows a gun from her husband and then shoots him with it. R. C. O’Brien Funnybones. “It's an ill wind that blows a saxophone.” The Millennium ‘Fudge will pay $5 for Gach one printed comicbooks.com