Judge, 1925-08-22 · page 13 of 36
Judge — August 22, 1925 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several independent humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines: **Top cartoon**: A surfing scene mocking timidity—both the canoeist and passenger admit to being frightened, deflating the supposed bravery of ocean recreation. **"Krazy Kracks"**: A word-game humor section where "Demur" is used in a sentence about a debate, playing on the word's similarity to "de" + "murr" (the sound of disagreement). **"Her Forte"**: A domestic joke about wives dragging reluctant husbands out socially—standard early 20th-century humor about marriage tensions. **"Funnybones"**: A one-liner about family arguments preventing peace. **Bottom cartoon**: Dark humor about traffic accidents and ambulances—the joke being that after the first ambulance responds to an accident, others arrive expecting multiple casualties, suggesting accidents were common enough to anticipate fatalities. These represent typical Judge content: lighthearted domestic situations and contemporary social observations, with no apparent political commentary.
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Ve Canoeist—Gosh! Fifty per cent. of those people on shore would be scared to death of this surf! PasseNGER—That’s nothin’—fifty per cent. of us are scared. Her Forte Blinks—What did you name the KRAZY ‘RACKS 2" 2 “give a centence with the word y wir ‘ . i Demur and {i Blanks—Bill—tor his mother! Family jars will not preserve Debater™ es 4 ce al Peace. “Demur I think ¥ No man quite appreciates the com- tisteooe | forts of his home until the evening his wife wishes to be taken out. “What's the string of ambulances for?” “The first one is responding to an accident call and the others come along to pick up casualties.”