Judge, 1925-08-22 · page 25 of 36
Judge — August 22, 1925 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on early 1920s American politics and social issues: **Main items:** - **KKK baseball challenge**: Mocks racial tensions by joking about violence during a game between a Black team and a KKK team. - **Prohibition**: References "General Andrews" and rum-running at the Canadian border—commentary on alcohol smuggling during Prohibition. - **African missionaries**: Satirizes white missionaries criticizing African women's clothing while ignoring American women's revealing fashions (paint, powder). - **Mayor Hylan**: New York Democrats allegedly wanting to remove Mayor Hylan by promoting him to Supreme Court—ironic commentary on political maneuvering. - **Scopes Trial**: References the famous 1925 evolution trial, with a bailiff denying the "monkey" evolutionary connection. - **Bottom cartoon**: A "wealthy boob" and woman in a car—she's isolated in nature; he regrets not bringing cards for entertainment, suggesting shallow materialism. The page reflects Judge's style: satirizing politics, morality, and social pretension through brief, barbed observations.
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A negro baseball team in Illinois has challenged the Ku Klux Klan team of that region to a ball game. God help the umpire! NewspareR Heapiiwe—“Gen- eral Andrews Off to Dam Rum Flow at Canadian Border.” And add another to the chain of Great Lakes. Prof. O. E. Baker, of Clark Uni- tersity—“The dairy cow is the agri- cultural achievement of the cen- tury.” So is her old man! Count Antonio Cippico, Italian Fascist Senator—‘‘Mussolini is no firebrand.” We don’t think so much of him, either, JUDGE /\ REMARKS ) Dr. and Mrs. Piper, African Missionaries—‘‘In Masumbaland we tried to teach the women they should wear something more than beads, palm oil and sunshine. But here we are shocked to discover that the girls and women wear only paint, powder and suggestion.” Cheer up! They may soon cut out the suggestion. ar | Democratic leaders in New York City would like to eliminate Mayor Hylan by making him a justice of the supreme court. Ah! Justice tempered with mercy! Newspaper Headline—“Quake Felt in Switzerland.” *Alp, “alp! Indignant bailiff trying to preserve order at Scopes Trial—‘*Keep quiet, you out there; they ain’t no monkeys up here and this ain’t no circus.” Methinks the gentleman did protest too much. Leopold Schepp—“I wish to make philanthropy a study and will be glad to entertain any suggestions that can be made on the subject.” How about presenting everybody with a subscription to JupGE? Se (who has got him where she wanted)—I always feel there’s just a sad loneliness about the country. Weattuy Boos—Well, I am sorry. I might easily have brought along a pack of cards. comicbooks.com