Judge, 1925-08-29 · page 5 of 36
Judge — August 29, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge's social commentary: **"Epitaphs"** mockingly presents brief epitaphs, including one for "Young Sleep Stida" who "read aloud / The mortar loud"—likely ridiculing tedious public speakers. **The office illustration** satirizes summer workplace conditions, showing a man struggling with excessive heat and an open stile door, captioning the difficulty of maintaining professional decorum during August. **"Funnybones"** offers a quip about prize rings and fights. **"When the Wife Wires She'll Be Home To-morrow"** is the main satirical piece, humorously chronicling a bachelor's frantic domestic scramble—vacuuming, washing dishes, cleaning—upon learning his wife returns. It mocks both bachelor slovenliness and the performative housekeeping husbands undertake to hide neglect. The humor relies on early 20th-century gender stereotypes about domestic labor and marital dynamics.
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Cars Vage This grate contains Young Joey Sitels. He read aloud The movie titles. “What do you make of it, Wat- son?” asked the great detective, as | his friend appeared with a box of raisins in his hand. PIS | Prince Aage, of Denmark, was wounded while fighting the Riffians with the French Foreign Legion. We know that guy. He wrote the first volume of our encyclopedia. Pas Drinking has become so general at ‘all colleges that a number of University Dramatic Clubs are think- ing of changing their names to “The Flask and Swig Society.” Ir The number of unemployed in this country varies, depending to a great extent upon the whereabouts of the boss, During August, instructions for amateur housekeepers should be broadcast. The gentleman climbing over the stile, who could not get away this summer, tries to give a rustic atmosphere to the office. When the Wife Wires She'll Be Home To-morrow 4.30 a.m.—Alarm clock __ rings. You leap out of bed and violently throw open the windows to air the apartment. 5.00 a.m.—You use the vacuum cleaner in every room and hurriedly remove. the traces of last night’s poker game. 6.00 a.m.—You tackle two weeks’ unwashed dishes. 7.30 a.m.—You re-arrange the bureau drawers and dust throughout the flat. 8.00 a.s.—You shave, bathe and stand at the door ready to welcome her. 8.30 a.m.—You receive a telegram from her: “Will stay another week. Feed the cat. Love.” A week later you go through the same performance above and receive another telegram: “Staying just one more week, honey. Send $50. Love.” Still a week later. You don’t touch a thing, eagerly awaiting the expected telegram. At 8.30 a bundle of righteous indignation bustles from room to room, deploring the condi- tion of the place. 9.30 a..—You sneak away to the office and look up your private boot- legger’s new telephone number. A prize ring isn't the only kind that signifies a fight. Tuadge will poy 85 for ach one printed