Judge, 1925-09-05 · page 28 of 36
Judge — September 5, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct satirical pieces targeting different subjects: **"Mushy Muscles"** (left): An advertisement masquerading as self-help, by Earle E. Liederman. It mocks men who neglect physical fitness, using shame to sell a muscle-building program. This reflects early 20th-century anxiety about masculine vigor. **"Parlor Socialism"** (top right): A cartoon satirizing wealthy women's performative charity. The joke: a woman expresses sympathy for poor winter sufferers but only offers *old* clothes from her closet—charity that costs her nothing while allowing self-congratulation. This mocks upper-class hypocrisy regarding poverty. **"Celebrating the Day"** (bottom right): A cartoon with Yiddish-accented dialogue mocking Jewish immigrants. A father instructs his son to deceive a customer about secondhand goods, counting lies as a form of celebration (implying dishonesty is culturally typical). This is an ethnic stereotype common to the era. All three pieces reflect Judge's satirical targets: physical weakness, class pretension, and immigrant communities.
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you looked in the mirror this morning, did an ienitation of a real man stare you in ths face? Chest hollow as a bent feck Tat Shoulders stooped like a tired old hack Arms like ropes with knots‘on the end? Ni scraway as ag old crows? Legs ‘Sia as noe stema?.. Muscles soft and flabby? How can you expect fo amount to anything. if, your like something the cat, dragged in? Mushy muscles— They Are My Meat as thousands upon thousands of my pupile will, tell . | take as they come, it working! 1 mak Dept: 3009-305 Broadway Ey UEDERMAN lway, New York City mith 10 cents, for wi 1 obligation on ‘your write or New York City ASK DAD—HE KNOWS What They Laughed at in the Good Old Days B. Hewes in Judge, 1910. PARLOR SOCIALISM Tue Dear Turnc—I feel 80 sorry for the poor in winter. give the very eres: my back to relieve their suffering. C. J. Budd in Judge, 1900. CELEBRATING THE DAY Ecxsrem, Jn.— Fader, I lied to dot feller aboud dot coat, vest und pants I solt him.” Dot's t’ree lies dis morning. - -Eoxstern, Sr.—Call him pack und tell him dese oxpenders haf gold buckles und make it Jew lie der fourth. 26... comicbooks.com