Judge, 1925-10-03 · page 4 of 36
Judge — October 3, 1925 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several domestic humor pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **Top cartoon**: Shows a couple returning from their honeymoon. The wife says they "must settle down something," implying newlyweds must establish household routines and responsibilities after the romantic honeymoon phase ends. **"Ballads of a Husband"**: A poem mocking husbands whose wives use their razors for household tasks (sharpening pencils, scraping pans), ruining them—a common domestic complaint of the era. **Bottom cartoon**: A wife compliments her new dress as "sweet," and the husband agrees it's "sweet and loud"—satire on women's fashion choices and marital disagreement over taste. **"Krazy Kracks"**: A light wordplay joke section. The page reflects traditional gender roles and domestic conflict humor popular in 1920s American magazines.
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<r UG 7 , Here lies what's left of Willie Weaver Siz feet beneath the sod. He gave a victim of hay fever A bouquet of goldenrod! Ulead es O77 4 tet Za nl eae pays for each One pr a It is getting so that when anyone of the family goes on a week-end motor trip, we feel like putting a service flag in the window. FAS It never helps a man’s appearance to have his breach of promise suit pressed. Why sympathize with the tired business man? Every manager on Broadway is willing to give him a show. And besides he never never gets leg weary. Reaching for the hip still indicates that some one will be carried out. “They just got back from their honeymoon.” “Oh, well, they’ve got to settle down sometime!” Ballads of a Husband M y razor she uses To open tin cans, To sharpen lead pencils, To scrape pots and pans. And always she puts it Right back in its place; Yes, she ruins my razors— And I ruin my face! R. C. O’Brien KRALY RACKS “give a sentence with the word A Dispose” g “Who is dis- pose of?” Wire—Don’t you think my new dress is sweet? Huspy—Yes—sweet and low! comicbooks.com