Judge, 1925-10-10 · page 19 of 37
Judge — October 10, 1925 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** Shows two vintage automobiles on a road with the caption "Hey! Get that ol' can off th' road!" This satirizes early automobile culture—the tension between new motor vehicles and existing traffic/pedestrians. The "can" is slang for an old or poorly-functioning car, mocking the unreliability of early automobiles. **"Hysterical Facts" Story:** A domestic comedy where Mrs. Newton accuses her husband of avoiding housework by inventing excuses at a bar ("White Horse"). When he claims to have "discovered gravity" and produces a smashed apple, she literally drops a vacuum cleaner on his head. This mocks both pseudointellectual husband excuses and references Newton's famous apple anecdote about gravity—treating a domestic dispute through the lens of scientific pretension. **Minor Items:** "Funnybones" contains a one-liner about street widening; "Who's Zoo in Limerick" is a humorous poem about a zebra rejecting stripes for fashionable checks—gentle wordplay humor typical of the era.
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“Hey! Get that ol’ can off th’ road!” Hysterical Facts vt was house-cleaning time in the Newton homestead and all day Mr. Newton had been absent. “I distinctly told him about beat- ing the carpets,” muttered Mrs. Newton, “and I'll bet at this very moment that bum inventor is down at the ‘White Horse’ inventing a new story about why he couldn't come home.” Three hours @er a wabbly tread on the front porch informed Mrs. Newton that her wandering joy had returned, “Ts ’’ she shrilled from the top of the stat “Come here!” “Now, m’dear,” cooed Isaac, “not a word, All day long I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in a Charleston contest, and what do you think I’ve discovered?” “That four out of five have pyorrhea,” came back his sarcas- tically bitter half. “Little woman,” said Sir Isaac. “I’ve discovered gravity,” and held aloft a badly smashed apple. “That,” said Mrs. Newton as she dropped the vacuum cleaner on his head, “is a lot of applesauce.” Jack Shuttleworth Another thing about strect widen- ing is that it gives the jay-walker a longer run for his money. Tudge wil pay $5 for each one printed Bisutous GeENnTLEMAN—Hang it! takesh all night! Who’s Zoo in Limerick A fashionable zebra named Rex Found a problem his mind to perplex When he read, “Checks to-day Are the thing. Stripes?—passé!” So he thereupon cashed in his checks. comicbooks.com