Judge, 1925-10-31 · page 5 of 37
Judge — October 31, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated humorous pieces typical of Judge's satirical format: **"I Know a Girl"** (top left): A prose satire mocking a woman's superficial understanding of banking terminology. She confuses financial concepts (loans, mortgages, Ellis Island) with completely unrelated things, suggesting women lack serious financial knowledge—a common 1920s-era sexist trope. **"Funnybones"**: Brief joke about parking violations and judge fines. **Other cartoons**: Include domestic humor (a wife's shopping excuses), definitions (an optimist expecting "wise gag"), and apartment living jokes about condensed milk and roominess. The humor relies on period stereotypes about gender roles, urban life, and financial/domestic incompetence. The overall tone is lighthearted rather than mean-spirited, typical of Judge's middle-class audience appeal.
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I Know a Girl Sz thinks a loan is a miserable way to be, that surplus is part of an evening dress and that stock is what farmers keep in their barns, but she’s just taken a job in a bank and says she thinks it’s the cutest idea to be in a business that makes other people come and give you money. She thinks Ellis Island is a foreign exchange, that the checking depart- ment is where depositors leave their luggage and that a good mortgage is niety-five years old. She said she was secretary to some one in the bond department, which she told me was where the liquor was kept. When I answered, “Then you must handle a lot of notes,” she replied that she opened all her boss’s mail and found it ever so interesting, especially one letter on pink linen paper. So that’s how she holds her job! Carroll FUNNYBOWES, You can't park your car and hate it. Uudge pays $5 for each one printed Mr.—Why isn’t dinner ready? Mrs.—Oh, I’ve been down town bargain hunting all afternoon, and I just couldn’t get home in time. “Huh! Looking for something for nothing, I suppose?” “Yes, indeed. Trying to get you a birthday present!” “Now take the chewin’ gum outa ya mouth ’n’ see how much ya weigh.” <% “Pa, what is an optimist?” “The reader, my son. He expects to find some wise gag on that subject here.” ——~ Explained It isn’t the popular songs that are so bad, it’s-thé way they sing ’em. The Reply Graphic “Is your apartment roomy?” “Roomy—hell! We have to use condensed milk!” RR Speaking of irresistible forces and F : : immovable objects—what happens ‘Have any fights at school to-day, Bill?” when a man from Florida meets a “None, except of course at recess.” man from California?