Judge, 1925-12-05 · page 22 of 36
Judge — December 5, 1925 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains mostly **advertising and humorous filler content** rather than political satire. **Left side:** Two Practicoat sweater jacket advertisements ($5 and $4 price points) from Manhattanite Knitting Mills. **Center-right:** A mock-educational article titled "Seeing America Worst" that satirizes **basketball** through absurdist humor. The joke isn't political but rather comedic deflation—it describes basketball's origins in Norwegian folk games, then suggests it became "efficient" for office workers to throw out direct-mail advertising. The humor escalates absurdly: players "lie on the floor," spectators get hit by balls, and games end when teams fight outside the gymnasium, which is humorously called "sportsmanship" popular with "younger drinking set." **Bottom right:** Miscellaneous short jokes from "Tit-Bits" magazine about insomnia and ship travel. The basketball article appears to be parody of dry, pseudo-educational writing common in the era, poking fun at both the sport and corporate efficiency culture.
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‘ re ad AMERICA’S GREATEST KNIT JACKET VALUE! —_—_—_—_—_—————————_— A happy find—the Prac- ticoat. Costs only $5. Bur 1 brings the of lounging comfort in- doors, dash and verve outdoors, It’s peaceful or pepful—a companion of your moods or deeds. Just a scurdy, hand- some, posrsnreed gar- ment for all sweater occasions. I dealer basn's 1, Le Bape are fa KNITTING MILLS 8-14 West 30th Screet romise SEEING © AMERICA WORST OU are now leaving RENO, NEV. Popular Recreations Basketball Berea grew out of the old Norwegian Folk Game called “One, two, buckle my shoe; three, four,” etc. _ It was introduced into the cur- riculum of our better universities with the growth of big business. Efficiency demanded an accuracy in aim and a oneness of purpose in dis- posing of direct-by-mail advertising, so as not to make too much work for the cleaning women who, goodness knows, have @reugh to contend with. It isbecause of basketball, solely,that college men are so valuable around an office when there is something to be thrown out. | Basketball is played with a round ball filled with a specially prepared air that, when blown into the ball, gives it the same consistency, when it smites you on the head, as a billy. The game itself is played between ten men and two baskets. . The bas- kets hang on the wall and the men lie on the floor. To start the game the ball is tossed into the air between the two cen- ters, who jump for it, each doing his best to pat it first. The one who pats it most gently is considered a sweet boy and the other fellow’s team is given two points. The object of the game is to toss the ball through one of the baskets. The result is that the ball is tossed into the laps of almost all the specta- tors who line the sides of the court, as a basketball field is called. It is called a court because as sure as your born there’s trouble waiting there for you. Basketballused tobe played mostly by girls who gave it up almost en- tirely when men commenced to play it and revised the rules, the girls then deeming it too tame and effeminate. A basketball game is considered ended when the cohorts of the op- posing teams get together outside the gymnasium in which the game is played and have a free for all fight. This is what is known as sportsman- ship and is very popular among the younger drinking set. Carroll Sse Steward—Can I do anything for you, sir? Passenger (faintly)—You might present my compliments to the chief engineer and ask him if there is any hope of the boilers blowing up. —Tit-Bits Io “Afraid you're going to have in- somnia? What are the symptoms?” “Twins.” —Tit-Bits UG Cunt Meyer GREAT AEC hearing about the 99 Men from the ones! of Judge, 627 W. Forty-third street, N.Y. comicbooks.com