Judge, 1925-12-12 · page 22 of 37
Judge — December 12, 1925 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **humor compilation page** featuring short jokes and witty exchanges from various college and humor publications, typical of Judge magazine's format. **Key content:** The jokes mock social pretensions and gender dynamics of the era. One exchange satirizes upper-class British affectation (a lord complaining about a "flat tire" after hitting a pedestrian). Another jokes about women's logic ("Dumb Dora"). A lengthy poem parodies romantic inability—a man fluent in multiple languages yet unable to express affection in English. **The illustration** (bottom) depicts what appears to be a social gathering, captioning a flirtation: a woman asks a man to mind her animals; he agrees, then she hands them to him—a clever reversal of expectations playing on double meaning of "mind." The page reflects **1920s social humor**: class mockery, courtship anxieties, and gentle sexism. References to college publications (MIT, Dartmouth, Pitt) indicate this targeted educated, young readers amused by undergraduate wit and romantic mishaps.
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er eo So ca as IE ST ee ome se a > == “Cheerio! I've created a jolly fine joke.” “Yes, milord?” “A pound in the hand, don't you know, is worth two on the head.” —Cauirornia PEevican Famous Sayings of Great Men “I'd walk a mile for a camel,”— John Ringling. “There’s one born every minute.” —Henry Ford. “What a whale of a difference a few cents makes.”-—John T, Wool- worth, —Bowdoin Bear Skin Curses I could rave in Anglo-Saxon Of my sweetheart’s Jocks so flaxen, I could tell of all her many charms in Dutch, With Latin I'd entrance her, With Swedish I'd enhance her, And in German I could surely tell her much. In Italian I'd extol her, And in my liquid notes would call her, All the lovely and poetic forms in Greek; But alas, it’s most distressing, And I'll have to keep her guessing, Not a doggone foreign language do I speak. —Denison Flamingo PAA Stealing a kiss may be only “petty” larceny but Dumb Dora thinks it’s “grand.” —Sterens Stone Milt uv a we “I say, James, why this delay?” “A flat tire, sir.” “You must be more careful. That last pedestrian we ran over must have had a flask on his hip.” —Rice Owt sae “I just blew myself in to a new “How do you usually put them on?” —Boston Bean Pot oC CHEER C= She—I'm sorry, but I can’t return your ring. He—Well, then, just give me the ticket. —Pitt Panther Sas Freshman—Where do jail-birds come from? Soph—They are raised from larks, bats and swallows. —M. 1. T. Voo Doo SuE—Do you mind animals here? He—We most certainly do, madam! “Then will you mind these for me a little while?” —Dartaoutn Jack O’ LANTERN comicbooks.com