Judge, 1925-12-12 · page 5 of 37
Judge — December 12, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: 1. **All-American Team**: A football roster listing, likely contemporary to publication. 2. **"Please, Santa"**: A poem asking St. Nick to bring "that oft-martyred bozo, the man of the house" a necktie—satirizing husbands as neglected or poorly dressed figures deserving gift attention. 3. **Master Plumber cartoon**: Shows workers lounging while a foreman threatens a strike, satirizing labor disputes and worker productivity concerns common to the era. 4. **"Krazy Kracks"**: Brief joke section about a movie actor's kissing technique. 5. **"Lost!"**: A joke about the Ten Commandments vanishing into movies, satirizing cinema's perceived moral influence. The page reflects working-class domestic and labor tensions alongside period anxieties about entertainment's cultural impact.
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! All-American Team Hunchback of Notre Dame Left Guard... .Climate of California Center........0006 Hail, Columbia Right Guard.... Murders of Chicago Right Tackle... ..Corn of Kentucky Right End... .Agua Velva, Williams Left Halfback . Moonshine of W. Va. Right Halfback. ...Beans of Boston Quarterback... Whirlwind of Kansas Fullback... .Rapid Shave of Colgate B. C. Bigler (AUG Cay SZ een Underneath this heap of stones, Lies the body of William Jones. His name was Smith, it wasn't Jones, Jones was used to rhyme with stones. pbb rinrabe bie bd Ay in ln See PAY? #5 FOF €OCN One princes Please, Santa Now Christmas draws near us, St. Nick, listen in On your radio up at the pole, As the many entreaties for presents begin, You perfectly splendid old soul. But when you appear, and not even a mouse Is stirring, pray heed this one prayer Of that oft-martyred bozo, the man of the house, And bring him a tie he can wear. Taxi-PassenceR—Young man, take your arms away from my waist! Woman's place, according to Mack Sennett, is in a one-piece bathing suit. &, Master Prumper—Gee, Ed, I’m gettin’ tired 0’ this doin’ nothin’ but loafin’ around all day long; whatta ya say we go on strike? *Struth Little old joke Now don’t you cry, You'll be a comic strip By and by. “He seen I rcuz annoy rishman.”* Practice Makes Perfect “That movie actor certainly knows how to prolong kisses, doesn’t he?” “Yes, he was formerly employed in a confectionery, pulling taffy.” Lost! Weep—Alas! Alas! What |.as happened to the ten commandments? Reep—They went into the movies!