Judge, 1926-01-09 · page 4 of 36
Judge — January 9, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page combines humor columns with cartoons satirizing everyday mysteries and social absurdities. **"More Mysteries"** lists rhetorical questions about puzzling social conventions—what women mean by "yes" versus "no," Italian soup origins, unexplained murders, and topical issues like Prohibition's effects, the Florida real estate boom, and Ford motors. The humor relies on readers sharing frustration with these cultural enigmas. **"Literary Mysteries"** mocks predictable fiction tropes: missing plot pieces, convenient character timing, and implausible heroic escapes. It satirizes both authors' lazy storytelling and readers' willingness to accept contrived narratives. The cartoons illustrate these absurdities visually—a burglar encounter, domestic confusion. The page targets educated readers familiar with both real social frustrations and popular literature's conventions.
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Literary Mysteries Never Yet Explained Ww" happens to the pieces when day breaks. Who picks up night when it falls, softly or otherwise. What it is that clouds steal across the sky. Which one is which when a man is beside himself. Whether a thought makes any impression when it strikes. Whether the plot always thickens when the hero puts his foot in it. How a man can pass the night, when lying asleep in bed. How the villain can hope to escape when the author is against him. How the author knows that Mr. and Mrs. Hero live happily ever after. Wayne G. Haisley More Mysteries lL trombone players. Who writes the “true stories”? Hash. What would happen if this country had national prohibition? What a woman means when she says “no”? What a woman means when she says “yes”? Italian soup. Who killed cock-robin? And several other murders. How’s everything? Where do we go from here? A woman’s age? Hooch. The Florida real estate boom. Chicago's climate. Ford motors. What's funny about this? Percy Flage Fae A Black Hand letter addressed to a wealthy match and cigarette man demanded ,000 otherwise they would kidnap his wife. Through error the missive was delivered to a poor laborer by the same name who replied: “I ain’t got no money but I'm interested in your proposition.” Proressorn—Who’s there—a burglar? “Nobody’s here, boss.”” “Hmm. Sounds very sincere. It shows how one can be mistaken in { \ i oor eit comicbooks.com