Judge, 1926-01-23 · page 11 of 36
Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **"A Reincarnationist to His Love"** (Gardner Rea): A witty poem mocking reincarnation philosophy. The speaker traces his love through geological ages (pterodactyls, Middle Ages, etc.), concluding that despite evolving through countless lifetimes together, they've simply become bored with each other—undermining the romantic notion that eternal love transcends reincarnation. **"Antiques—Inside and Out"**: Satirizes America's obsession with Colonial-era antiques and historical tourism. The piece mocks antique shops' ubiquitous spinning wheels (falsely attributed to Martha Washington) and their tendency to claim every old piece belonged to George Washington. The joke escalates absurdly: Washington allegedly "malappropriated millions" by sleeping in various beds across the country—turning endorsement into a founding father scandal. **"Even in Those Days"**: A single-panel cartoon about taxi chairs becoming reckless pedestrians, likely commenting on traffic safety in urban areas. The page satirizes both romantic sentimentality and Americans' reverence for historical artifacts and celebrity associations.
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A Reincarnationist to His Love W's pterodactyls terrible And dinosaurs were dinning— In other words, when arable Terrain was just beginning— Our love served its novitiate; And thence by divers stages Through Tyre, though it sounds fishy, it Attained the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages aging then, Our love continued going; The passion we were staging then, My dear, continues showing; And since, cerebro-spinally, We're what we were before us— Why marvel, Love, that finally So thoroughly we bore us? Gardner Rea Antiques—Inside and Out ATIVE shoppes are all alike, inside and out. There is always a spinning wheel on the lawn. And it is always rumored that Martha Washington used to go for a spin on it every morning. Inside there is always a spinnet, a spindle leg chair, a spinach plate of pewter and an old-fashioned New England i And so, the spins of the forefathers ited by their children even unto financial embarrassment. There may or may not be a little boy play- ing outside, but there are sure to be six or seven highboys and low boys laying inside— laying in wait—laying in wait for eggs who think everything for sale in New England No fool like an old fool! came over on the Mayflower. An- tique worshipers are all of the im- pression that that venerable old ship Bor Gol? A EVEN IN THOSE DAYS Tue PepestriaN—The taxi chairs are getting more reck every day! was about twice the size of the Leviathan and ran in sections. Outside there is always an old- fashioned pansy bed. Inside, an old- fashioned four-poster bed. It will be whispered, at the top of any given pair of lungs, that George Washington slept in this bed once. Thus bringing to light the first great political scandal of the United States. The practice is still in vogue. It seems that during Washington’s leadership of the Army and his sub- sequent presidency he malappropri- ated millions for expense (but not one cent for tribute), touring the country, sleeping in beds for promi- nent Colonial furniture houses such as Windsors, Inc. He sometimes slept in two or three beds a night. This was the old-fashioned method of indorsing things. For example, when Dolly Madison wanted to in- dorse a cold cream, she slept in it for a night. Carroll comicbooks.com