Judge, 1926-01-23 · page 22 of 36
Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor page collecting short jokes and one-liners from college publications (Vassar, Brown, Cornell, etc.), centered on 1920s social themes. **The cartoon** depicts students in various manual labor scenarios—factory work, construction, etc.—captioned "Snapshots of industrious students," likely mocking college students' work-study jobs or summer employment. **The jokes** address period concerns: the Charleston dance craze (too difficult to learn), expense-meeting struggles, divorce culture ("hay-widows"), and dating rituals. Several target behavioral expectations—a father rewarding his daughter for *not* watching his kiss the nursemaid; a woman feigning attraction to a man with good teeth; shock absorbers as "comfort" for execution. The humor is mostly light social satire targeting middle-class anxieties and youthful behavior, with occasional darker gallows humor (execution joke) typical of 1920s collegiate wit. The compilation format itself—reprinting campus paper humor—reflects Judge's role as outlet for college-based comedy writers.
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Room—TI found fifty cents on your bed. Mare—0Oh, those are my sleeping quarters. +—Vassar VAGABOND PR hd “Do you find it hard meeting expenses?” “Gosh,no,I meet them everywhere.” —Pitt Panther tae “T think the Charles- ton is awful.” “TI can’t learn it either.” —Brown Jug tor “The crying need of our day is more hand- kerchiefs!” shouted the manufacturer. —Denison Flamingo Pas My friend Dora is off again. She thinks that the hemlock is an attach- ment for a sewing machine. —Cornell Widow Rood Jack—I didn’t know Bill was deaf. Harry—1 didn’t either. How do you know? “T tried to borrow ten dollars from him, and he said, ‘I can’t hear you.” —Texas Ranger Sao American divorces are more or less cut and dried, so why not call them hay-widows? —Notre Dame Juggler Big Hearted Prisoner—This is the end! to the electric chair to-morrow. Sweetheart—Don’t give up all hope yet, dear. I’ve brought you a pair of shock absorbers. —Oregon Orange Owl Rad I go Mother—Pet, what are you thank- ful for to-day? Pet—Oh, I’m thankful daddy gave me $5 when I didn’t see him kiss nursie. Vanderbilt Masquerader “Snapshots of industrious students.” —Micuican GarcoyLe Fatuer (reading letter from son at college‘—I’m a quarterback of the football squad now. MoruEer—Send him two bits to get out of debt, Pa. —Texas RancEr ttt He—Haven’t I seen you some place before? She—You do seem rather fresh in my mind. —Wisconsin Octopus tae Trom—Have you heard the “Livery Stable Blues”? Bone—No. How is it? “Words are fine, but the air is bad.” —Iowa Frivol tae She laughs at his wit, But it’s not from de- light. He has not made a hit, She has teeth that are white. —M I T Voo Doo te Koncoct a klause kon- taining Virginia. You have to pay more Virginia do for beer. —Colgate Banter tao “You should have seen Mabelle dance the Char- leston last night.” Dance nothing! She was just standing there watching, and a June bug fell down her back.” , —Michigan Gargoyle comicbooks.com