Judge, 1926-05-22 · page 22 of 36
Judge — May 22, 1926 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of humor: **Top cartoon** ("Art of Conversation"): Shows a man causing chaos at a social gathering—knocking over furniture, upsetting guests—apparently having taken a course that taught him to be too direct or blunt in conversation. The satire mocks self-help courses and social instruction that backfire. **Middle poem** ("Cole's Symphonic Jazz"): A parody of the nursery rhyme "Old King Cole," updated for the Jazz Age. King Cole modernizes his traditional music by switching pipes for a flute, hiring musicians with contemporary instruments (trick cornet), and promoting a "Jazzy Band." It satirizes how quickly older generations abandon tradition for trendy new fads. **Bottom joke** ("When the Cats Away"): A double-entendre pun. A sophisticated New York woman invites her country cousin for "a drink after our long separation." The cousin innocently misunderstands "it's meet and drink" (should be "meet and greet"), thinking she means meeting requires drinking. The humor relies on rural naiveté versus urban sophistication.
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RBFULLER. The man who took a course in the “Art of Conversation.” Cole’s Symphonic Jazz O® King Cole was a wary old soul ‘a wary old soul was he. led for his pipe and he called for his bowl And he called for his fiddlers three. Te changed his pipe to a fancy flute; (Who declared that Old Cole was dumb?) He blew his pipe with a toot—toot toot And he made of his bowl a druin. He hired a chap with a trick cornet; He purchased a music stand And printed an ad in the town gazette For the King Cole Jazzy Band. WHEN THE CATS AWAY scoeces cece (Though some kings got the Said a New York belle to her country cousin, not having seen her for a Old King Cole is a wary old soul ile, “Come, let us have a little drink after our long separation.” And a wary old soul is he. yes, indeed,” replied the ingenuous farmer's daughter. “For, when His pockets bulge with a fat bank roll we do see each other, it’s meet and drink.” And his queen’s ‘Cerpsichore! And both laughed heartily. Cyrano comicbooks.com