Judge, 1926-05-29 · page 7 of 36
Judge — May 29, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# "Obrien Outloud" - Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This page features humorous illustrated inventions and fashion novelties from early 20th-century America. The cartoons satirize practical solutions to everyday annoyances: - **"The Gun Turret Afford Protection Against Bandits"** - mocks paranoid auto safety concerns - **"The Shower for Overheating Days"** - ridicules impractical cooling devices - **"Stiff Brimed Straw for Carrying Kiddies"** - satirizes awkward child-carrying contraptions - **"The Flower Pot for Youths"** - jokes about fashionable hat decorations - **"Head Tail Lights for Pedestrians"** - mocks safety inventions for walkers - **"The Buzz Saw Makes a Path Through Crowds"** - exaggerates solutions to crowded streets The page also includes brief comic verses and a dark joke about a domestic shooting. The overall tone gently ridicules contemporary inventions and social manners through absurdist humor typical of Judge's satirical style.
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Obrien Gutloud” Figure It Out Nowanars when a fellow takes a girl on an auto ride the girl sometimes has to walk home. But twenty-five years ago it was even Then, when a fellow took a girl on an auto ride, both invariably had to walk home. worse. oO Verses for Children Pastoral PHERDS are a lazy bunch, mt Th Iways fall asleep; But it is little wonder for They're always counting sheep. The Early Bird I set my alarm clock For five o’clock—so! (The clock, if you must kuow, Is three hours slow.) oO Happy Choice Waiter you can have your choice of hash or pig's knuckles. Diner—Suppose I cither? “Then you have your choice of eating elsewhere.” As you see by the card don’t want oO Physics Instructor—Explain how we get cold water and hot water out of the same faucet. Young Stupid—Well, there's two pipes connected with the faucet. One of them is connected with a tank on the roof and that gives cold water. The other is connected with a tank in the cellarand the waterfrom this tank runs upstairs to the faucet. The exertion of running upstairs causes the water to become over- heated and it is hot by the time it comes out of the faucet. oO A man recently shot his wife be- cause she refused to speak to him. A man like that deserves to hang. R. C. O'Brien JUDGE THe Gun TurRET AFFORDS PROTECTION AGAINGT BANDITS THE SHOWER © Fok SWELTERING DAYS. oR NL OTHE (CE PACK TTEF BRIMED STRAWS FoR CARRYING HE Kk (DDIES, HAT» So ONE CAN LEAN BACK AND NAP IF HE WISHES 0 “THE GROOVE FOR FOLKS WHOSE HAT. SID ONTHER Ca EARS. HEAD cor TAIL LIGHTS FOR PEDESTRIANG MAKES A PATH . THROUGH CROWDS, Since we can't change the style, let's add some novelties and innovations. comicbooks.com