Judge, 1926-06-26 · page 13 of 37
Judge — June 26, 1926 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# "Obrien Outloud" - Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page collects brief satirical observations and cartoons typical of Judge's social commentary. Key items: **"The Athletic Girl"**: Cartoons mocking a woman attempting tennis—she loses her paddle and appears disheveled, playing on early-1900s anxieties about women's athletics challenging gender norms. **"Happy Days Be Fo' De Wah"**: A racist caricature depicting enslaved or post-slavery Black Americans. The "Southern incident" joke relies on dialect humor and stereotypes—suggesting a formerly enslaved man would name his child "Bill" because he's "bilious" (ill), playing on racist pseudoscience about Black health. **General commentary**: Brief quips about immigration, automobiles, boxing (likely referencing the Dempsey-Wills heavyweight fight), marriage, and contemporary life. The page reflects Judge's editorial stance: mocking immigrants, women's changing roles, and relying heavily on racist caricature as "humor." The satire targets social change while perpetuating period stereotypes without irony.
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‘Obrien Gutloud” ERE is a proverb Will stand any test: The thinner the soup, The cleaner the vest. ' oO ' More Action We'd rather go to the moving pic- tures than to a wrestling match most | any time. The pictures at least move. fa) } Immigrants often weep when they first see the Statue of Liberty; native \méricans sometimes go into hys- teries. ce} If you see a man come down the street in an automobile and pass a stray dog without so much as giving the poor animal a tumble—that man is not of a sympathetic nature. But if you see another man come down the street and look at that same stray dog and then step out of the automobile and take the poor animal in his arms and give him a ride in the automobile—that man is not of a sympathetic nature either, he’s a dog catcher. ce) The Heavyweight Situation Wills may not stand much ¢ of beating Dempsey, but he certainly stands a better chance of beating him than of ineeting him. Oo Nursery Rhymes Revamped Rock-a-bye baby On the tree top, Don’t you fall out, It’s a helluva drop. (a) Before marriage he caught her in his arms every night; now he catebes her in his pockets. ‘ R. C. O'Brien The proper Mr. Peck was shocked to find that he had forgotten to put on his necktie, but luck was with him. My yw HAFPY DAYS«BE A Southern incident: “What have you named your newest child, Uncle Eben?” queried a scion of the Southern aristocracy of that person. “Why,” said the humorous old retainer, “we ban name him Bill count he allus is bilious.” “Well,” said the scion, “I suppose you'd name him John if he had jaundice!” The old man blushed under his heavy coat of tan. comicbooks.com