Judge, 1926-06-26 · page 5 of 37
Judge — June 26, 1926 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor columns and illustrations typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. The content includes: **"Funny Bones"** - Brief jokes about spare time, hospitals, and apartment living—standard domestic humor with no specific political reference. **"Dizzy Labels"** - A pun on women's menstruation ("Dot" as slang for the period). **"The Head of the House"** - A poem about a husband's domestic authority while his wife vacations, humorously cataloging his indifference to household disorder. **Illustrations** - Include a beach/seaside scene labeled "The winters" and a hobo camp scene. The hobo cartoon appears to reference Depression-era unemployment or vagrancy. **"The old lady who lived in a shoe"** - A nursery rhyme reference, updated to a "dancing slipper." The page represents general-audience humor rather than pointed political satire, focusing on domestic situations and wordplay.
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} Straws show which way the | wind blows ard Luecs show when the wind blous. | Uudge pays $5 fer each one pri ~) Blink—What do you do in your spare time Blank—I don’t do anything; if I did, it wouldn't be spare time. Pas Hospitals are places where people who are run down wind up. sae Tf people, like animals, Walked on all fours, The average apartment Could have several floors. chances to get married, but why take any chances? OISZY ADEL,5 They call her Dot Because s. period. Judge pays $5 for each one printed R—I been tryin’ to decide for a week whether to cut his tail off. The winners. The Head of the House AM the head of my home, I am. Ido as I please and I don’t give adam If splashes of ashes go falling galore All over the rugs on the living-room floor, Nor how many dishes pile up in the sink And I don’t give a rap if the cat wantsa drink, For I am the boss of my own habi- tation— While my wife is away on her sum- mer vacation J.S. tae The old lady who lived in a shoe He'll be a wreck from you keepin’ him in suspense like that.” now lives in a dancing slipper. comicbooks.com