Judge, 1926-07-03 · page 4 of 36
Judge — July 3, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of Arctic-themed humor: 1. **"Eskimo Flapper"** (top cartoon): A visual gag showing an Eskimo woman in "flapper" style—the trendy, modern fashion of 1920s youth culture. The joke plays on cultural contrast: applying contemporary American fashion terminology to indigenous Arctic peoples. 2. **"Cold Facts"** (right column): Factual information about Arctic conditions and Eskimo survival practices, presented as educational content alongside the humor. 3. **"Arctic Love Song"** (bottom left): A romantic poem humorously depicting an Arctic romance, written in sentimental style but set in an extreme, inhospitable environment. 4. **"Funny Bones"** (right): A visual joke about Arctic explorer culture. 5. **"Eskimo cafeteria"** (bottom): A cartoon depicting Eskimos in modern social settings, contrasting traditional culture with contemporary American leisure activities. The overall theme satirizes the collision between modern American culture and indigenous Arctic life.
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JUDGE gots OF p Here's to John Roach Stratton—may he live to a ripe old tomato, Judge pays $5 for each one printed Cold Facts T North Pole, if placed along- side the Woolworth Building, would probably melt. Countless mos are found in the Arctic regions, principally because they have no desire to le In time of famine, the Eskimos ave been known to eat leather, fish hones, and each other—almost any- thing, in fact, except imo pie. Steam heat is practically unknown in the ice igloos of the Arctic. When it’s nighttime in Greenland, it’s six months over here. Wayne G. Haisley sae Wife (leaning out of Polar igloo to greet her husband)—What time is this to be coming home, you big bum? Truthful mo early! Only half pash yeshterday, m’ dear! C. B. Egan Wein h Enepe \TUNNYBOWES > Have you a little explorer in Eskiuo Fiapper—What's this—gum drops! Why you cheap skate, your Nome? my last explorer friend brought me a case of Scotch. Uudge pays $5 for each one printed Arctic Love Song! Hu, my Big Lou is a pleasant, peasant lassie— Tn that clean land known as Green- land, she’s a queen. Dressed in real skins (stunning seal skins), she’s as classy As her sassy sisters further south- ward seen. So serene her mien, she sets my heart aquiver, And her rigid, ever frigid land’s my goal— y, freezy, sneezy North to shiver With my Big Lou in an igloo near the Pole! Arthur L. Lippmann comicbooks.com