Judge, 1926-07-17 · page 25 of 36
Judge — July 17, 1926 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge comprises humor pieces and cartoons typical of 1920s college and satirical magazines. The content includes: **"Leaders"** section features crude drawings mocking various figures: a football player, an Eskimo love song (ethnic humor), and a woman in athletic wear called a "Flapper" — the modern, independent young woman of the Jazz Age who scandalized conservatives. **Repeated jokes** target Prohibition (the "Volstead" reference mocks the law enforcing alcohol bans), baseball stars Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth (contemporary celebrities), and workplace laziness. **College humor dominates**: pieces from Notre Dame, MIT, George Tech, and Penn Punch Bowl mock student life, dating customs, and military recruitment. The overall tone reflects 1920s American culture: irreverent toward authority, obsessed with youth and dating, dismissive of ethnic groups, and celebrating new social freedoms while mocking tradition. Much content would be considered offensive today.
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Actual photo of a man being driven to drink, —OKLanomA WHIRLWIND Eskimo Love Song Beside your lamp a six months’ night. I sit and sigh and thrill with you; Your mittens made of walrus skin Clasped in my mitts of caribou. Again t my breast pray press your skin Of polar bear and silver fox; T'll press my burning jowl of seal Against your cheek of warm musk- Ox. And if I touch your penguin knee (Sweet Snowdrop, do not blush and frown); I find them as enflaming as The amorous touch of eiderdown. —Columbia Jester “Can you think of anything funnier than Jack Dempsey cracking a smile?” No, unless it’s Babe Ruth batting an eyelash.” —M.1. T. Yoo Doo An Exception Boss (to idle worker)—Have you ever heard of anyone who made a success loafing on the job? Worker—A baker. —Notre Dame Juggler “Waiter! Why is this mill: so weak?” “Why, the cows got caught in the rain.” —Brown Jua Flap! Flap! sound like a paradox, but the breaking of both wings of an army is a sure way to make it fly. —Brown Jug It may sae Early to bed, Early to rise, And your girl goes out With other guys. —George Tech Yellow Jacket Rand Our impression is that Mr. Vol- stead had water on the brain. —M.1. T. Voo Doo _ She calls it her blazer and wears it to class. Well, she sure has the nerve of a Frosh, For I'll leave it to vote, if it isn’t the coat Of her winter pajamas, b’gosh! —Onto State Sun Dia Stick(lers) for Detail First Salesman—So you went through France with your samples? How did you make out? Second Salesman—Rotten. Every time I handed any one my card he thought I wanted to fight a duel. —Penn Punch Boul Soe Officer (examining recruit)—Have you any scars on you? Recruit—No, but I can give you a cigarette. —Oklahoma Whirlwind sae T know a girl with eyes as blue ‘And just as bright as yours are, too. I know a girl with curly hair With which your own cannot com- pare. I know another girl whose wit Has yours outclassed by quite a bit. I know a girl who loves me, too. I think that’s more than you will do. I know a girl whose lips are not As red as yours—but twice as hot. Gee whiz! You flop on every test. I wonder why I like you be: — Washington Cougar's Paw comicbooks.com