Judge, 1926-09-04 · page 4 of 36
Judge — September 4, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The main cartoon "Awga Fry Your Ears, Said the Indignant Parrot!" appears to be a domestic humor piece. A woman and man are shown with a parrot, apparently engaged in a quarrel about household matters. The indignant parrot's outburst serves as comic commentary—likely suggesting that even the bird finds their bickering absurd or tiresome. The accompanying "Neddy's Apt Retort" anecdote describes Mrs. O'Malley's household incident where her son made a noise, prompting her sarcastically to assume another son made a spring. It's gentle domestic satire about family life and children's mischief. The poem "Time to Work" by Paul Ernest is melancholic social commentary—suggesting no season is truly appropriate for labor. The accompanying sketches show leisure activities, implying workers shirk responsibilities year-round.
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JUDGE ~ RWGO: FRY YOUR EARS \. SAID THE INDIENANT: “PARROT! | NEDDY'S APT RETORT People are often given ether for serious operations, as this bully yarn well proves, A Mrs. O'Malley, of Ireland, was strolling through the garden | with her two sons, Neddy (aged twelve) and Clara (aged twenty). “One | swallow doesn’t make a summer,” remarked Mrs. O'Malley, who was | fond of good clean proverbs. “No,” responded Neddy, making a noise like a wood pecker, “but one frog often makes a spring!” The old suffragette broke down and wept when she heard her son's tart sarcasm, Time to Work N winter it’s too cold to work, Spring weather is too fine for work, In summer it’s too hot to work, I guess the only time for work Is when the autumn leaves begin To shimmy and to fall. But fall days are too brisk for work, Fall afternoons too rare for work, Autumnal nights too crisp for work. | Onsecond thought the time for work H Must be the thirty-first of June, Or else—just not at all. Paul Ernst THE DAISIES WONT TELL” Here's to Prohibition ca KS 2 —Hippy Dayst FAR) Judge pays $5 for each one printed “End to End” “Goee morning, James,” I said, | ‘nice da: “Yes,” agreed James, “it's a nice day but it’s going to rain. Do you know we've only had three and seven- sixteenth inches of rain in the past cighty-three days?” “No,” I said, “I didn't know it.” “Tn 1896,” went on James, “only one and one-eighth inches fell in ninety-seven days. If you're going home from here you can save eleven and a quarter steps by crossing on Forty-third street in- stead of Forty-second. street, and there is 18 2-3 per cent. less traffic that way. And what's more,” he said, falling into step with me, “the percentage of accidents on Forty- third is 29-10 per cent. less than on another street in the city. In fact,” | he went on, “only one person has | on Forty-third stree “No, only one,” he assured me. been seriously hurt on Forty-third street in the last nine and a half months, “James,” I said, “I think your figures are all wrong. ‘There was “Two,” I insisted. more than one person seriously hurt “One,” he said. “Two,” I shouted, “two, two, two,” and I pushed him under a passing taxi. J. S. GUT THERE’s BUT THEGE'S NO RETICENCE ABOUT wo comicbooks.com