Judge, 1926-10-02 · page 11 of 36
Judge — October 2, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine features a cartoon titled "Beneath His Rough Exterior" illustrating a joke about a rough, bearded prospector or frontier man named "Old Joe Garfangle" and a woman identified as "Lily." The accompanying text presents a bar joke: two judges discuss a lawyer, with one claiming the lawyer "reminds me of necessity" because "he knows no law." This is a pun on the legal maxim "necessity knows no law"—suggesting the lawyer is so incompetent he embodies lawlessness itself. The cartoon's caption "There Was a Heart of Gold / This Is Lily" suggests the prospector, despite his crude appearance, has noble character. The overall joke appears to be social commentary on rough exteriors concealing inner virtue, while the bar joke satirizes legal incompetence among the judiciary.
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JUDGE { ic NG * dail BENEATH HIS ROUGH EXTERIOR. GETTING GERTIE’S GARTER Here’s a hot one from the bar. Old Joe Garfangle of the 7th District Court was conversing with Al Burp of the 12th Superior. “Yes,” he said, “that lawyer over there reminds me of necessity.” “Of necessity? Why?” inquired Burp, opening a can of sardines and going out to the baker’s for bread. “Because he knows no law!” thrust back the brilliant Garfangle, and the case was won, comicbooks.com