Judge, 1926-10-02 · page 3 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine, October 2, 1926 The main cartoon depicts men experiencing the "crawl stroke" — a swimming technique. The caption "After a summer spent with the crawl stroke" suggests these figures are awkwardly walking, their bodies contorted as if mimicking swimming motions on land. This is satirical commentary on the popularity of the crawl stroke (modern freestyle swimming) during the 1920s, when it was a relatively new technique gaining widespread adoption. The joke mocks how absorbed people had become with this swimming style, humorously suggesting it affected their normal walking posture even after leaving the water. The surrounding articles address contemporary topics: Canadian hunting, New York skyscraper housing, truck wrecks at police stations, and Pussyfoot Johnson's claims about drying up America — typical 1920s satire targets.
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OCT <8 25 © 018711382 LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS DGE °’ E WORLD’S WEATHER FORECAST (For Moving Day) SUDDEN CH WITH_ RISI TEMPERATURE WITTIEST WEEKLY CANADIAN HUNTING SEASON OPENS A party of New York sportsmen have announced that everything they bag on their hunting trip in Canada will be sent to New York hospitals. This will probably include the guides and the less nimble members of the party. AccorbING to statistics more men are under arms in Europe to-day than there were before the war. This looks as though Europe was getting all prepared for another Peace Con- ference. Otp timers who watched the training of the recent Sesquicenten- nial gladiators say the present day fighters do much less road work than their predecessors. Nowadays our pugilists get in most of their road work running to and from the banks. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 1926 AccorDING to the department of Agriculture infinite care and six s’ time are required to cure a ham. According to seasoned dra- matic critics there is no cure. Insreap of being built in a straight line clear to the top all of New York's new skyscraper apartment houses are staggered. So, we may add, are the prospective tenants when they inquire about the rents. TRUCK WRECKS POLICE STATION A rive-ron truck loaded with Scotch whisky was recently smashed up in front of an Illinois police sta- tion, So far reporters have not been able to get a very intelligible account of the affair from any of the force, PUs ‘FOOT PUTS FOOT IN IT Mr. Pussyroor Jounson, inter- nationally famous orator, has said he could dry up America in six months. It is quite evident that so far it has never occurred to Mr. Pussyfoot to try working this miracle with himself. Orcuesrra seats for the opening of a New York Musical Revue re cently sold for $100 apiece. If this sort of thing continues the audience will have to stop wearing clothes, too. Ty a recent radio talk a Florida minister said the road to hell was paved with liquor, chorus girls, movies and limousines. This would make quite a pleasant little thorough- fare if the reverend would only leave out the movies. comicbooks.com