Judge, 1926-10-09 · page 12 of 36
Judge — October 9, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of humor: **"The Girl Friend"** (main text): A monologue in exaggerated working-class dialect recounting a date. The satire targets both the verbose, gossipy young woman narrator and her cheap date—a man who tries to economize (turning off lights during an evening) while pretending to be wealthy. The humor lies in her obliviousness to his stinginess and her contradictory boasting. **"Sketches from a Sanitarium"** (bottom left): A simple cartoon showing pigs at a trough, with the caption implying asylum patients eating. This is crude humor comparing institutionalized people to animals. **"Gentlemen Prefer"** (right column): A list by Cyril B. Egan playing on the popular 1920s book *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*, but extending it to mock men's preferences for various hair colors—ultimately suggesting gentlemen prefer women regardless of appearance, undercutting the original's premise. **"New York Pickpocket"** (bottom): A one-liner joke about a criminal observing Chicago's reputation for crime. The page reflects 1920s-era American humor: working-class dialect comedy, mild misogyny, and social commentary.
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JUDGE The Girl Friend “Ya No at guy at wuz comin’ to my house? Well I'm tellin’ ya, he came. An’ we played paper dolls all evenin’. Is at kid some cut- up! Firs he cut-up a whole cake at ma soived on account a she saw we wuz parked for the season. An when he’s finished with at he cut-up a couple a apples an when it gotta be happas alevin he cut-up a awful fuss on account a I tol him I hadda hit the i Say at guy mus be jus creepin’ with jack. Mus be inna railroad bizzness or sunthin an he’s gotta line a Erie. I says to him, I how'll we spen tha evenin’?’ see an he says ‘oh we'll spen it al- right.’ He’s a kinofa guy at saves up for a rainy day an then settles down onne Sahara Desert. “Well, we sits an sits an sits an en I sees he’s creepin up on me an en comes the big blow. Get this, iss hot, he ‘Don you think we'd better save some a these here lights?” an I si mine about at, the ol man’: n for em an besides watts ut to ya?’ But he dint gettit. He's too dumb. “He tells me ima kinofa girl he One atswillin to stay home with a fella an spen a quiet evenin’, Betcha a poimanint atsa line he hans em all on account a he never gives em a chanct to do anything else. “Ma says, ‘what a nice young N ast DEAR OL! O’Mivs ze Hor < SKETCHES FROM A SANITARIUM trough. % Zl A couple of porkers plighting their Ain't mothers a scream, she shoulda seen at guy tryin’ to spen a quiet evenin’ alone with his hooks. I dint let him touch me. Couldn't afforda a chance; te everythin’ else he could lay his hans on. “Talk man, so quiet an all.” he about spennin a quiet evytime at guy comes I spen a quiet three weeks in Philly. Is he dumb! I hope you Sesqui. Atsa hot one huh? Made it rite up outa me own head. essa kids there, huh. Well, don go out without ya roller skates an don forget to tell the guy who tol you. S'long. Carroll Carroll Gentlemen Prefer LONDES. Brunettes. Redheads. R T Flaxens. Auburns. Nutbrowns. Peroxides. Hennas. Gentlemen prefer— Women! ven heads, Cyril B. Egan tt A good thing about the radio is that it will never be able to broad- cast a man’s breath. New York Pickpocket—So this is Chicago. 10 anaciiinaiate comicbooks.com