Judge, 1926-10-09 · page 22 of 36
Judge — October 9, 1926 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine collects brief humorous anecdotes and jokes from college publications, arranged around two cartoons. **The jokes** satirize common social situations: a man's romantic gesture backfiring (too many roses), the expense of marriage, museum snobbery, wives' extravagance, and Chicago's criminal reputation. These are gentle, observational humor typical of early 20th-century American comedy. **The cartoons** feature: 1. **Top**: A man proposing while his date embraces another suitor—commenting on romantic complications. 2. **Bottom**: Two Scottish golfers (identified by kilts and accents)—one asks why the other is putting on the golf green in the morning. The humor relies on the absurdity of golf etiquette and Scottish dialect ("marnin'," "putter around"). The page represents *Judge*'s format of reprinting college humor from various universities (credited sources like "Pitt Panther," "Texas Ranger," "Georgia Tech"), serving as a national clearinghouse for collegiate wit. The humor is clean, domestic, and focused on gender relations and social missteps rather than political satire.
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- She—What’s wrong between you and Pegg: He—She had a birthday and I told the florist to send her twenty roses. She—Well? He (gloomily)—Being a friend of mine the fool put in ten more for good measure. —Carolina Buccaneer sae An ancient sage these wise words spoke, “The woman pays, but the man goes broke.” Lehigh Burr Perl Old Lady (visiting New York Mu- seum)—Have you a mummy of King ‘Tut here? Attendant—No, madam. O. L. (amazedly)—Dear me, they have a very fine one in the British Museum. —Sewanee Mountain Goat Birt Witure Hopre Titpen— ese JUDGE Huspanp—Last night when I got home my wife had a wonderful dinner, my favorite book and pipe ready, my slippers and gown ready, my Seconp Huspanp—How much was she overdrawn? Wasaso CaveMAN ees “What struck you the first time you visited Chicago?” “A Blac! —Pitt Panther sae “Helene is two-thirds married to Bob.” “Real “Yes, she’s is willing.” willing and the preacher ~Teras Ranger sae Prof—Have you ever done any public speaking? Stude—Well, I proposed to a girl over the telephone in my home town once. —Georgia Tech. Yellow Jacket tat “That man there is wanted in Chicago.” “What for?” “He is a crook.” “Why do. they crooks in Chicago?” —Pitt Panther want any more And what are you doing on the green this time o’ the marnin’, lad? Sure an’ I just came out to putter around! —Cairornia PELican comicbooks.com