Judge, 1926-11-13 · page 21 of 36
Judge — November 13, 1926 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor/joke compilation page from *Judge*, circa early 20th century. The cartoons and quips satirize contemporary American social attitudes through exaggeration. Key humor relies on period stereotypes: a professor losing his glass eye (slapstick absurdity), jokes about controlling girlfriends, doctors' health warnings about cigarettes, marital phone-call excuses, and telephone operators' perceived aloofness. The "Young Innocence" narrative is notably darker—it describes a young, naive girl in a relationship with a much older married man paying for her expenses. The final revelation that she's four-and-a-half years old reframes the entire story as satire on exploitation, though presented in the publication's blunt satirical style. Other jokes mock fraternity culture, Florida real estate salesmen (suggesting a period land boom), dialect humor, and marital dynamics. The Denison Flamingo item uses absurdist logic typical of college humor magazines. The cartoons employ simple line drawings accompanying these quips, standard for *Judge's* editorial format.
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JUDGE “T guess I've lost another pupil,” said the professor as his glass eye rolled down the kitchen sink. Washington Cougar's Paw tae “T call my girl grapefruit.” “Why?” “Because every time I squeeze her she hits me in the 7 Buck ell Belle Hop tot “Yes, the doctor told me to keep away from ci Chesterfields.” —Carolina Buccaneer rettes, so I'm smoking (not adv.) te Hubby (on phone)—Sorry, honey, T'll be awfully busy at the office and can’t get home till late. Wifey—Can I depend on that? —Oklahoma Whirlwind ae She—How do you know that’s a telephone girl over there? He—I said “hello” and she didn’t answer. California Pelican “Hear about the terrible wind in Florida?” “Are those real estate salesmen start- ing in again?” PeNNsyLvanta Puncu Bowt If all the fraternity men in Ameri- can colleges were placed end to end they wouldn’t do a thing! —Iowa Frivol “Gladtaseeya! growed.” “Grown, ol’ boy, grown.” “Groanell, wha’ should I groan for.” —Caroitna BuccaNnEER Cripe but you've ree Customer (to head waiter)—Just for a point of information, did the waiter who took my order leave any family? —Pitt Panther cata A fellow crossed his carrier pigeons with parrots so that when they got lost they could ask their way home. —Denison Flamingo IN MID-OCEAN “Goin’ across?” “Yeah.” “That's funny. So'm I.” —Dartmouti Jack-o-LANTERN Young Innocence She was young, very young, and ignorant of the world, and that night he brought her an expensive present. So she sat in his lap, unresisting, while he smothered her with kisses and caressed her hair. He was much older than she. “Are you a married ma: she asked him. He laughed at her. “Of course,” he answered. “What a ridiculous question!” Then he kissed her again, and she never protested. Her neighbors knew her as a quiet girl, who cared little for companion- ship or discourse. Her rooms were rented and paid for by the man she called her “daddy.” As a matter of fact, he was a married man, much older than she, old enough to be her father. And she was his daughter, aged four and one-half. —C.C. N.Y. Mercury “What struck you the first time you visited Chicago?” “A blackjack.” —Pitt Panther tt “May I marry your daughter?” “[ don’t know. What did she “She’s willing if you disapprove.” —Oklahoma Whirlwind comicbooks.com