Judge, 1926-11-27 · page 5 of 36
Judge — November 27, 1926 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor pieces rather than political cartoons: **"A Few for Sam Lloyd"** (top): A workplace anecdote about a man asking his boss about pay during a holiday. The humor relies on wordplay and logic puzzles typical of Sam Lloyd, a famous puzzle creator. **Main cartoon (center)**: Shows Mr. Jones house-hunting with a realtor. The joke: Jones asks if the apartment is "cramped," and the realtor responds sarcastically that it has "the elevator"—implying the space is so small, residents must use the building's elevator to move around their own apartment. This satirizes cramped urban housing conditions. **"The Pilgrim's Chorus"** (bottom): Appears to be a humorous illustration with multiple figures at a doorway, though its specific satire is unclear from the visible text. **"An Interesting Program"** (right): Brief humorous observations about contemporary social topics.
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JUDGE A Few for Sam Lloyd \ MAN went to work at a new job. ‘ and in due course curious, he asked the | was going to get paid. swered the latte hecoming when he “Well.” an- if to-morrow was yesterday, you would have got paid to-day—unless it happened to be a y, in which event you would not work, and if you did not work. you could not expect to be paid, could you? Beside man to take your | killed the cat.” Then they hoth laughed. How long? \ tablecloth, forty-eight square, was cut up into napkins, as company had come unexpectedly. ‘Then the hostess discovered that all the other tablecloths we: in the wash. we can get a be curiosi inches. soiled or So she sewed the nap- kins back into a tablecloth again, which was 20 per cent. smaller than it had been originally. Then the guests said they couldn't think of staying to dinner. cost of Figuring out the avy and the wear and tear on radio batteries, answer these ques- tions: Was she glad they came? Was she glad they went? Was she glad they came and went? (Give reasons.) \ man buys five pounds of sugar weighing less. How much? R. C. O'Brien sae The first real cure for dandruff was invented by a Frenchman. He called it the guillotine. ‘ Mr. Jones (house hunting) Mary, don’t you think this apartment just a trifle cramped? “Shut up! This is the elevator!” An Interesting Program Jim—Anything worth town this we Will—There’s two divorces and a murder trial. tot It’s the tom-tom that has put mnusie on the bum-bum. The goose that laid the golden egg. has nothing on the modern brick- layer. te Why do they call those creations? Bang—Made out of nothing. T suppose. comicbooks.com