Judge, 1926-12-04 · page 4 of 36
Judge — December 4, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("Just what he'd been looking for"):** A man discovers a fireplace mantelpiece laden with expensive items—likely representing desirable Christmas gifts or valuables. The joke appears to be about theft or acquisition of desired goods during the holiday season, satirizing either holiday greed or burglary. **Middle Section ("Certainty"):** Brief dialogue joke about a wealthy man's riches, referencing Chicago machine-gun "rights"—likely alluding to organized crime or gangster activity during Prohibition era (appears to be 1920s-1930s). **Bottom Section:** A hospital scene captioned as treating Christmas convalescents, with accompanying domestic humor about marital comfort and card-playing. The page contains general satirical humor about wealth, crime, and holiday-season behaviors typical of early 20th-century American magazine satire.
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JUDGE Song Without Music I kNow who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle. When lazy Rip was not upon the scene. When Napolean would go To annihilate the foe, I know who stayed at home with Josephine. I'm wise to who played bridge with Mrs. Caesar When hubby had to hasten to a fight; I know who helped to cheer Up Mrs. Paul Revere When Paul went horseback riding all the night. I know who toddled ‘round with Mrs. Nero When papa played his fiddle on the hill. I know a thing or twe, But now I'm asking you To answer me this question, if you will: SEA ALE we ie Cuorus Who helps to comfort Mrs. Claus When Santa is away? What Eski Moe or E: Comes calling in hi: There where the Arcti Why do the young bloods leave their Just what he'd been looking for. squaws And risk the prowling coyotes’ jaws? Ah, tell me, is it they Who help to comfort Mrs. Claus Christmas cigars will burn When Santa is away? A. L. L, better if there is a good bed of coals in the furnace. ey a ee eer Ce eg” Certainty Gert—Is he a rich man? Dirk—He ought to be. He's got the Chicago machine-gun rights. Satisfied “The bridge is off!” the woman exclaimed. Was there a grinding of brakes, a sudden jolt? Not at all. The husband merely settled himself more comfortably in the living-room of the bungalow. “Thank God,” he said, “I didn’t feel like playing cards to- Scene in a private room of the hospital for Christmas convalescents. night anyway!” Under the special course of treatment 90% of the patients recover. comicbooks.com