Judge, 1926-12-25 · page 3 of 38
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# Judge Magazine, December 25, 1926 The main cartoon depicts a landlord confronting tenants about water damage, with the caption "Landlord—Aha! I shall have to charge you extra for making a rink!" **The Joke:** During winter, the apartment has frozen so badly that water has accumulated and turned to ice, creating an indoor skating rink. The landlord sarcastically threatens to charge extra rent for this accidental "amenity"—satirizing the poor heating conditions in tenement housing of the 1920s. The cartoon mocks both the inadequate maintenance of rental properties and landlords' exploitative tendency to profit from any circumstance, even those caused by their own negligence. The surrounding text items address unrelated political topics (King George, Chinese corruption, farm prices, gold discovery).
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LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS JUDGE WEATHER FORECAST (For the day after Xmas) SMALL CHANGE THE WORLD’S WITTIEST WEEKLY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1926 KING SPEAKS TO CAL Kina Grorce, we understand, expects to open the transatlantic radiophone service by holding a conversation with President Coolidge. King George, we take it, is something of an optimist. SpeakiNG before the New York State Chamber of Commerce, Iowa's former Secretary of Agriculture sug- gested a governmental commission to fix and guarantee to the farmer, minimum prices on wheat, corn, cotton and wool. According to the farmers this is just what they have been getting. Lanpitorp—Aha! Tue man who originated the verb that its better to give than ve had probably just finished CORRUPTION IN CHINA Many Chinese officials have re- cently been executed because of bribery and corruption. We are sadly afraid that China will never succeed as a Republic. Tue next step the debtor nations are likely to take in connection with this country’s War Loans, will be to demand that we pay them interest on the money. HUNTERS FIND GOLD Hunters in the State of Washing- ton report that the gizzards of wild geese are filled with gold nuggets. They may be geese but they know what they'll need if there going to spend the winter in California. We learn from the press that Governor McLeod recently attended an official function in Raleigh as the guest of the Governor of North Carolina. What was it again that the Governor of South Carolina said to the Governor of North Carolina? I shall have to charge you extra for making a rink! JUDGE, Volume 91, N Published Weekly and Ass't Treasurer and Aw pyrighted 1926 by Leslie-Judge Co. Secretary; William Morris Hought. . December 25, 1926, Entered as Second-Class Matter, Octobe he U.S Br residents; Joseph North Michigan Avenue. comicbooks.com 3, 1879. $5.00 a year. 1c a copy Py = Cooney, ticle and picture appeariog id