Judge, 1927-01-15 · page 5 of 36
Judge — January 15, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humorous items rather than political cartoons: 1. **"Tragedy"** (top): A satirical story by Blaine C. Bigler about Jones's disastrous day—from shaving mishaps to uncooked oatmeal to a ruined suit, culminating in him hanging himself in the attic. It's darkly comedic domestic humor. 2. **Middle cartoon**: Shows a chaotic scene with a overloaded car and various figures, captioned about "Willard" taking his girl out in a truck, suggesting the cops won't trouble him about speeding. Likely mocks reckless driving or police indifference. 3. **"Another Father and Son Joke"** (bottom): A brief joke about cynicism—a cynic is someone who gives the wrong phone number hoping for a different result. Light wordplay humor. The page emphasizes general comedy and satire rather than specific political commentary.
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JUDGI Tragedy Jo got up unrefreshed from his Rest-Easy” mattress; he went into the bathroom and nearly scalded himself under the cold shower; this didn’t put him in a very good humor and when he cut a deep gash in his chin with his y razor he fairly howled, the shaving cream that was supposed to soften his beard and leave his face in fine condition irri- tated his skin so that he felt uncom- fortable all forenoon. At breakfast his three minute oats tasted raw although his wife said she had cooked it double time; he broke a tooth on a piece of bone in the sausage that was supposed to con- tain nothing but the choicest meat. On the way to his office his No- Leak fountain pen ruined his new suit. Upon his arrival he found that some one had raised a check written by his guaranteed check protector and that a gilt-edged investment had gone bad. So it went all day. Everything went wrong. In the evening he decided to end it all so he sneaked up to the attic. His wife heard a crash and rushing up she found him sitting on the floor looking very foolish with a piece of non-breakable rope around his neck. Blaine C. Bigler Raed “Now, listen,” tattoo artist, threatened the advancing on his delinquent customer, “you pay me what you owe me for that mermaid- on-chest job I did a month ago, or T'll take it out of your hide!” C Willard takes his girl out in a truck fixed up like a bootleg the cops don’t make him any trouble about speeding. Cc “Ahh, my lady, see what I have for thee. Placed in the cellar, he will heat the castle excellently.” Another Father and Son Joke Small cynic? Son—Father, what’s a Father—A cynic, my son, is a man who gives the operator the wrong number in the hope that she'll ring the right one by mistake. Exactly “T wonder why there are so many poor artists?” “Because there are so many poor artists.” ttt A Scotchman had heart di: : So he never bought a railway ticket for any farther than from one station to the next. comicbooks.com