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# Analysis: "All About the Truffle" This page satirizes the truffle—a culinary delicacy—through humorous drawings and text. The cartoons mock the pretentiousness surrounding truffles in early 20th-century society. The top illustration shows two men skiing, with dialogue suggesting confusion about identifying someone named "Ethel." The middle cartoon depicts a car labeled "the new type tête-à-tête roadster," parodying automobiles by comparing them to truffles. The bottom panels show absurd uses: a man struggling with a large truffle as furniture, and another using it as a "portable saloon." The article humorously traces the truffle's origins and uses—from pig-hunting to pillow stuffing—mocking both its culinary status and appearance in everyday life. The satire targets upper-class affectation around luxury food items and their cultural pretensions.
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JUDGE All About the Truffle I" I were to ask you what a truffle is, you would probably say that your wife used to wear them on her shirtwaists in the old pre-war days. As a matter of fact, you are a cock- eyed liar. But let that pass. Let us take down that handy little volume from the third shelf and turn to page Unfortunately, there is no page 345 in the book, and anyway it’s a book about engineering, so here is Webster’s Dictionary, which is always a safe bet. Aha, here we are: “Truffle: a small comical doo- hickey which grows under the ground in France. ‘Try and find it.” Now that we have a working defini- tion of truffles, let us see what they are for and how they are captured. The process of obtaining truffles is known as “rooting for truffles” and is effected in the following manner: A pig is given a nice hot bath, mani- cured, and dressed in a warm woolen sweater with a turtle neck, with the school initial sewn with stout thread on the front. He is then given a new shiny megaphone and is ready for his task, which is to run up and down the side-lines where the truffles are concealed and shout vigorously, “Rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, ra rah, truffles, truffles, TRUFFLES After five minutes of this any self- respecting truffle will craw] out and die, but the truffle is a hardy mem- ber and as tough as a fraternity dance. Generally the truffle rises to his feet and gives prolonged cheers, even rushing onto the field and tear- ing down the goal posts at times. But finally he is exhausted and falls sy prey to the keen-eyed Truffles are used widely in this country as stuffing for pillows and as such are highly esteemed. They are also occasionally used as verbs, as for instance in “Can I truffle you for a match?” or, as in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” “Double, double, toil and truffle.” A number of homely sayings have sprung up about the humble little truffle, such as “As tough as a truffle’s ear” and “Don’t truffle yourself, kiddo, they’s other pebbles on the beach.” More and more truffles are replacing men in industries, and the assertion that a truffle’s place is in the home is now seen in its true light. Gentlemen, I give you the health of the truffle! Perelman Tom—Of course that’ ag aN) —f This gent with the brass rail in his hand, ts nothing but a one-man portable saloon. comicbooks.com