Judge, 1927-02-05 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 5, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page presents "Mother Goose's Children," a satirical poem illustrated with humorous drawings. The main cartoon depicts a chaotic children's party at a bank, where the joke involves bank robbery disguised as innocent play. The illustration shows children conducting "discourage[d] bank robbers" using toy cannons and playing at being "Receiving Teller" and "Paying Teller." The satire mocks both children's innocent game-playing and, implicitly, actual bank security vulnerabilities by suggesting a bank heist could occur amid such innocent activity. A smaller illustration titled "The born champion" shows children roughhousing, satirizing childhood violence and recklessness. The "Reassuring" dialogue jokes about a doctor conveniently having multiple patients, allowing him to ignore house calls. This reflects early 20th-century American anxieties about crime and incompetence in public institutions.
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JUDGE Mother Goose's Children Lr Jack Horner, he sat in a corner, Alongside of Little Boy Blue; And Little Miss Muffet was there on a tuffet, And Little Red Riding Hood, too. And there (with her sheep) was Little Bo-peep, And Mary and her little lamb; And then there were others (some even grandmothers!) A-nibbling on crackers and jam. For this was a party, a nice baby party And each one came dressed as a kid; (The overgrown saps, to come in such wraps!) But wait till you hear what they did! First, Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, And then went the rest that were dry; And when they left there, the cup- board was bare, Except the top shelves which were high. Then Little Boy Blue (who was just six-foot-two), Was sent for and cleared the top shelves; Then all drank a toast to the gener- ous host, And then they all drank to them- selves! Discouraging bani: robbers. The born champion. Deposits drawn in one barrel and money or hot shot issued from the other, according to the identity of the visitor. Then Little Jack Horner, he lay in a So still one would think he were dead: And Little Miss Muffet, she fell off her tuffet, And Little Boy Blue's nose was Reassuring A Mrs. Hopkins. “to bring you *way out here in the country to see my husband, it must be at least five miles from your office, “Oh. that’s all right.” replied the doctor. “TL have another patient in the neighborhood, so you see I'm killing two birds with one stone.” Ted Osborne comicbooks.com