Judge, 1927-04-09 · page 6 of 36
Judge — April 9, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Judge: "Judge Junior's Outline of History" This is a humorous satirical page presenting exaggerated "historical" scenarios through comedic vignettes. Rather than depicting actual historical events, it appears to mock contemporary social behaviors and trends by reframing them as "history lessons." The sketches show various scenes—including people in social situations, someone with a horse, and recreational activities—with accompanying witty captions that humorously "explain" these mundane modern moments as if they were significant historical occurrences. The satire targets how people mythologize or dramatize everyday life. By treating contemporary social activities (parties, sports, fashion) as worthy of historical documentation, the cartoonist mocks both current society's self-importance and the tendency to find significance in trivial matters.
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JUDGE JUDGE JUNIOR’S OUTLINE OF HISTORY Just bumped into a new one, lads! It seems a couple of the Prehistorics got a bit ginny and stood up on their hind legs. No xome morning end interesting—try it on your sitting up exercis after, Shouldn't be surprised at all if it became quite the dernier evi Got up a gang and dropped into Herod's the | other night. Can't hand the music much, but there's a mamma there, Salome, that's got an act that is an act! Oh, boy, how that girl can ; Black Bottom! The boy-friend, John, quite | I \ Cleopatra drops a line to let the Here's. Howers in on a new one. | Equal parts Nile and Gordon Water, | a dash of pre ar, and, in place of the trite cherry, a simple pearl. Sounds good; and at the price the Night Clubs are gouging you, no end economical! ) Allan G., one of the Princeton lads Harvard re- - _ _< 7 cently sent to Coventry, slips us the low-down on girl-friend Godiva's latest. Seems the mamma in 2 2 Y;, 7 question bit off the what-have-you end of a strip \ . (J poker seance the other night, and had to come : )) {home in the dark. Only there wasn't any dark, Yi -— and the chances are, confides Al, that she’s \ ( ) started a new one in Women's Wear, Give the a, B~ 4 + little girl a hand! 1 outdoor sport, lads! No end ath letic and trick! Invention of one Bill — (Tyrol) Tell. All you need, according to — - | the dirt, is a member of the youngest gener- BSS ation in a Wine-Sap hat, and a cross-bor {\ ¥ \< - to taste, and shoot when you see the RA ) of his enes. “I doped it out os Bill, simply, “for the kiddie.” comicbooks.com