Judge, 1927-06-04 · page 8 of 36
Judge — June 4, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers This page contains three separate pieces of humor: **"Lines to an Old Straw Hat"** is a sentimental poem by Arthur L. Lippmann addressing a worn-out hat as if it were a friend. It jokingly mourns the hat's deterioration while noting how poets struggle financially (they can't afford new hats because editors won't buy their work). **"How the Turkish flag was created"** (top cartoon) depicts chaotic bureaucratic fumbling—officials rushing to create a flag during some urgent order, with papers and confusion everywhere. This likely satirizes government incompetence or hasty decision-making, though the specific Turkish reference is unclear without more historical context. **"No Hurry"** presents brief jokes: a man doesn't report his stolen car because his wife was in it (implying he's glad she's gone), and observations about used cars and bathing suits reflecting 1920s consumer culture and flapper-era dating dynamics. **"A hooked rug"** (bottom cartoon) shows someone being literally "hooked" by a rug, illustrating the phrase's double meaning as wordplay.
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JUDGE ff Lines to an Old Straw Hat if You’ve been patient, you’ve been | 4 / placid; i ff You've been loyal and serene. | v You | Have absorbed oxalic acid | When at times I sought to clean | you. | ] | | OUT, BUMMING- AROUND Thus our friendship was cemented WHEN YOU HAVE HERE A if Through the summers’ we RUSH ORDER. FOR. A FLAG: paraded | But, alas, you’re badly dented | And, to put it mildly, faded. | Are you too old, too declassé, Hat o’ mine, hat o’ mine, | To last me over Labor Day, Hat o’ mine, hat o’ mine? When we poets strike our lyres Writing standard summer son- nets, If our efforts find no buyers We can not afford new bonnets. ° Though a minor poet’s credit Quite as puny as his purse is, Should the Mighty Gods Who Edit Buy these unimportant ve My worried brow no more you'll grace, Hat o’ mine, hat o’ mine; How the Turkish flag was created. owl. reach “your ‘final resting place, Hat o’ mine, hat o’ mine. —Arrtuvr L, Lippmann No Hurry Neighbor—You say your car was stolen last week, then why don’t you notify the police and i try to recover Henpecked—My wife was in it. FAS Flapper—I need a new bathing suit. Sheik—That's nothing. { a) The only way to get the best of this used car business is to be the first one that uses the car. 22s China seems to have gone crazy with the hate. A hooked rug. comicbooks.com