Judge, 1927-06-25 · page 4 of 37
Judge — June 25, 1927 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical jokes and a literary excerpt rather than political cartoons: **"Lost"** — Tom Foolery's poem humorously catalogs things that roll in various contexts (surf, ships, cars, dogs, Greeks, children, bankrolls), ending with "I'll never see it more." **"Including Pneumonia"** — A joke about waiting for taxicabs, implying one might catch pneumonia from the wait. **"The Last Shall Be First"** — Exchanges about a paid-off car and a salesman returning from Chicago. **"A Bank Statement No Man or Woman Can Understand"** — A politician jokes about creating a "third party" called the "Morons' League" to get elected president. The right side contains illustrations of people in casual situations, possibly from "Pastoral Scenes" based on the caption fragment visible. The page is primarily humor-focused rather than explicitly political.
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JUDGE ippets again, out in the garag The Last Shall Be First Hushand—Well, thank the Lord. the car is finally paid for! Wife—Isn't that splendid? Now we can turn it in on a new one. 888 Salesman—I'm just back from a two-weeks’ trip to Ch Friend—Congratulations ! 28 Join the Army and see the World! Join the Anti-Saloon League and rule the World! tt You can tell a college boy by the brand on his hip. A Bank Statement No Man or Woman Can Understand “Your account is overdrawn.” 228 Politician—How'd you like to be cleeted president by a unani- mous vote of the people, “Impossible!” Senator? “Not at all. I'm going to get up a third party and call it the Morons’ League.” Lost The surf rolls on the seashore, The ship rolls on the sea, The car rolls on the pavement, | The dog rolls on the flea. | The Greek rolls on the wrestling | mat, The child rolls on the floor, The bankroll’s on the horses, | I'll never see it more. —Tom Footrery Including Pneumonia Everything comes to him who | waits for taxicabs on rainy days 288 Old) Friend—How did your Idren turn out? ch rst rate. Moira’s bootleg ging and Aloysius is hijacking I only hope they don’t come into | conflict.” “Darn that old Packard! She's gone and had a litter of Hirary—This must be one of them there now “Pastorial Scenes.” Hivpecarve—You must be wrong—my pas tor would never approve of it. comicbooks.com