Judge, 1927-07-09 · page 4 of 36
Judge — July 9, 1927 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humor pieces: 1. **"The Fears of the Law"** and **"Why It Would Soon Break Him"**: These brief jokes mock divorce proceedings and legal consequences, with references to spousal conflict and financial settlements. 2. **"Balanced"**: An essay by Gerald Cosgrove about insomnia, arguing that worry is universally distributed among humans—the wealthy worry about money, the sleepless worry about sleep. This satirizes the notion that problems are relative to one's station. 3. **"Bright Enough"**: A domestic humor sketch where a father questions his daughter's suitor's prospects, learning the young man's main qualification is a wealthy uncle in Chicago—mocking superficial standards for marriage eligibility. The large left illustration depicts **"Steeple Jack"**, a dangerous occupation involving workers on tall structures, criticizing hazardous working conditions.
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JUDGE STEEPLE Cripes! This job is gettin’ dangerous— th’ way they’re knockin’ pedestrians around! ee) First. Postal Employee—Say, what’s the big idea of all these letters without addresses or stamps? Second Wage Slave—Oh, that’s just some of those absent-minded professors over in the corre- spondence school. The Fears of the Law “Look at that woman driver on the wrong side of the street. ‘The cop ought to bawl her out.” * “He doesn't dare; that's his wife.” Why, It Would Soon Break Him “Five thousand dollars!” ejac- ulated the movie idol as he read his lawyer's statement. “Well, that’s the last divorcee DIL ever get from him.” Balanced Insomnia, like everything else, is often misrepresented. — Of course, there are weaklings who worry themselves into insanity be- cause they can't sleep nights, but those people lack balance. — In- somnia is good fun if you know how to take it. Now, for instance: I can’t sleep nights, but I don’t worry about it, because [ can: find diversion in night clubs, theatres, roadhouses, or what have you. But it seems each of us is destined to have something to worry about. With me it’s not the strain of not sleeping at night; it’s the question of whether my father will continue to furnish the money that permits me to sleep days. —Gerarv Coscrove Bright Enough Father—You really want to marry him, eh? What are the young ma Daughter—Well, Dad, he has a very rich uncle who lives. in Chicago. Faruer—If your young man has gone home, Ethel, why don’t you go upstairs to bed? comicbooks.com