Judge, 1927-07-23 · page 5 of 36
Judge — July 23, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains an "Ode" poem satirizing the telephone and modern transportation, alongside several cartoon jokes reflecting early 20th-century social anxieties. The main cartoon depicts a sheriff and deputy discussing an automobile theft—the criminal escaped after only one mile because they had to stop and change oil. This jokes about automobiles' unreliability and mechanical demands, a common early-car complaint. Other brief jokes reference: - Tour guides at what appears to be the Parthenon as a filling station - A rooster's reaction to infertile eggs - Marital suspicion over a husband's two-pants suit purchase - A "question book" as a dating guide These sketches reflect 1910s-1920s anxieties: automobile adoption, tourism, consumer goods, and evolving gender relations. The humor assumes readers recognize these as current social developments worth mocking.
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JUDGE Ode (For singing by long distance telephone) O beauteous maid! As in the ancient isles Of Grevee, some ardent poct, soul afire Perchance assisted by Olympian brew—— Would rise and smite his anti- quated lyre; O beauteous maid, I sing as once he would, That Delphic charm, that har- mony of gra Which all are thine, and deftly celebrate The sweet immobile beauty of thy face. Preserve thy hushed demureness, nor disturb The spell of admiration by the sound Of human accents uttered. Do not speak, But, mystic silent, tread thy splendid round. Oh, never, dear, unveil — that maiden mind In syllables; be still, and none may trace The awful, endless vacancy be- hind That sweet immobile beauty of thy face. /| Suertrr—Did ye ketch that automobile thief? Deputy—He was a lucky bird, We had chased him only a mile when our 500 miles was up and we had to stop and change the oil. “And there,” said the Athenian tide, “is the Parthenon.” “Gee,” exclaimed the American rist, “wouldn't it make a swell ng station.” “Say,” yelled the rooster when found the hen sitting on a porcelain egg, “didn’t I tell you lay off of that hard stuff?” Se The really suspicious wife is she who suspects her husband of ding «a double life just because a two-pants suit. S28 »—Have you bought your rl a question book? ry—Say, the only book E got the answers to her comicbooks.com