Judge, 1927-07-30 · page 24 of 36
Judge — July 30, 1927 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a collection of short jokes and comic sketches typical of Judge magazine's humor section. The content reflects early-20th-century American attitudes: **The jokes** use wordplay and social commentary: a man's marriage increases his father's expenses; a father disbelieves triplets as statistically improbable; a passenger objects to sharing a train berth with someone from "lower berth" (class-based snobbery); a wife's pie is so bad the husband jokes about it being lethal. **"Stylish Poem"** mocks women's fashion—specifically the practice of storing compacts (cosmetic cases) in their stockings, satirizing both vanity and the impracticality of 1920s women's clothing. **The bottom illustration** shows women in various patterned swimsuits dancing on a beach, captioned "The dance of the seven whales"—crude body-shaming humor about women's physiques. The overall tone is lighthearted domestic and social satire aimed at middle-class readers, with casual class consciousness and gender mockery typical of the era's mainstream humor.
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JUDGE He—Well, my father has another wife to support now. Sue—How’s that? Is he a bigam He—No; but I just got married. —Onto State Sun Dia, “Triplets,” announced the nurse to the proud father. “Really?” he said. “I can hardly believe my own census.” —Dartmovrn JAck-o'-LAanTERN “Porter, I say, porter! Don't let that man off here with me! He is not of my “Prithee, whaffo? “He comes from a lower berth!” —Darrmovutn Jack-o'-LAntrern ation.” a4 In Chicago a popular advertis- ing slogan has been paraphrased “Have you had lead today?” —Pennsyivanta Puxcut Bows Stylish Poem The way these women Dress, by Heck! Is certainly quite shocking. They shove their compacts Down their neck— And find them in their stocking. —NortTHWESTERN Purpce Parror See fey—John, there is someone pantry and I've just made a pie. Hubby—Well, it’s all right with me as long as he don’t die in the house. —Orecon Orance Own The dance of the seven whales. —Cotumpia JESTER “What was the name of that town we just passed?” “T didn’t see no town.” “You musta been looking over the wrong side of the horse.” —Carotina Buccaneer 1e world is round, isn’t it?” Right-o.” “Then if I wanted to go east, I could eventually get there by going west.” “What are you, a taxi driver?” —Hamitton Royat Gasoon comicbooks.com