Judge, 1927-08-20 · page 27 of 36
Judge — August 20, 1927 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains brief jokes and one-panel cartoons targeting early 20th-century college culture and social stereotypes. **Main themes:** - **College humor**: Fraternity men pretending sophistication ("buying a dictionary to talk like a fraternity man"), drunkenness, and poor dancing - **Gender stereotypes**: Women portrayed as simple-minded or materialistic; a joke contrasting women and fish - **Racial caricature**: A story about a "colored mammy" who marks documents with an X, later substituting a circle after marriage—presented as humor about Black illiteracy and name changes - **General absurdism**: Surreal jokes about beer steins, swallowed wishbones, and college boys sleeping in class The racial content reflects the casual bigotry of the era. Most humor relies on wordplay, physical comedy, and contemporary college life references that remain recognizable today (fraternity culture, drinking, dating). The magazine attributes jokes to various college newspapers (Notre Dame, Cornell, Pennsylvania).
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JUDGE “Is he dumb?” “Dumb? Say, he bought a Webster’s Collegiate Diction- ary to learn to talk like a fraternity man.” —Pirr Paxtuer reuse hil irth- “What is a beer stein?” “A beer stein is something you try to rub off after you have spilled beer all over your best suit.” —Jack-o’-LantTeRN se is Can't he?” .LE ED If a man kills a quart—that isn't news; but if a quart kills man—that isn’t news either. —Catirornta Peican Hellas—And at the end of 1 letter he put a couple of What does he mean? Jealous—Simple girl! It means he’s double-crossing you. —Nennaska Awoaws:: Prof. in Psych, I—What do you associate with the word “mutton” ? Freshman—Jcff. —Pennsytvania Pexcn Bowr “What's the difference be tween a woman and a fish? “T bite.” “A h has no waistline.” —Catuirornia Perican j “T could die dancin, he de- aimed as he walked all over her feet. “Maybe so,” she agreed; “but we don’t need to make a death pact out of it.” Pirr Panruer A colored mammy came into the office of the estate for which she worked to receive her wages. As she could not write, she al- ys receipted with the cus- tomary cross. On a following occasion she made a circle instead of a ¢ and the man in charge, noti it, remarked to her about it. “Well,” the old negress ex- plained, “ah done got marr an’ changed mah r otre Dame JuGGLer me.” h “LT just swallowed a wish hone and now I won't be able to make a wish.” “Nonsense, Just wish that you hadn't swallowed it.” —-Norre Dane Jvacrer Diag—Is he dumb? Nosis—Is he dumb? He broke his leg once and the S. P. C. A. wanted to shoot him, —Pirr Paxruer “Who was the lady I seen you with last night? “My, my, such English.” —Bosrow Beanpor If all the college boys who slept ced end to end they would be much more com- fortable. in class were —Cornett Wivow ook at those colors! The of the butterfly, the ‘onate purple of a tropical night, the crimson of——” “What is it, a rainbow?” “Naw, a taxicab.” —Darrmovri Jack-o'-Lan comicbooks.com