Judge, 1927-09-03 · page 5 of 36
Judge — September 3, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate humorous pieces satirizing early 20th-century social observations: **"Righto!"** depicts a telephone conversation joke about guessing someone's identity. **"Table Talk"** mocks dinner conversation, including a reference to "Joe de back elevator boy" becoming a messenger in the Swell apartments—likely satirizing social climbing or absurd promotions among working-class individuals. **"Full Steam Ahead!"** comments on women entering previously male-dominated occupations, noting women have invaded "all but thirty-seven of the occupations of the world" but remain absent as locomotive engine-drivers and lack backseats in locomotive cabs. The accompanying humor about "black eyes" and the final joke about a woman with a "wart" being someone's husband plays on period stereotypes about gender and appearance. The cartoons reflect contemporary debates about women's workplace participation during the early suffrage era.
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JUDGE Righto! Playful Party (at the other end of the —telephone)—Guess who this is! Frank party (at this end)—Oh, some imbecile or other. Table Talk | “What's an appropriate song | for a vase that the maid knocks off the table?” “I don’t know; what?” “‘Good-by, Doily, I Must Leave You. | “Ah heahs yo’ been promoted | to de passenger cyah in de Swell- some Ahms, Joseph.” “Yes, sah! I ain't ‘Joe de back itor boy’ no mo’. I’se Lift Tenant Brown!” Lots of people who have one track minds don’t even have that in the right direction. An evening at home with a group of aviators. Full Steam Ahead! Women, says‘an English paper, have invaded all but thirty-seven of the occupations of the world. There are as yet no women engine-drivers. There isn’t any back seat in a locomotive cab. The hand is aster than the eye. That’s why you see so many black eyes. “Who’s the lady with the little wart?” “Sh-h-h! Keep still. ‘That's her husband.” | | ) oa | 4s | | | | | And just back from a vacation in the mountains! 3 comicbooks.com