Judge, 1927-10-08 · page 22 of 36
Judge — October 8, 1927 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humor from various college publications (MIT Voo Doo, Penn State Froth, etc.)—a common Judge feature. The jokes target early 20th-century college life and gender relations: **Key satirical points:** 1. **Harvard vs. Radcliffe baseball joke**: Mocks women's athletic ability and uses double entendre about "curves" to suggest women pitchers aren't legitimately skilled. 2. **"Peroxide blonde" exchange**: Reflects period anxieties about women's authenticity and respectability; the blonde dye joke was contemporary slang mockery. 3. **"Respectable till after Christmas" ad**: Darkly satirizes seasonal hiring of women workers, implying moral standards relaxed after the holidays. 4. **Whooping cough cartoon**: Shows a woman keeping distance from a sick boy—likely commenting on either maternal hesitation or women's general squeamishness about illness. The humor relies on period stereotypes about women's competence, sexual morality, and femininity—reflecting Judge's conservative editorial stance on gender roles.
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Sorp—I hear Harvard lost to Radcliffe in baseball. For—The girls must have a pretty good pitcher. Sorp—Yes, the Harvard bat- ters couldn’t touch her curves. —M. I. T. Voo Doo Black—The girl friend bawled me out last night. She told me that I wasn’t a true gentleman. Bottom—And what did you say? Black—I told her never to for- get that she was only a peroxide blonde herself. —Penn State Froru The pathetic part about it is that some of the final exams are final. —Gertyssura Cannon Baw. “Egad, Ozark, there is enough said about the Freshmen.” “Yes, Rulypluto, they are the butt of the campus.” —Sewanee Mountain Goat “Tis rumored, beloved Aeso- phicles, thou hast a false part in the new comedy.” “Yea, fool, ’tis a lyre I play.” —Navy Loe Local Ad—Wanted a_ sales- girl; must be respectable, till after Christmas. “Well, she’s looking for suck- The Difficult Season Good Pick Up “The horn on her car sounds like a fish peddler’s.” Lenicu Burr ers. —Brown Jug “What are you standing over there throwing rocks at that little boy for?” “I dasn’t go no closer, ma’am. He’s got the whooping cough.” —Toronto Gosun comicbooks.com