Judge, 1927-10-22 · page 5 of 36
Judge — October 22, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains **miscellaneous humor and anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **Top cartoon**: Two figures (labeled Mayor Walker and Ex-Mayor Hylan) perform "an old-time ditty" with the caption "Nothin' from Nothin' Leaves You"—likely a joke about New York City politics, though the specific reference is unclear without more historical context. **Bottom cartoon**: A musician plays cello while a conductor makes classical music references to Beethoven and Handel—standard "highbrow" humor mocking pretentious classical musicians. **Text snippets**: Various brief jokes about wives, radio, bridge playing, and a collision involving Milt Gross and a fire truck—typical light social satire of the era. The page exemplifies Judge's mix of political in-jokes (New York mayors), classical art mockery, and domestic humor popular in early 20th-century American magazines.
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JUDGE Celebrated Cowboys Buffalo Bill Drug Store Will Rogers Dead Eye Dick Two Gun Cal Riding Instructor—Here’s your mount, Miss Daniels. Bebe Daniels—Boo, haven't you any closed weather like this? horses for John Roach you need your radio. Daddy I agree Straton—I_ think a good climinator for Browning with you, Personally, but my wife would never forgive me. Irving Berlin says some song- writers can’t carry a tune, but they can lift a lot of them. “Does your wife play for money, Mr. He “Maybe she play Campbell, but she of any! bridge for it, Mr. never gets “Curse you, Mr. Whitmann, once more you are off your Beethoven!” “And again, my dear Gershwitz, Handel.” sa ey OTHIN | Mayor Walker and Ea-Mayor Hylan render an you have flown off the old-time ditty. Helen Wills—It’s nice to have a radio on winter nights. Peggy Joyce—Yes, we are planning to buy two of them—so when the static is bad on one we can use the other. “T hear Milt Gross ran into a collegian 2 C Jem ? collegian with a fire truck.” yd! Did he kill him?” No—no; it was a rorge Jean Nathan—While in Europe did you have difficulty in grasping guese? H. L. Mencken—Oh, no, they were no harder than the Ameri- can girls. much Portu- comicbooks.com