Judge, 1927-12-10 · page 26 of 36
Judge — December 10, 1927 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor-focused page from *Judge*, an American satirical magazine, featuring short jokes and comic verses rather than political cartoons. The content includes college humor (credited to various schools like N.Y.U., Wesleyan, Iowa, Princeton, Michigan), reflecting the magazine's appeal to educated, middle-class readers. The jokes are light and domestic: wordplay about girlfriends, rainfall ruining trouser creases, a traveling salesman's death, romantic misunderstandings, and religious humor (a Mormon joke about "population of the heart"). The single cartoon depicts two working-class figures—a judge and defendant—in a domestic violence scenario played for laughs. The woman "asked for it," establishing a victim-blaming joke that was acceptable in this era. Most content is sentimental verse mixed with puns and mild social satire. The humor relies on period-specific college references and assumes familiarity with common joke formats rather than current events.
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