Judge, 1927-12-17 · page 26 of 36
Judge — December 17, 1927 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire magazines: **"The Child" comic strip** (right side) shows a child repeatedly getting into mischief with household items and animals—the humor relies on physical comedy and the child's obliviousness to danger. **The text jokes** mock various social situations: - Debt and installment buying (furniture "going back" to stores on payment due dates) - Business formality bleeding into personal life (a businessman delivering grace like a corporate memo) - Ticket scalping at sporting events - Novelty cigarette lighters **The advertisements/taglines** include florist services and what appears to be military or institutional humor. The satire targets middle-class anxieties about consumer debt, social pretension, and changing modern conveniences. The humor is gentle and observational rather than biting—typical of Judge's mainstream appeal to educated readers concerned with etiquette and social climbing during this era (likely 1920s-1930s based on style).
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“How does your new cigarette First Sarg’n't at Arms—Ad- lighter work?” vance and give the countersign! “Fine; I can light it with one Second Saleslady—Three match now.” yards of ribbon, please. —Carotina Buccaneer —Penn Srate Frorn He—This dining-room table goes back to Louis 14th. He—That’s nothing: My whole sitting-room set. goes back to Sears-Roebuck on the fifteenth. —Wisconstn Ocrorus Yours Received and Same to Hand The correspondent of a large business firm had been invited to dinner by a friend. At the table the host asked him to say grace. It was a new experience, but he was not to be found wanting. “Dear Lord,” he began, “we thank Thee for all favors of recent date. Pemit us to express our heartfelt thanks and grati- tude. We trust that we may con- tinue to merit your confidence and that we shall receive many more blessings from you in the future. Amen.” —Drexet Drexerp At the Garne Gatekeeper—How’d you get in here? Collegian — On my friend’s ticket. Gatekeeper—And where’s your friend? Collegian—Oh, he’s at home looking for his ticket. —Wasuineton & Lee Mink IVAN KOSSKISTIZZI—Florist “Say It With Flowers” Only the bear facts. —Witiiams Purrte Cow —Wituams Purrte Cow comicbooks.com