Judge, 1927-12-17 · page 33 of 36
Judge — December 17, 1927 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humor pieces and an advertisement typical of 1927 Judge magazine. **"High Hat"** continues a story about attending a Six-Day Race (a popular endurance cycling event of that era). The humor involves spectators drinking illicitly during Prohibition and their discovery of a cocktail recipe disguised as innocent ingredients. **"A Kind Heart"** is a brief joke about a vagrant asking to cut grass for food, with the homeowner cruelly suggesting he eat the uncut grass directly—satirizing false charity. **"Embarrassing Moments"** shows a couple being discovered in a compromising situation by the woman's mother, with the Murad cigarette advertisement positioned as the solution to awkwardness—reflecting 1920s attitudes about smoking as sophisticated behavior. **The burglar joke** plays on dental anesthesia ("gas") as a pun. The page mainly showcases period humor reflecting Prohibition-era attitudes, courtship norms, and consumer advertising conventions rather than political satire.
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High Hat (Continued from page 11) down in the middle of the track to get some inside dope and when Mac took out his flask a guard chided us for drinking out of the saucer! ... The Six-Day Race may be hot stuff to some people, but as Mac said when he looked down at the long line of sleeping cots, “This is a lot of + | bunk!” a | However, the rage brought out the discovery of the “Six Day” cocktail . . . one third bacardi, one third Gordon Water and one ‘third ginger ale . . . two or three of these and you won’t need a bicycle! Gry A Kind Heart Tramp—Kin I cut your grass | for a meal, ma’am? Lady of the House—Yes, my ; poor man. But you needn’t bother cutting it; you may eat it right off the ground. —Western Curistian Apvocate “My little girl is going to Paris to continue her music studies.” “Ah, a scholarship, I sup- | pose?” “No, our neighbors are pay- ing. —Passinc Snow Caller—Are you sure the man- Qi monian — NSS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS When her mother happens in upon the pet- ting party . . . be nonchalant .. . light a MURAD CIGARETTE MURAD For those who feel entitled to life’s better things © 1927, P. Lorillard Go., Est. 1760 | ager is not in? Dignified Office Boy—Do you doubt his word, sir? —Tir Bits Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle a SS Buretar (discovered by dentist)—C-could I ’ave gas, sir? —Homorist comicbooks.com