Judge, 1928-02-04 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 4, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated satirical jokes typical of Judge's format: 1. **"Unlimited"**: Jokes about boarding houses providing excessive toilet paper. 2. **"Postponement"**: A wedding delay caused by the groom's drunkenness and concerns about bigamy with twins—likely referencing contemporary anxieties about divorce and remarriage. 3. **"Seldom Worn"**: Quips about apron strings and mothers-in-law, reflecting period anxieties about maternal control in marriages. 4. **The main cartoon** depicts chaos at Miami Beach (visible on a sign), apparently showing a toboggan accident. The caption "Canadian Toboggans—Guess that last slide was too steep!" suggests slapstick humor about winter sports mishaps. 5. **"Not Such a Quick Lunch"** and **"Rectified"**: Brief anecdotes about restaurant service and absent-minded professors. These represent typical early-20th-century American domestic and leisure humor.
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| | Unlimited In some boarding houses they certainly get a lot of mileage out of a roller towel. Postponement May—What caused the post- ponement of the wedding? Belle—Both objected. He was drunk and that's why she ob jected. And he was so drunk he objected because he thought they were trying to get him to commit bigamy by marrying twins. “She inherited over eight mil- lions from her father’s estate, and now she’s married a young and. struggling newspaperman.” “LT guess he didn’t strain him- self struggling!” About the only time the aver- age wife will really listen to her husband is when he talks in his sleep. Seldom Worn The little boy who is tied to his mother’s apron strings these days isn’t with his mother much. The acrobat who walked in his sleep Canavan Tosocuanists—Guess that last slide was too steep! Not Such a Quick Lunch Nitt—-If you're in such a hurry why don't you order a minute steak ? Witt—Nothing doing. Once 1 ordered a minute steak with pota toes and it took me five minutes to find it Rectified The absent-minded professor got on the wrong train, but it was all right because he got put off because he had forgotten his ticket. She was only an usher’s daug ter—and could she put a chappie in his place! comicbooks.com