Judge, 1928-02-18 · page 13 of 36
Judge — February 18, 1928 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine collects humor pieces typical of early-20th-century American satirical publishing. The main content includes: **"Gags to Riches"** – A collection of short jokes and quips on everyday topics: absent-minded professors, laundry mishaps, transportation puns, marital relations, and poetry criticism. These are light social observations with no specific political target. **Two cartoons**: The top illustration shows a man displaying clocks to a woman, captioned about "locket" and "Glassware millions." The lower cartoon depicts what appears to be a father figure receiving complaints from three men about a child's allowance—a joke about a son forgetting to request money for textbooks. **"The Scrap of Paper" section** references an old saying about valueless contracts. **Notable**: The page credits Jock Perelman and mentions Dr. Morrison—likely regular *Judge* contributors or recurring comic characters of the era. The humor is domestic, class-conscious (servants, professors, allowances), and assumes a educated, upper-middle-class readership. No specific contemporary political events are referenced.
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GAGS TO RICHES By R. C. O’Brien Yes What does a gogetter do after he’s goneandgotter? Forgetter? The absent-minded professor posted a letter without a stamp. When it came back he looked in his mouth and found the stamp on his tongue. Why do you send your clothes to the laundry? is a question often asked. But we know a better one: Why does the laun- dry send your clothes to me? Sufficient Nitt—Have you a town car? Witt—Three of them! “What kind?” “Uptown, downtown and cross- town.” If people could get arrested for what they think, my girl would never be in any danger. Poets are born, not made. And a lot of the present ones were born about one hundred years too soon to suit us, If husbands went every place their wives told them to go there would be fewer divorces but more widows. ie SvORF sitll THE ' SCRAP OF k PAPER | No tanas. Judge pays $5 for each one printed. received. But you forgot to add on $32 for text-books.” JUDGE Jock Perelman, the whispering paper-hanger, will now oblige with his new pitchfork song, “How Many Tines?” Here’s an ancient wheeze: “Doctor!” mumbled a ten-minute egg over the ’phone, “I’ve tried everything and can’t get to sleep; can’t you do something for me?” “Certainly, Mr. Bushwick,” replied Dr. Morrison acidly, “just hold the line and I'll sing you a nice lullaby!” Yes, Harry, I think I’ll have the fried chicken 4 la Maryland with stewed corn and apple fritters. “Dear Father—Your check for $400, a month’s allowance, is