Judge, 1928-03-03 · page 5 of 36
Judge — March 3, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **"Rural Growth"** (top left): A poem by Berton Braley celebrating pastoral simplicity and escape from urban chaos—reflecting early 20th-century nostalgia for countryside life amid rapid industrialization. **"Cataclysmic Moments"** (center): A satirical cartoon showing a vegetarian surrounded by anthropomorphized food items (beans, onions). The caption "See how you like it!!" suggests dark humor about vegetarians being consumed by their own food—mocking vegetarianism as an oddly reversed natural order. **"A Slaying Party"** (bottom left): References pedestrian traffic fatalities from automobiles, a growing public concern as cars proliferated. The joke critiques motorists' carelessness. **"Two of a Kind"** (right): A domestic humor piece about marital conflict over a husband's drinking, featuring a wife who serves breakfast in bed but must contend with his alcoholism.
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Rural Growth How simple the life of the village Where peace settles down on | us all And talk is of cows and of till- age, And ivy grows ever each wall, Afar from the city’s fierce riot Where men grab for gold—or | go broke, | | One's soul ean be restful and | quiet | As lichen that grows on an oak, Away from the heetie enslave- ment OF theaters, parties and dress. The green moss grows over the pavement And life has no struggle or stress. Moss. ivy and lichen—how pretty | To watch them grow, ealta as can be, And T think PH go back to the city Before they grow all ever me! Berton Braley | | A Slaying Party H First) Motorist—1 understand | the pedestrians all over — the country are going toe get to- xether. | Second Motorist—Vine! | Where? | | | | | She gave hima pain in the neck, The Vegetarian gets pickled. Caractysaic Moments. Two of a Kind Then there was the wife who liked to have breakfast in’ bed, but her husband never got in in time to serve it. “Oh. oh. my poor husband ! Something The carbolic acid was right next to the bottle of whiskey he just bought and My God! And he drank the acid?” . the whiskey!" terrible has happened. T call her Mine such a little pold-digger heeause she's comicbooks.com