Judge, 1928-03-03 · page 7 of 36
Judge — March 3, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several separate humorous items rather than a unified political cartoon: **Main cartoon** ("Young Father"): A domestic scene satirizing parental exasperation—a father tells a child that a broken doll is "unrepairable," likely poking fun at overly indulgent parenting or consumerism. **"Barnyard Toasts"**: Wordplay jokes about farm animals (the Horse, Turkey, Hen, Chick, Hog). **Additional humor pieces** include vignettes about bathroom renovations, laundry mishaps, and romantic complications—standard domestic comedy with no apparent political content. **"Flowery Lovers"**: A satirical poem mocking overly sentimental courtship language, signed "C.C." The page represents typical early-20th-century magazine humor: light domestic satire and observational comedy about middle-class life, rather than political commentary.
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| Youxa Variurr | | Barnyard Toasts | The Horse—Were’s wud in | your rye | The Turkey—Vhe ladies, gob bless ‘em, | The Hen—Were's eluck. The Chick | The Hog Down the Hately, Here's: sow Han Satisenny Please, kid, Jimmie, gimme a dime to come in an’ take his Castor Oil for him.” mum, your There! JUDGE You would tell the child that it's an Will It Come to This? Mamma! Look 1 MAN with . “Mamma! quick ! cigarette! There's Flip—Did you know the girl with the blink mind who was found wandering on Broadway Inst night > Flap—-No fot that one “Bathroom was too small Bool for the tub, mam, so 1 made it | foatlegger : How was that nig ahowere: Scotch [ soid you the other day? | Wonderful! The chauffeur took one drink and eloped with my wife Customer Laundry Work | Everything comes out wash in the including the buttons, Flowery Lovers He—Sorry to be late, dear— | When lilacs bloom in Spring. something important came up. | In tender nomenclature, She (with a cold)—Was that — | They lilac anything. dice? He (absently)—No, poker, | Fond lovers follow nature, comicbooks.com