Judge, 1928-03-10 · page 24 of 36
Judge — March 10, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor page from *Judge* magazine featuring short jokes and one-liners attributed to various colleges and regional sources. The central cartoon shows a man in formal attire dancing with a woman, illustrating the joke about requesting the "eighteenth" dance. The jokes reflect early 20th-century concerns and social attitudes: - **Gender dynamics**: Jokes about lipstick, Scottish boyfriends, and dating expectations reveal period attitudes toward courtship and women's appearance. - **Modern conveniences**: A husband's complaint about his wife despite buying her electrical appliances (washer, cleaner, radio, stove) satirizes consumer culture and marital friction over domestic expectations. - **Wordplay and puns**: Many jokes rely on double meanings—"athletic underwear" climbs, "water on the knee" as a drinking excuse, the "Hard-Boiled Virgin" book title. - **Regional humor**: Attributions to different colleges and cities suggest this was compiled from campus and regional sources. The page presents lighthearted, often mildly risqué humor typical of 1920s-era satirical magazines aimed at educated readers.
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