Judge, 1928-03-24 · page 5 of 36
Judge — March 24, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"The Party Was a Success"**: A cartoon depicting a chaotic apartment party where guests are extremely rowdy—dancing, singing, and causing mayhem. The joke is that the narrator successfully threw a lively party, though the destruction suggests "success" is subjective. 2. **"Luck"**: A brief anecdote about a man being knocked over by a horse-drawn car, illustrating ironic "luck." 3. **"All in One"**: A satirical story about Jones, described as a joke about a Scottish waiter and various family members' scandals (infidelity, drinking, poor grades). The accompanying illustration shows an American family departure in automobiles. The satire appears to mock the complexity of modern family dysfunction compressed into one narrative. The page reflects 1920s American social commentary and domestic life.
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JUDG The Party Was a Success Some parties are tame affairs, Bat this one wasn't, Everyone seemed to be Master of Cere- monies, ta moment dragged. Some- thing doing every minute. Every- body happy, joyous, — riotous. Never before had there been such an affair, © Music and other noises, dancing, playing games. singing, plaster loosening, and riddles. ‘The biggest riddle was how they could all keep it up without a moment's letup. It certainly was a wonderful party. Nobody could say it was the kind of affair people would fall asleep at. I know, because that’s pre- cisely what 1 was trying to do in my flat below. Luck Certain things are supposed to bring the finder luck, but there's nothing in that theory. A’ guy once stooped to pick up a horse- shoe on the road and a car came along and knocked him over the — P ‘ji ‘ ‘ ° pie inventio res e by waving the hands— fence into a field of four-leaf New invention produces music by waving the hane we want a silencer to work that way! clovers, 4 All in One “What made Jones go craz: “He tried to write a jol about the mother-in-law of a Scotch waiter, Gus, and the dumb flapper, Dora, he was engaged to marry, who drove in a Ford, bought on the installment plan, to and from college where she went to neck and drink liquor; and whose little brother, Willi was always making bright re- marks to his teacher,” One's knowledge of love de- Fig eS peends on the way one grasps the subject. Hortense—Egad, but that car going by with the wobbly wheels certainly looks peculiar. Two Other Fellows—Aye, ‘tis An American family starts out for the day. passing strange. comicbooks.com