Judge, 1928-03-31 · page 11 of 36
Judge — March 31, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains satirical content from Judge magazine, likely from the 1920s based on references to Paul Whiteman (famous bandleader) and Gertrude Ederle (who swam the English Channel in 1926). **Top Cartoon**: A joke about a dancing master complaining of "too many free lessons." The humor relies on the era's concern with proper etiquette and paid instruction. **"New Fables" Section**: A mock-Aesop's fable about a boastful stag. The moral satirizes changing times: hunters don't want the stag's antlers for hat racks anymore—they shoot the raccoon instead for its fur to make overcoats. It's social commentary on shifting consumer demands and economic priorities. **Bottom Section**: Appears to be a humor column with jokes about young women and their behaviors, using period slang ("steel guitars," "Colt" revolver references). The overall tone reflects 1920s satirical humor targeting contemporary social trends, consumer culture, and modern manners—typical Judge magazine content that combined political/social commentary with light comedic observations.
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[ hand, swimming beside our boats, and between us we dragged the lake. Arriving at Wetherald, it was discovered that Paul White- man was bathing in the other end. This, of course, accounted for our ditculty. He was rather peeved that his clothes had been left on Long Island, while he was now in Connecticut, but when shown he had broken Gertrude Ederle’s record was somewhat appeased. As Whiteman) makes records, rather than breaks them, the matter was hushed up. Little Leon, if you are interested, was never found, although several pcople reported to the police they had observed him at the Obser- vation Ward of Bellevue Hos- § pital. He was also reported wandering about the Roxy Thea ter in a dazed condition and patrolmen were dispatched to that point. They found approxi- mately five thousand people in a dazed condition, but) Leon was not among them, The foregoing account should © you some slight idea how this industry has declined. I know of no other industry, with the ex- ception of eavesdropping, that has fallen so low. a conservative estims good hasn't been dropped in these parts for the past ten years, or nearly a decade. The science of dropping an eave is alinost for- gotten. ‘The old-fashioned hand- made caves were good to the last drop. Samere Marx New Fables The Stag and His Antlers A stag in the forest was boast- ing of antlers to a group of animal friends. A raccoon, seck- n down a peg. re- t until the hunters come and you try to run; those things will get caught in’ the trees.” Then came the hunters. They didn’t shoot at the stag at all, because it was out of season, and, les, they didn’t: want him, antlers aren't used for racks any more. But over- coats are still a necessity, so they shot the raccoon, Moral: ‘Times have changed since Aesop. JUDGE girls, pick this one out on your steel guitars: Theresa and Elvira were roasting one of their girl friends, “Yeh, she's crazy about sanitation and filters everything she eats or drinks said the first cuckoo, “Mow does she get along with the rest of her family?” asked the other, “Oh, even her relations are strained!” voiced Theresa, cutting a notch in her Colt, But I’m afraid that it was only notchural with her. comicbooks.com