Judge, 1928-04-21 · page 29 of 36
Judge — April 21, 1928 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains a **reader-submission humor section** ("Punny Section") featuring puns submitted by Judge readers, with cartoons illustrating the jokes. The three visible puns play on familiar phrases: "Love sends a little gift of noses" (riffing on romance), "Oh, solo meow!" (a cat pun), and "After the ball was Rover" (a dog reference). These are lighthearted wordplay with no political content. The **right side is a Cunard Line cruise ship advertisement** disguised as editorial commentary. It humorously refers to luxury amenities on the Caronia and Carmania ships as indescribable "gadgets"—beds, running water, glass-enclosed decks—emphasizing the modernized comfort of ocean travel to Europe. The price of $152.50 represents an attractive fare for the era. This is 1928 advertising targeting affluent travelers, not satire.
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} “Love sends a little gift of noses.” | | Submitted by M. J. Reilly, Monroe, Mich. Send in wildest, craziest puns for the Punny will pay S35 for cach one accepted will be returned, will have them il lustrated and the original will he successful contributors, your Section, Juve none Jeper drawings mailed to the “Oh, solo meow!” Submitted by Ruth Thomas Bedford, Ohio. “After the ball was Rover.” . Deitrick, New York City. Submitted by Mrs, M. SPEAKING OF GADGETS ..... A GADGET ... as anyone knows ... is anything you can’t describe. And that’s our state exactly, We can’t begin to describe all the whatnots that Cunard’s % million dollars in improvements brings to the Caronia and Carmania. If you're any sort of person ... if you've been anywhere .. . know anything... heard anything ...of course you know about those two hest ways of getting to Europe ... the Caronia and Carmania. But we doubt if you'll recognize them now!... think of all the assorted gadgets a half a million can buy... figure it out for yourself. There’s Gadget No.1... that’s easy to describe: B-E-D-S dandy, downy beds instead of berths. Gadget No. 2... hot and cold running water ++. running in every cabin too. Gadget No. 44... glass-enclosed decks, swell places to dance come the Night. And there are dozens of others.. including the usual run of seagoing gadgets that make a ship a ship... salt sea air... certain imported gadgets under the wine steward’s care, Oh, many thin Se And the fare for all this? Tut-tut... the merest of gadgets! $152.50 to Plymouth, Havre and London. CUNARD LINE ® See Your Local Agent 1840-EIGHTY-FIGHT-YEARS-OF-SERVICK: 1928 comicbooks.com