Judge, 1928-04-28 · page 16 of 36
Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines two sections: **Comic Strip Classics** (literary quotations with capitalized words rearranged to create puns) and **School Days** (humorous anecdotes). The top cartoon shows an old man with a child and toy train, captioned about "Bavaria's best friends" advising Hitchcock—likely referencing Alfred Hitchcock or a contemporary figure in entertainment. The joke references stage managers and casting disputes over a female performer named Eve. The lower cartoon depicts a mother and father discussing sending their son to college, suggesting the education was a "mistake." The **School Days** section contains period humor: a pupil failing to recite poetry, a child misusing vocabulary ("avenue" and "street" as verbs), and a final joke about drinking "bootleg liquor" during Prohibition—the irony being toasting health while consuming illegal alcohol. The literary quotations appear to be word-play exercises, capitalizing random letters to create hidden words or jokes for educated readers. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American satirical humor targeting education, family life, and Prohibition-era contradictions.
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