Judge, 1928-04-28 · page 5 of 36
Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several unrelated satirical cartoons and jokes rather than a unified political commentary. The main cartoon shows parents who received "a vision of the future"—depicting children playing with a ball while adults engage in various activities. The satire appears to mock parental anxiety about what their children's futures hold. Below are separate jokes about holding babies, Freud references (suggesting psychoanalysis was a contemporary topic of ridicule), and Santa Claus. The "Joke with Whiskers" section presents tired, recycled humor presented as if novel. The remaining cartoons depict domestic scenes: a stork delivery joke and children's mischief with a nurse—typical early-20th-century family humor without clear political content. Overall, this appears to be light, general-interest satire rather than commentary on specific political events.
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— JUDGE The parents wha were vouchsafed a vision of the future. | | | | Yes, Sir! Nitt—Dumb. | | There's only one kind of baby Witt—How dumb? { a man knows how to hold in his “Well, she thinks the Hang- | arms. over's a religious celebratic | “What are you doing now, Davy?” “Making a delivery to a companionate couple,” at a dead give- away THAT statement was.” Joke with Whiskers Siz-year-old—What makes you think there's a $ Clau | Five-year-old—Because I saw | | him, “Shake a stiff one, Billy. We'll get this new nurse tight and “Aw, that was Trader Horn!” then do as we darn please.” | comicbooks.com