Judge, 1928-05-05 · page 16 of 36
Judge — May 5, 1928 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This is a humor collection page from Judge, a satirical magazine. The content comprises several short jokes and gags rather than a single unified cartoon: **"Gags to Riches"** by R.C. O'Binns offers one-liners on contemporary topics: - **Lindbergh reference**: Alludes to Charles Lindbergh's extreme fame (post-1927 transatlantic flight), joking that his laundry gets stolen as souvenirs - **Venus de Milo joke**: Satirizes marriage and women as gold-diggers by claiming the armless statue was an "ideal wife" with no access to pockets - **Radio and mail humor**: Mocks 1920s-30s radio advertising (applause cards) and suggests if everyone were like the author, the postal service would collapse - **Marriage jokes**: Standard period humor about wives' materialism and nagging ("sign language") The two cartoon illustrations show 1920s-era domestic and commercial scenes. The overall tone reflects common interwar American satire: skepticism toward marriage, consumer culture, celebrity excess, and modern conveniences.
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BIG VALUE BABY DOLL HERE! Magistrate Hifkey was examining a peterman, “If you were in the house for no dishonest purpo: stocking feet?” inquired the beak was sickness in the fi hat you doing in your ase, yeronna, | heard wered the safe-blow Jokes are made by mugs like me, but only God can make a tree. Pocket tons, ou've never stayed so late before! GAGS TO RICHES By R. C. O'Biaaex Appropriate Movie Subtitle “Came the Yawn.” Penalty of Popularity When Lindbergh sends his shirts to the laundry they steal them for souvenirs. Of course. we're not so popular; they only take parts of ours. ba part of your salary Snough for lunch and nyway. No Golddigger Venus de Milo must have been an ideal wife. She had no hands to go through her husband's pockets, and besides husbands in those days didn’t wear clothes that had any pockets in them. Ho-Hum! When my wife wants some- thing she uses the sign language. She always signs for this and signs for that. Women are good losers. espe- cially when it comes to husbands. Not That “That's certainly a rotten or- chestra. What are they playing?” “T don't know—but I know it isn’t Follow the Leader.” If If all the mail in the country were restricted to radio applause cards and all the people in the world were like me, Uncle m would never sell a postage stamp. Also—The old white mule isn’t what she used to be! da comicbooks.com