Judge, 1928-05-05 · page 28 of 36
Judge — May 5, 1928 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines advertisements with humor submissions from college readers, typical of Judge's format in the late 1920s. **The cartoons** are student-submitted jokes, not political satire: - "The Chop" shows slapstick humor about occupational advancement (promotion from janitor at Chevrolet to janitor at Pontiac) - A public speaking course backfires when the speaker puts the audience to sleep - Jokes about correspondence degrees, soap salesmen, and police wagons reference everyday life **The "Eyes that have 'IT'" advertisement** sells Murine eye drops using the period's slang term "IT"—meaning charisma or magnetism popularized in 1920s culture. **The Woodman cartoon** shows children playing, with one warning another to spare a tree—likely environmental or conservation humor. **Context for modern readers:** Judge functioned partly as a humor magazine where college students submitted jokes for publication credit. The page reflects 1920s concerns (job mobility, education) and contemporary slang, with no significant political content—just commercial advertising mixed with collegiate humor.
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Hotel e Lincoln EIGHTH AVENUE 44"!.451!' STS. 1400 new rooms, each with sunshine, bath, shower and servidor—modera rooms at moderate prices at the hub of the business and pleasure zone. $3 to $5 single and $4 to 86 double Lackawanna 1100 TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK General Advance Pansy—Hello, Ernie, are you still janitor over at the Chevrolet plant? Erni I've been pro- moted—I'm janitor at the Pon- tiac plant now! —Mirtox Monroe, Washington U. '28 When I got up to speak, a snicker ran through the crowd and everyone prepared for a big laugh. Little did they know that I had taken a course in Public Speak- ing. But when I had finished they were speechless. They were asleep. —H. A. Heruimy, Georgetown '23 “What degree did he get out of his correspondence course?” “Bachelor of letters.” —L. V. Derry, Annapolis '29 4 Wi Q\nganriw Wao > wit —S ro N Wer f Eyes that have aT” “IT”, . . that magnetic something which attracts others .. . usually lies in the eyes. Don't be dis- couraged if your own eyes arc dull, lifeless and unattractive. A few drops of harmless Murine will AR WA SAAT N The Demon Soap Salesman, —Sipxey Gorpnera, N.Y. U. 31 :, do you know Red? More—Red who? One — Red pepper—"“Ain’t” that hot? —Mirton D. Nerr, Tulane U. '31 And another way to save car- fare, says Joe Collich, is to ride in patrol wagons. —Enizasetu Ciaran, U. of California ’30 MAM MG: npr 1d ©, 7 WOODMAN S PARET! % ig ¢ i g a ALYY os brighten them up and cause them to radiate“IT.” 60c everywhere. EYES |_ : MP UW dard ES Carrie McCann, the yodeling geisha girl will now sing her brand new Hangman’s song “Good Noose.” You can’t teach an old dog new quips—hey Mr. Perelman? —James B. Murray, Lehigh U. '28 comicbooks.com