Judge, 1928-05-12 · page 4 of 36
Judge — May 12, 1928 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate satirical cartoons from Judge magazine: 1. **Top cartoon**: A circus/sideshow scene mocking a disreputable character ("Oakum/Repudiated Gamin Joe"). The joke plays on boot sizing and deception. 2. **"Scotch or Buy"**: A brief joke about a Scottish boy asking his father for a train, receiving sandpaper instead—a play on frugality stereotypes. 3. **Lower cartoons**: Two domestic scenes—one about an old maid and housework, another about a diver's wife and grape-fruit. The final vignette shows children negotiating prices for black eyes and bloody noses, reflecting working-class street violence as comedy. These cartoons reflect early 20th-century working-class humor, ethnic stereotyping, and casual treatment of poverty and violence as entertainment.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE “Why Joe, I believe that it’s our old maid, Flossie. She al- ways used to lean on a broom like that.” Diver’s Wir e—Keep your suit on, Jim, until you've had your grape-fruit. . YA CAN'T KID ME-THAT'S A LOTTA OAKUMIREPUDIATED GAMIN JOE Watch old Southpaw Sid twirl the salary wing on this nifty, gals. “Hey, you brought me the wrong pair of boots!” shouted Major Machamer, “Can't you see one’s black and the other's brown?" “T know, i snuffled Private Rosa, Sut the other pair's the same way!” TU hut and TU pu and [Il blow your house down 5 Scotch or Buy Did you hear about the little Scotchman who asked his father for a train? He got two sl of sandpaper. She—Let’s get married. He—N * your parson, “Does touch system?" Well. she certainly didn’t buy that fur t new typist use the t of her wages.” I'd black co cents, Fer cents I'd punch yer nos Uren fwri fellers, here's a dime, le’s get going! another tia _____] comicbooks.com