Judge, 1928-05-26 · page 8 of 36
Judge — May 26, 1928 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several satirical cartoons mocking early 20th-century American life: **Top cartoon**: "Public school class five B" shows children displaying irreverent skepticism when their teacher reads the Declaration of Independence—satirizing how modern youth question authority and ideals their elders revere. **"The Vacation Trunk"**: A wife delays her husband's departure by continuously adding more belongings—a domestic joke about female consumerism and marital friction. **"Epitaph for a Motorist"**: A dark humor piece mocking traffic fatalities, wishing the deceased "found a parking place"—suggesting early automobile culture's dangers while poking fun at urban congestion. **"Odd Jobs for the Minister's Son"**: Shows a minister's child disrupting church service, satirizing how even clergy families struggle with discipline. **"To One Whose Hand Is Lovely"**: A sentimental love poem (attributed to Carroll Carroll) appears almost mockingly earnest among the crude humor surrounding it. The page's overall tone reflects Judge magazine's satirical stance toward contemporary American manners, values, and social change.
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CRmtorD Younc Public school class five B shows painfully modern thought when teacher reads aloud from the Declaration of Independence, To One Whose Hand Is Lovely Give me your hand, my dear; For such a one is something to inspire. So beautiful a blend, So delicate, so strong, desire If I must ask again, Who wouldn say it? Give me your hand, You've not the slightest notion how to play it. —Carnoit, Carnorn so to as I do, forever THE VACATION TRUNK His Wire—Wait, John, before you close the lid—I have some more things. Pues { Epitaph fot a Motorist a AD) JQ Ravavatg — Oh, stranger, halt Pat A on Beside the bones Pr Of William Walt eA Lysander Jones. Surround his mound erful face— ‘ found = == = A parking place ! ODD JOBS FOR THE MINISTER'S SON Keeping the congregation axake. — comicbooks.com