Judge, 1928-06-23 · page 28 of 36
Judge — June 23, 1928 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains three brief humorous submissions from college students (circa 1929-1931). **Top left**: A joke about class disparity—a poor man asks for a dime for coffee, but the speaker insists on giving a nickel and wants it served with heavy cream, mocking wealthy people's pretentious consumption habits even when supposedly helping the poor. **Top right**: "The Chiller" cartoon depicts a medieval baron demanding his "gerfalcon" (a hunting bird), mocking overwrought historical fiction or theatrical drama popular in the era. **Bottom**: A cartoon showing what appears to be an art class or modeling session, where an instructor asks a model to "assume this pose"—the humor likely derives from an awkward or undignified position being requested in a formal artistic context. These are student submissions representing typical 1920s-30s college humor: social commentary, absurdist scenarios, and gentle mockery of pretension and authority figures.
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