Judge, 1928-07-28 · page 17 of 36
Judge — July 28, 1928 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects six comic vignettes satirizing early 20th-century social situations: 1. **Alarm clock**: Mocks unreliable technology with exaggerated slapstick. 2. **Bathing suit complaint**: A woman ridicules a man's bathing attire as outdated ("stinging jellyfish"), reflecting changing fashion standards. 3. **Car trouble**: A woman sits *in* a broken car, unable to start it—satirizing both early automobile unreliability and women's mechanical incompetence (a common stereotype). 4. **Rescue regret**: A man resents being thanked for rescuing a woman from drowning because his wife now jealously harasses him ("giving me Hail Columbia"). The joke: gratitude creates marital problems. 5. **Drunk logic**: A confused man tells a policeman he "left home early this morning and haven't been seen since"—nonsensical drunken speech. 6. **Elopement**: A bathing girl flees with a man, likely a working-class suitor, scandal suggested by the dramatic nighttime escape. The humor targets domestic tensions, technological fumbling, and social propriety violations.
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JUDGE jellyfish!” Sue—Do you think you could start my car? “Where is it?” “I'm sitting in it.” Mr. Weems—NSorry, miss, but my wife hes been giving me Hail Columbia ever since 1 saved you from drowning, and there's only one solution! Poticeman—You look worried. “Yesh, offisher, I left my home early thish morn- ing and haven't been seen since.” The bathing girl elopes. comicbooks.com