Judge, 1928-08-04 · page 24 of 36
Judge — August 4, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features Judge magazine's "Punny Section"—a humor column soliciting reader-submitted puns and visual jokes. The publication paid $5 per accepted pun, offering modest payment for amateur comedic contributions. The cartoons illustrate submitted puns through visual wordplay: - "A New England Boiled Dinnersaur" depicts a dinosaur as dinner - "Merrily We Roll a Lawn" shows people rolling a lawn like a carpet - "Flaming Ute" references a Native American tribe as a visual gag - "An Ab-lu-er Twist" plays on dance terminology The right column contains short joke items ("Krazy Kracks" and "Dizzy Labels"), including a wartime joke about an African officer arresting foreign nationals, and commentary on early 20th-century novel publishing. The humor reflects period attitudes: casual ethnic references, wordplay, and domestic comedy. This represents early American magazine humor before modern sensibilities shifted what counted as acceptable satire.
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Punny tion, Juoor one accepted—none will be returned. will have them illustrated and the original drawings will be mailed to the successful contributors, A New England Boiled Dinnersaur. By H.W. Hanemann, New York, N.Y. AG Merrily We Roll a Lawn. By George Owen, Windsor, Ontario 1 pay $5 for each Jeoar By Mrs. Thos. Rice, Bluefield, W. Va, —_— eS Flaming Ute. By Joseph Brardi, New York, N.Y. Provessionat. Humorist (drowsily)—I sold that j —Evenveopy'’s WeeK.y Lines by One Who Would Forget Woodman, hew that tree; pare not a single bow: I carved the name thereon Of one who h —Mitwavx An officer in a small African ing from the War Office: “War declared, arrest all for- cigners in your district.” He replied: “Have arrested four nish, six Germans, five French, two Swedes, one man from the Argentine, ase state with whom nd one war. y doe? sh or Josephin Child—We don’t know. ‘That's why we call it Joe. —Loxvox Oristox ney, Nora's first novel is being published.” “Really? Who's the hero?” “The publisher, I should say.” —Answens OISZY ADE S 1 call my sweetie Judge because she is always ‘laying down the law to mel Judge pays $5 for each one printed, “Do you know why Iam going than yoursel “Oh, I thought perhaps it because I’m smaller than you. —Tir Bits “For every hundred novels pub- lished in Victorian days we now have # thousand.” But, of cou when Queen Victoria was alive, Edgar Wallace had scarcely got into his swing. —Eve comicbooks.com a a