Judge, 1928-09-01 · page 4 of 36
Judge — September 1, 1928 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several unrelated satirical sketches typical of Judge magazine's format: **Top cartoon** ("The fashion is for low cars"): Mocks cramped automobile design, showing a couple squeezed uncomfortably into a tiny vehicle—satirizing the era's trend toward compact cars. **"Scotch and Soda" advertisement**: A mock ad listing crude practices as if they were virtues—typical satirical humor. **"Scientific Note"**: Brief joke about Dr. Grafter divorcing his wife—appears to mock dishonest politicians or public figures. **"Endurance Contest," "First Aim Passenger," "That's Poverty," "Pan," and "Great Stuff"**: Various unrelated one-liner jokes and small illustrations typical of Judge's miscellaneous humor pages, covering topics from violin lessons to false teeth to oil quality. The page represents Judge's standard format of brief, disconnected jokes rather than sustained political commentary.
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The fashion is for low cars. Scientific Note Dr. Grafter, the fam alist, crossed his wife divorce. us natur- nd got a Endurance Contest “Sce that cup. I won that for being low man in the thirty-six holes Championship Mateh at the public links last year. “You did! What did you go around in?” “Two hundred and nineteen days.” Then there’s the Scotchman who gives his kids violin lessons so they won't have to get their hair cut. Pan— State Pouiceman—Hey, you—get that goat out o° there an’ stop your damn nonsense! JUDGE Our Idea of Cruel Practices: 1, Shooting craps mediums +. Splitting infinitives 5. Canning sardines 6. Writing stuff like this for peo- ple to read Finst Atm Passexcrn—They say it takes a long time to fall two miles, “1 imagine the time will pass quite quickly.” That’s Poverty Pathetic moment: Having to pawn your false teeth so you ean get money to buy something to eat. Then there was the absent- minded professor who put the clutch in the back seat and threw out his wife. Great Stuff “This oil is wonderful, isn’t ive” “Sure is. I get a hundred haircombs to the gallon.” comicbooks.com