Judge, 1928-09-08 · page 5 of 36
Judge — September 8, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several short humorous items rather than a single political cartoon. **"Lost by a Nose"**: A golfer lost a match because he missed a putt—a play on the phrase "lost by a nose" (narrowly losing). **"The Field Variety"**: A joke about glass-house residents wearing glasses. **"One With the Other"**: A cartoon showing a man breaking a speed record while simultaneously breaking his neck—commentary on reckless behavior. **"How the Spraits Solved Their Problem"**: A satirical poem about a married couple with opposite dietary needs (one couldn't eat fat, one couldn't eat lean), suggesting both became "vegetarians." The page also includes "Scotch Grams" (brief witticisms) and advertisements. The humor is generally mild social satire typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine.
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JUDGE CYANIDE LIKE TECUM- SEH YAWL CANDIDATE BESET SOON Lost by a Nose You've heard of horses losing by a nose, but who ever heard of ‘ fer losing by a nose? Well, I did. The golfer told me so himself. He lost by a nose. Somebody blew one while he was trying to make an important putt. The Field Variety Neighbors of people who live in glass houses use glasses. Exactly If no news is good news, tab- loids must be good newspapers. One With the Other The trouble is, a man usually breaks a speed record and. his neck at the same time, Larcr Gint—I hope Father won't know I’ve been to a dance. Partren—Has he a Seismograph? “I’m afraid we'll have to let Olga go, dear—she’s such a jarring note amidst our new modernist furnishings.” WIS How the Spratts Solved Their \ Problem Oh, Mister Spratt could eat no fat Because the man was dict While wife could cat no lea nd that Occasioned constant rioting. Though Mister Spratt and wife would spat And shrick like two barbarians, No daily row disturbs them now— They both are vegetarians! —A. They say a good big man can always lick a good little man, but a good little woman is something else again. . Give a little she'll wan! girl a hand and That Would Be News Any day likely to hear o irplane collision over the Atlantic. now we're MARYS DOUGHNUT LOST FOUND ITINERANTS ROOM comicbooks.com