Judge, 1928-10-13 · page 5 of 36
Judge — October 13, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains four separate humor sections satirizing 1920s social life: **"His Gift"** mocks the Gideon Bible hotel placement trend by suggesting the next logical step: hymn books in bathrooms. **"Show Girl"** jokes about women's endless domestic work. **"The Effects of the Party"** depicts a hungover husband making excuses to his wife about his sick evening—a common domestic comedy trope. **The main cartoon** shows two men admiring an automobile, with one saying parking it caused "so little trouble"—likely satirizing both early automobile enthusiasm and urban parking challenges. **"What Paul Revere Would Have Said Today"** updates the Revolutionary War figure's famous warning cry to modern concerns: British invasion replaced by "smoke Old Golds—Not a Cough in a Car-load" (appears to be advertising wordplay). The page reflects 1920s preoccupations: automobiles, advertising, marital dynamics, and consumer culture.
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His Gift It was a gay Scoteh wedding Beside the river Clye Yes, all were gay save Sandy— He gave away the bride! “Now that the Gideons have a Bible in every hotel room, what do you suppose they'll be doing next “Putting a hymnal in’ every bathroom.” Show Girl work is never done, ying true No wonder, at the matinée, I sce a lot, don’t you? The Effects of the Party Wife—Where were you all last night? snes THAT BULLY BILLY BULLOCK BROKE MY BILLY, Hushand—1 was sitting up DAWLED THE RORY with a sick friend—and, if you . : want to’ kiiow the whole truth, I Riffle the cyards again, stranger, and remember that dead men wus as sick as he was. tell no dirty stories, “I’m taking donations for the poor,” vouched Miss Oyster. “What do you do with your cast-off cloth- ing?” “I hang them up with care and put on my pajamas,” irl shakes a man said Cheerie-Beerie-Bie. “And then I resume them in the morn- ing!” Gad, but that Powder River Perelman can ride leather! All Day Long Howcanyoucrossstreetswhenears comealonglikethis? And Preserved “His wife used to be a peach.” “She still is. She’s a peach of Reno.” “Adzooks, — Belshaz heard the Petunia Song “And prithee, Nebuchednezzar, how doth that go? “Petunia Old) Gray Bonnet With Blue Ribbon on It.” What Paul Revere Would Have Said Today (From an Airoplane) “The British are coming! The British are coming! To arms! shat an auto!” To arms! And smoke Old ; but I like it. I find I have so little trouble parking Golds—Not a Cough in a Car- load!"