Judge, 1928-10-27 · page 5 of 36
Judge — October 27, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains **humorous verse and cartoons** rather than political satire. The content includes: **"The Parrot"** — A poem by George Mitchell about parrots' crude vocabulary and chatty nature, illustrated with a bird drawing. **"Halloween vigor"** — A cartoon showing children carrying ladders and fences, captioned as boys "too tired and weak to run errands," likely mocking laziness or mischief-making during the holiday. **"Incident of the Track"** — A poem (attributed R.C.O.) about a racehorse named Walker that performed poorly, personified as female and arriving "rather late." **Medicine chest cartoon** — Shows someone opening a crowded cabinet, captioned "If we outfitted our medicine chest with the things they sell in the drug store," satirizing excessive patent medicine advertising common in that era. The page is primarily **entertainment and social humor** rather than political commentary.
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JUDGE VIEW CINNAMON ESCAPE WITHHOLD CLOISONNE LEMON OWEN ISLET CHOOCHOOS REWARD Fowl Verse J [sens | The Parrot The parrot is a chatty fellow; Talks a blue streak, sometimes yellow. His is what you'd call a very Colorful vocabulary. But this easy verbal flow Isn't always comme il faut. His line is often crude and sin- ister Embarrassing to nun and min- ister. Of his merry quip, they tell us ealous, In fine, the parrot, take ny word, Should be seen but seldom heard. —Grorce Mitcuece = Hallowe'en vigor of some little boys who are too tired and weak to run errands. Incident of the Track 1 called my racehorse Walker I thought that pretty fair, T named her after Jimmy, Because she was a marc. But. gosh, Thad no luck at all, It must have been cruel fate; At all important happenings, She came in rather late R.C. O. “Wend your weary way hither, Phil Bottles, and use the word ‘Dissension’ in a sentence.” | If we outfitted our medicine chest with the things they sell in “Dissension has only got four | the drug store. cylinders.” comicbooks.com