Judge, 1928-11-24 · page 5 of 36
Judge — November 24, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# "Judging the News" - November 20, 1928 This page satirizes contemporary news stories through editorial commentary. The top section features small cartoon vignettes (mostly illegible) depicting various news items with judges evaluating them. The main cartoon below shows a street newsstand scene where a man asks another, "Is your boy-friend sophisticated?" The reply: "Sophisticated? Listen, kid—he's a window-cleaner!" The joke relies on class-based humor: the questioner assumes "sophistication" is a romantic quality worth discussing, but the punchline deflates this pretension—the boyfriend's humble job (window-cleaner) supposedly proves he's the opposite of sophisticated. This reflects 1920s attitudes about working-class status and courtship standards among middle-class readers.
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