Judge, 1928-12-15 · page 5 of 36
Judge — December 15, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains multiple comic segments satirizing early 20th-century American life: **Main Cartoon**: Shows a man on a gallows being hanged, with the caption suggesting his wife won't let him quit his job because she needs his income—dark humor about marital financial dependency. **"Pioneer Trip"**: Jokes about a cross-country automobile journey without eating hot dogs, likely mocking early car travel's limited amenities. **"Indirectly Benefited"**: A radio exercise joke where a husband benefits from his wife's morning radio routine by getting out of bed on schedule. **"Snow Use"**: Satirizes winter inconveniences, showing people struggling with a bathtub (possibly frozen or stuck), with humor about sleigh transportation during snow. The page reflects pre-Depression era anxieties about work, marriage dynamics, and technological change.
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GOUT INSECURE FORTUNE FEWER SUCCESSFUL INURE QUEST AISLE BEER WIFE | If I Wasn’t Afraid of the Postal Authorities— I'd send a jolly Christ of ravenous rattles to the radio announcer who s “The Kelly Casket Company Syncopators will play ‘At Dawn- T mean they'll play it right y, folks, and not at dawning. In other words, they'll play ‘At Dawning’ tonight. Ha!” Ha! A holly wreath saturated with ether to the fiend in female form who calls me up and coyly gu gles, “Now guess who this is A plum pudding with eyani sauce to the next barber who i forms me, “Your hair is getting thin on top, sir.” A_ nitroglycerine time bomb wrapped in tissue paper to the varlet who tipped me off to sell General Motors short —Antucr L. Lirppaann Pioneer Trip A new automobile record was recently made. A guy drove from coast to coast without eat- ing a single hot dog. Patient Huspanp—dre you practically sure that this is what your Aunt Jane is expecting? — SS —_——\\ Sere “Twas going to quit, but the wife said the reason I don't make any money is because I don’t stick to anything.” Indirectly Benefited Vitt—You're looking fit. Been hy every morning I get my radio exercises. My wife turns it on for hers, and I get up and turn it off. Snow Use Farmer Corntassel—But how can I get you to that bridge game in town when the snow is over the car's fenders? Mrs, C.—My dear, you simply sleigh me! comicbooks.com