Judge, 1929-01-26 · page 25 of 34
Judge — January 26, 1929 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct sections: **Top: "Judge" Comic Strip** A six-panel sequence depicting two women at lunch. The humor revolves around appearance and aging anxieties typical of early-20th-century satire. One woman compliments the other's youthful appearance, but the punchline reveals the compliment is backhanded—she looks "years younger" than she actually does, implying she appears considerably older than her stated age. This satirizes women's vanity and society's obsession with female youth and appearance. **Bottom: "Worry" and Miscellaneous Jokes** A collection of brief comedic exchanges and one illustration: - A joke about automobile maintenance costs - Father-daughter dialogue about party curfews and propriety - A soldier father's response about past romantic conquests - An illustration of a woman requesting her husband cut a "pronged stick" for preparing a "vegetarian turkey"—absurdist humor mocking vegetarianism as impractical or ridiculous The overall tone reflects early 1900s attitudes toward gender roles, automobiles as modern anxieties, and dismissive humor toward dietary preferences.
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