Judge, 1929-03-02 · page 4 of 36
Judge — March 2, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of humor: 1. **Top cartoon**: Shows two men in what appears to be a theater balcony collapsing. The caption jokes about "orchestra seats" and going to "the movies" instead—likely satirizing early cinema's growing popularity over live theater. 2. **"Industrial Duties"**: A poem mocking a female office worker (the "copy amanuensis") who edits copy, reads tabloids, chews gum, and types letters while daydreaming of marriage and wealth. This satirizes women entering the workforce and stereotypes about their work habits and ambitions. 3. **"What Every Family Man Knows"**: Humorous anecdotes about marriage finances and domestic life, including a joke about a Scotsman wearing mittens to prevent spending money. The bottom cartoon depicts a fortune teller ("Swami Abdullah") charging five dollars for a "mind reading" while a skeptical couple watches—commentary on popular spiritualism scams of the era.
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JUDGE Industrial Ditties And here's the copy amanuensis Who mixes modes and alters tenses A tabloid sheet supplies her news, A slot) machine the gum she chews, And boy, she knows her p's and q's What she gets done from 1 to 2 Would take mere man a week to do, She cats and strolls with savoir- faire, Selects a hat or frock to wear And gets a treatment for her hair. So that her locks will have a gloss When typing letters for The Boss. The Boss! The Boss! Oh, how she dreads him . (Until she gains her goal and “Listen, Romeo, this is the last balcony scene you do with me; weds him!) . —Anticn L. Lirpsaxs if you can’t buy orchestra seats, we go to the movies What Every Family Man Knows SWAM] | ADDULLAH, {i} MIND | ji “What's a joint account, Pop?” “It's an account) where one person does the depositing and the other the withdrawing.” “Let's call it) Quips’’—sug gested the humorist when his wife asked him what they should name their first-born, Then there's the Seotchman who wears mittens so money won't | slip thro his fingers. little Freshman—l've got to have a dinner jacket tonight, so lend me yours, will y Said the litt “reshman to the | hig Sophomore—Why don't you Hesnaxn—I should give you five dollars!’ When she does it strike a fellow your own size? for nothing. | Said the big Sophomore to the e comicbooks.com