Judge, 1929-03-16 · page 4 of 36
Judge — March 16, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains three separate pieces of humor: 1. **"A Big Order"** (left): A humorous poem by Arthur L. Lippmann satirizing the aspirational American appetite for luxury dining. It mocks the desire for expensive "sixty-cent table d'hôte dinners" with elaborate French cuisine—a satirical comment on working-class pretension and economic aspiration during what appears to be the early 20th century. 2. **"A Story"** (right text): An anecdote about two local boys, Willie Jones and Tommy Smith, where Willie becomes famous while Tommy remains obscure. The joke critiques unpredictable success and fame's arbitrary nature. 3. **"Things you don't see in auto sales windows"** (bottom): A cartoon showing a car crash in a showroom window—obvious visual satire about dealers hiding accident damage and defects from customers.
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JUDGE Jim Gype TAttOoo Exfert Adin anv FANCY SY NO} I dunno, son—you're a little Hi how about a double eagle?” A Big Order What do we need in the nation today? | A sixty-cent table dhot i dinner! } Oh, to behold on a skilled waiter’s tray A sixty-cent table dhote | dinner! } On three-dollar dinners the pluto- crats feed With truffles and rutlles and flayons of mead, But here's what we poor prok tarians need: A sixty-cent table d’hoite dinner! That was a meal that a man could afford A sixty-cent table Mhote i dinner! Wh That was a meal fora Duke or a } Lord A sixty-cent table d'hote dinner! With soup that reflected a Sava | rin’s art, With roast and potatoes and jelly-filled tart, With ice cream and cookies it’s breaking my heart That sixty-cent table hate dinner! | Awrien Le Liresass » thin for a four-masted schooner A Story Willie Jones and Tommy Sinith were the town's two great Willie was the brightest bey you'd hope te lay your eves on, At the of three he had read Shakespear At five he spoke Greek, and at est extremes, | the age of nine he published a treatise on the Newtonian laws of motion. Every one said that Willie would amount to some thing and be world famous On the other hand, To: Smith was «a good-for-nothi my It took him seven years to get out of the first grade, And fresh! He tup every kid in town once a ind twice on Sunday. knew that Tommy was no good and would never bring credit to the town, “Well, a few years flew by and now Tommy is » of the most famous men in the world. He's Assistant Football Coach at the State University, and we're put ting a memorial plate on the house where he was bo "But what about Willie?” you ask, Oh, we don’t hear mu of him. He was elected President of the University a couple of Every years ¢ Anrien Sinverniarr Ouch! If this tooth for a tooth idea is ever really put into practice it's going to be pretty tough for a lot of dentists. Cl h—1 should like to go to mother-in-law’s funeral this afternoon. Boss—So would I, comicbooks.com