Judge, 1929-06-29 · page 24 of 37
Judge — June 29, 1929 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page contains several brief satirical jokes and two cartoon panels mocking everyday American life, likely from the 1920s-30s era (given references to Prohibition). **Main cartoon (top):** A department store uses a provocative window display—apparently showing scantily-clad figures—to attract crowds, satirizing commercial exploitation masquerading as modernism. **"More Grim Fairy Tales":** These are ironic quips about unkept promises and American life: landlords who miss move-in dates, laundries that lose socks, banks discovering accounting errors, doctors prescribing cold showers, California's overrated climate, and "easy payments" schemes. The satire targets commercial dishonesty. **Bottom cartoon:** A man chases another with flypaper, intending to catch a woman named "Agnes"—a crude joke about pursuing women aggressively. **Miscellaneous jokes** reference Southern dialect humor and campus freshman/sophomore stereotypes. The overall tone ridicules commercialism, broken promises, and social pretense of the era.
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JUDGE Department store discards ordinary show windows; finds this type attracts more attention. “What would you do if a squall came up?” I'd give him a nut.” Down South when a doctor wants his patients to say “Ah” he asks them to give the first person singular of the personal pronoun, Then there were the two opera rs from the same town who together and compared notes. And did you know about the racketcer's restless young flapper daughter who was always want people More Grim Fairy Tales “Yes, our new building will be ready for occupancy the first of October. “We'll deliver your suit at six o'clock sharp.” Bachelors’ Laundry — Socks Darned, “My dear sir, don’t forget that we are living in a prohibition country.” “Our records show, Mr. Gunch, that you have three hundred dol lars more than you thought in your account. Yes, indeedy—a cold: shower every morning, man and boy, for twenty years.” “Easy Payments Arranged.” “Of course, we Californians admit that our climate is not per feet.” “Just a small one, Frank—I've got to be home for dinne —Han s Senior—What 1 that Guzer is lazy Hardy Perennial — Whenever he buys the Saturday 1 ning Post he tears it in half and makes two. trips. es you think Frosh—Who was that Irish n the newspapers were so full 1 while ago? Soph—What Irishman? Frosh—1. Malone. 2 GPAn PONTE ! That's right! [was to get Agnes some flypaper!” comicbooks.com