Judge, 1930-02-08 · page 5 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("Pug—Is that where it itches?"):** A person scratches a pug dog while three fleas leap away. The humor is visual wordplay—"pug" sounds like "poke" or suggests scratching, and the fleas' exaggerated expressions convey annoyance at being disturbed. **"My Mistake" Story:** A narrator describes visiting a state insane asylum and misidentifying a patient making circular finger motions as a "demented sailor." The guard corrects him: the man is actually a cartoonist drawing his own pictures. The joke mocks both cartoonists' seemingly mindless repetitive work and the thin line between artistic obsession and mental illness—common contemporary humor about creative professions. **Right Column:** "Manhattan Mysteries" lists absurdist urban questions typical of Judge's humorous filler content.
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Puc—Is that where it itches? My Mistake I was fortunate indeed to h: cured a pass to one of the rgest insane asylums. A guard had accommodatingly shown me_ throu the institution, and now we stood b fore the grilled door of the last cell, one of a long row reserved for the so- called hopelessly hay-wire. I looked at its inmate curiously. And well I might. The fellow was king odd little circles in the air with his forefinger and jabbering numbers to himself. “A demented realtor?” I asked the suard with a jerk of my thumb at the unfortunate. I mused in silence. Then: “Well, is he a quarterback who got kicked in the d once too often? “Hell, no!” I studied the fellow a while and md tried again. Those vague, ineffectual circles he was making with his finger had given me a clue. “I know,” I cried triumphantly, “he’s a cartoonist who went blooey looking at his own pictures!" The guard shrugged wearily and rted up the corridor. “He ain't ne of what you said,” he called over his shoulder. “He's just a poor nut who got that way tryin’ to get his party on a dial telephone —A. W. Ksiaur “Oh, all right—you'll find my w: jewelry in the bureau drawer—an throwing an extra quilt over the be 3 Polly Wanna Cracker? visted Tessie has the new parrot a time and ng. doesn’t know what she’s s “I'm taking a chance on a trip to aliforni “A raffle? “No, I'm going by irplane.” Manhattan Mysteries ) cats strut the Damon and Pythias stuff in pet shop windows and then raise so much hell when they meet on the sid k. What people did with nickels before automats and subways were invented. How many weeks old an acrobat's baby is before he can say “Allez-oop !" Why a steam shovel gets more at- tention nowadays than a nifty ankle. How pennies get from chewing-gum achines back into Scotchmnen's pock- cts. Why they are always digging up the streets. What bootblacks argue about when they shine your shoes. and who killed Roth- atch and wallet in my vest and the d before you go, would you mind “d?” comicbooks.com