Judge, 1930-03-01 · page 5 of 36
Judge — March 1, 1930 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three humor pieces satirizing early 20th-century domestic life: 1. **"A New Nuisance"** (top): Depicts a judge wielding an axe, seemingly crushing petitioners. The caption "Heg, give us a lift!" suggests satire of judicial burden or frivolous lawsuits overwhelming courts. 2. **"A Few Reasons Why I Infrequently Marry"** (right): Lists complaints attributed to David S. Lehman about married life—wives reading newspapers at breakfast, his golf time being curtailed, diminished flower-giving, mother-in-law visits, and giving lunch dictation. Standard domestic humor mocking husbands' loss of freedom after marriage. 3. **"Helping Hands"** (left): Dialogue about missing laundry. The joke concerns incomplete laundry service returns, with characters debating whether to file complaints. It satirizes the inconvenience and expense of laundering services for working-class men. The overall theme: domestic frustrations and marital compromises.
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JUDGE A Few Reasons Why I Infrequently Marry “T don’t know why you always read your paper instead of talking to me at breakfast... “When are you going to get a new hat? cs ‘And the one day you could spend at home with me, out you go to play golf... “You used to send flowers every Sunday. . And you might notice how nice am is when his wife is driving... . It’s quite all right, however, when your Mother comes to pay us a little visit. 2 6. “Well, the Fishers have two maids, but. . “Honey lamb, just ask the delica- tessen man for some... . “Don't you dare tell me I started it, you know... “And I suppose you give dictation at luncheon. . i —Daviw S. Lenatan A New Netsaycr “Hey, give us a lift!” Helping Hands | When only half of your laundry comes back “No fooling, is this the first time it's happened to you? Why, I've been gypped by ‘em at least’ two dozen times.” “I don't see what you're kicking about. You've got nine socks—you can save the odd one ‘til one of the pairs wears out. And day you'll probably grow up to fit that pink shirt they sent you.” “Do? Why, you can't do anything. My father told me about a man who tried to sue a laundry back in 182 the trial is still being tabled, and h whole fortune has gone to the law- yers.” “You didn’t make a list? Well, that’s just too bad. Birds who don't make out lists give the laundry people the real big laughs of the week.” “Pay? Oh, you'll pay ‘em, all right, in the end. Why, even Freddy Ives had to pay ‘em at last, and no man ever used a laundry less than Fred.” “Oh, it's just one of those things we all have to put up with, more or less. The older I get, the more in- clined I am to pay ‘em, shut up, and save my disposition.” —Stantey Jones “T cash clo’!” comicbooks.com