Judge, 1931-01-10 · page 10 of 36
Judge — January 10, 1931 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces about 1920s American life: **"Lines for a Slightly Cockney Alphabet Book"** is a humorous alphabet rhyme in working-class British dialect, poking fun at slang and common expressions. The crude drawings accompanying it suggest urban lower-class humor. **"And Getting Out"** offers brief social commentary on Prohibition's effects (suggesting police would lose speakeasy raid opportunities if repealed), judicial corruption, and business decline in the neighborhood—likely referencing 1920s economic anxieties. **"Apartment Life"** features two cartoons mocking tenement living: one about a wife demanding early waking so sounds travel through steam pipes to alert the janitor, and another where working-class men complain about increased income taxes. The second figure appears labeled "D.S." (unclear significance). The overall tone satirizes working-class and urban concerns: poverty, housing conditions, and taxation—typical Judge magazine fare targeting middle-class readers with humor about "the lower orders."
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Lines for a Slightly Cockney Alphabet Book a ‘orse eats, It's sold by B is an insect that stings with its tail. C is the clement steamships employ. D can transform any light into joy. s F is just 50 per cent of the ‘ole. G is the name of a thousand buck roll. H can be raised in the country or town. I is a summit from which to look down, J is a rube, just an urban misfit. K is a dog with nine following it. L is the spot that is ‘ot down below. M is the line beneath which girls’ legs show. N is an old married chicken for stew. O is what people who borrow must do. P is a like in a pod, it is said. Q is the hair on a Chinaman’s head. R stands for things that we own and want back. S is an animal, often called Jack. T is a drink that’s exceedingly mild. U is a lamb when it’s still but a child. W's two baby lambs, if you please. and X, Y,Z? Who gives a darn about these? | 4 “How do you do, Mr. Boopadoop. You didn’t catch me unawares this time.’ —Carnort Carrorr | And Getting Out In our neighborhood, business seems to be packing up. And add pitiful figures: The chap who has to write a headline for Mr. Coolidge’s column. If prohibition is ever repealed, it will throw a lot of cops out of the speakeasies, And who can remember when a judge had to be pensioned before he quit the bench? Apartment Life “You must wake and call me early, } call me early, wifey dear; I must rap upon the steam pipes so “Aw! Wot’s comin’ off in this country? Now they’ve gone an’ increased the janitor will hear.” the Income Tax—it’s an outrage.” comicbooks.com