Judge, 1932-04-02 · page 8 of 36
Judge — April 2, 1932 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Water Polo Satire The top cartoon shows a domestic scene where a woman confronts her husband about his absences, saying "I'd like to speak to your husband, lady" and "You and me! I ain't seen him for five years." The article explains water polo's rules and appeals, noting it's played in deep tanks and requires dedication. However, the satire's point is that the sport is so time-consuming and obscure that husbands abandon their wives to participate. The joke undercuts the sport's prestige by showing its actual social cost: marital neglect. The bottom cartoon (artist: Frank Phila) depicts a woman at an art gallery, asking "Now do you recognize me?" suggesting her husband only recognizes her from paintings, having been absent from home so long due to water polo obsession.
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“You and me! “I'd like to speak to your husband, lady.” I ain't seen him for five years.” JUDGE Games We Love Not To Play WATER POLO V Jaren polo is for people who want their bodies re- covered after they are drowned. Otherwise they'd simply jump off a boat in mid-ocea tre:zzendous vogue in some of the larger universities many as seven or eight men trying out in an endeavor to make the six-man varsity team, and it is even more popu- lar with ear-nose-and-throat specialists, who make fre quent donations to the sport (and collect larger ones from it). It is played ina tank which should be at least seven fect deep at both ends, in order that no one can stand on the bottom and rest when he is about to go under for the third time. It has to be seven feet, because most water poloists average about six feet high and we 5. Men smaller than that go out for football, wrest] ing and other mild sports. he principle of the game is roughly the same as foot ball—to grab the man with the ball and prevent him from carrying it to your goal. This is done by holding him under water until he lets go of the ball his bathing suit off so that he will not dar the surface in the presence of ladies. The best thing to be said in water polo’s favor is that it is not an overemphasized sport, a player having the shortest season of any known type of athlete. On the average, he lasts a we and a half, and then decides to devote his time towards making Phi Beta Kappa and hav- ing his lungs relined. It is, in f a great inducement to good scholarship, because several of the more promi- nent colleges threaten to make flunking students play water polo instead of putting them on probation. Another good thing in favor of water polo players is that they don’t talk you deaf about their exploits. Any- one who has played in more than two games isn't able to talk at all. Parke CumMincs This game has and bos- d tearing appear on “Now do you recognize me?” 6 Se comicbooks.com