Judge, 1929-07-06 · page 34 of 36
Judge — July 6, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines: **"Unfortunate"**: A boxer enters a fur store seeking a gift. When the assistant suggests a skunk fur, the boxer punches him, landing the assistant in the hospital—a visual pun on the word "skunk" and the boxer's violent profession. **"Making His Mark"**: An artist credits his telephone for success; while waiting for connections, he practiced drawing on notepads—satirizing both artistic mediocrity and the early telephone era's inefficiencies. **"Her Only Hope"** and other brief jokes mock marital unhappiness, naval superstition about tattoos, and social awkwardness. **Top cartoon**: Shows bedroom scene where a wife catches her husband creeping about late at night, suggesting infidelity or secret activity. The page represents Judge's formula: quick, punchy jokes targeting urban middle-class anxieties, marital discord, and the absurdities of modern life—humor relying on wordplay and situational irony rather than political commentary.
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tall WU Sterry Voice From tur Beo—You needn't creep about like that, Harold, 1 know perfectly well what the time is! Unfortunate The boxer entered the fur de- partment of a large store and fixed the assistant with an eye that showed he was one who stood no nonsense. “IT want a set of furs, “A present for a friend. 4 replied the assist- | kind?” an of muscle glanced he said. hat dark brown set in the w looks the sort of thing I It mustn't be too expen- hough.” ssistant followed his gaze. he exclaimed, “you mean skunk!" When the assist. ant woke up he found himself in the hospital. —Prarson's Weekty Making His Mark Artist—Yes, I owe all my suc- cess to the telephone. Friend — To the telephone? How do you account for that? Artist—Well, you see, while waiting for the right number I used to get quite a lot of practice drawing on the pad. —Evenrynopy’s Wrekiy Her Only Hope They were talking about women frie! “Do you see Emma often?” one ing “Oh, yes, quite the other replied. “Is she happily married?” “Is she? I should Why, that girl is so happily ried she has to go to the theatre for a good cry.” Kewortin Henao frequently,” —Hven»onist Captain—Don't you know that the sea is full of sharks? ilor—Yes, sir, but sharks can't worry me, I am tattooed. Captain—What has that to do with it? Sailor—On my back I have in “The Americans won the doeven a shark can’t swallow that. —Moustigur, Charleroi Proestrian—I say, I don't like to ask you, bai I wonder if you could give me a slight advance on what I’m going to claim from you for damages. —Everysopy’s WeeKLy | 2 | | | 32 HOWARD LANCEM PMINTING €O., INC, JAMAICA, M2.