Judge, 1919-07-19 · page 13 of 36
Judge — July 19, 1919 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This satirical piece tracks absurd events across a single New York day, from 6 A.M. to midnight, mocking urban life's contradictions and chaos. The humor relies on juxtaposing mundane complaints with genuine emergencies: a hotel waiter annoyed guests linger over tea, while a subway guard traps a woman in a pneumatic door. A manicure girl gossips while a man makes thousands in stock speculation. The title parodies astrological horoscopes—instead of zodiac predictions, we get a cynical "hourly forecast" of New York's petty grievances and dramatic incidents. References to specific locations (Yonkers, Brooklyn, East Side) and transportation (taxicabs, subways, the Nutley train) ground the satire in recognizable urban experience. The cartoon's final panel caption jokes that "what happens in New York after midnight may not be told"—implying scandalous or immoral nightlife the magazine couldn't openly depict. The satire targets both New Yorkers' self-importance and the city's frenetic, morally dubious character.
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At the matinee, the lean lady from Yonkers starts on her second handkerchief. An orchestra ina grill room hegins tuning up. Six P.M \ hotel waiter wishes the peo- ple would finish their tea so that the tables may be set for supper. \ baby is put to bed, ob- jecting loudly., \ subway guard closes the pneumatic door on a fat lady from Brooklyn Z ; Yi fi Fight PM = yy f : wy - An irate gentleman refuses to pay four dollars for an orches- tra seat \ hostess wishesthat the rest Drown by AW Waraen ae of her dinner guests would arrive. Vie Sepax An automobile runs over a If to-day were yesterday traffic policeman’s foot. A Manhattan Hourscope Pen PM By Jonx D. MeNtasren, Jn The comatose period between sherbert and salad has settled on the dinner party Siv AM An East Side dowager hurls a chair at her husband TAXICAB brings home a man in a broken silk hat. A husband disappears between the acts and forgets to return, \ night watchman goes to bed \ thin clerk does dumb-bell drills Twelve Midnight An effervescent sophomore decides that this is a won- Eight AM derful world Father, at the breakfast table. opens a bill The last train for Nutley, New Jersey, leaves the depot A manicure gil proves the possibility. of powdering \ fat man in a restaurant flourishes » hundred dollar bill pne’s nose even when hanging on to a strap ina subway car A milkman yawns, for he is tired What happens in New York alter midnight may not be told. Ten AM The youngest sten r tells the filing clerk that the boss has a grouch on to-day A clerk's wife buys a department store oil painting because it is a bargain. The first copy of an evening news- paper is sold iP \ fist fight begins in a schoolyard A meek little man makes ten thou- sand dollars in stock speculation \ leading lady wonders whether it is time to get up. Two P.M An office boy wonders whether he dare kill his grandmother in time for the ball game A weary soda clerk begins to wash glasses. A sixteen-year-old girl buys a matince ticket a. Pour P.M - Drown by Newwas Axenons \ milliner receives eighty dollars for Business Man—Vike «lei a hat, which cost three to make. Green Stenographer—I didn't | 3 comicbooks.com