Judge, 1920-02-07 · page 32 of 36
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**Main Cartoon: "Breaking Home Ties"** This sentimental piece depicts a farm boy's last hour before leaving home to attend agricultural college. The humor is gentle—his anxious parents fret over city corruption (hard cider, evil influences, smooth con artists selling toll roads), while his mother reminds him to wear proper underwear and pack his formal clothes. He exits comically through the apartment window rather than the door, suggesting youthful impulsiveness. The cartoon satirizes both parental anxiety about sending sons to college and the clash between rural conservatism and urban sophistication in 1935 America. **"Price Elevation" Architectural Comic** A man displays house designs showing only the front elevation, claiming each can be built "for the same price to you." The satire targets contractor fraud—selling plans that look impressive from one angle while hiding poor construction elsewhere. **"The Lost Atmosphere"** This essay laments Prohibition's elimination of the barroom as a democratic social space, using pseudo-intellectual language comparing the atmosphere to Einstein's light bent by Mars. It's nostalgic commentary on 1920s alcohol ban consequences.
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