Judge, 1920-04-10 · page 19 of 36
Judge — April 10, 1920 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a daily calendar comic strip tracking April's events and observations for an exhausted businessman. Each panel combines humor with historical facts: **Key elements:** - April opening depicts a rainy, chilly season requiring absurd preparations (oil stoves in bleachers) - Panel 8 shows a "100%" graph—likely referencing stock market or business anxiety - Panel 15 mentions James J. Jeffries (heavyweight boxer), connecting sports to daily life - Panel 16: Shakespeare's birth and death both occurred on April 23, treated as cosmic coincidence - Panel 24: "Pat-Riot" appears to reference the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin (Irish independence rebellion) - The final panel shows an "EXIT" sign—the exhausted businessman escaping April's chaos **The satire:** The strip mocks how April bombards the American businessman with competing demands—weather, markets, historical obligations, entertainment, and social upheaval—making it an impossibly chaotic month. The "tired businessman" persona was Judge magazine's recurring everyman character.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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