Judge, 1920-07-17 · page 13 of 36
Judge — July 17, 1920 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **"Castle Building"** (main essay): A philosophical piece encouraging readers to build mental "castles in Spain"—fantasies and dreams—as psychological refuges from harsh reality. It's aspirational rather than overtly political satire. **"His Rival's Thumb Print"** (cartoon): Shows a man confronting a woman about her borrowed car (a Stutz, a luxury automobile). The satire appears to target the folly of lending expensive possessions to romantic interests. The title's reference to a "thumb print" is unclear from context. **Brief comic items** ("Cause for Despondency," "Tummatoes," "Easy," "In Havana"): Quick satirical quips mocking contemporary issues—elderly men losing purpose after a livery stable closes (auto-age displacement), confusion over vegetable names, theater trivialities, and Cuban tourism marketing. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American humor: gentle social observation rather than sharp political critique, targeting middle-class anxieties, romantic mishaps, and modern technological change.
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by Gamosen 0. Rew Tuar Awect Mowenr or Disttrusionment Wien You Castle Building By Tenxjasi~ De Casseres BUILD your "Castle in Spa Build it of the stones re: ected of the world; build it of your “pipe-dreams.” of your defeats. Build it on the summit of your brain of your images, wishes and desires. It is y your Riviera Its wall will rise to the music of your ideals. From its turrets you may look out safely over all the world, and, what is better, over all your work-a-day and care-stained self. Once have your castle con structed, and the winds of mis: fortune may blow as they list and the waves of worldly defeat may gnash and lash at your broken purpose, but it will stand. Be a_ castle-builder. The flood of the years will go by, carrying with them the cockle- shell houses of your youth; but you will remain high and dry in the fortress of your dreamcastle on the Gibraltar of your brain. Castle-builders beat the world There are fairies and jesters and Prosperos in every room in that magic mansion. In that castle of the interior life you are both landlord and tenant. You cannot be evicted, and you may profiteer on yourself without ever fearing a summons from a tenants’ league. Into the turmoil and sweat your work carry a Castle in Spain in your brain. your private summer house, your Palm Beach villa, Drawn by Carat 1 Gane His Rivan’s Fixp tat Your Pat Borrowrv Your Stutz to Take Our Your Best Girt Your work will keep the bats and owls and cobwebs out of the towers, and the towers will lend a strange grandeur and beauty to your work Cause for Despondency “T was surprised and actually shocked,” said the spectacled guest, “to observe in my stroll around town the number of discouraged, hopeless looking elderly men on the stree lly wandering about, as if they had little left to live jecter “Prob'ly they feel that w. Toure Prost 13 de- y,” replied the landlord of the tavern at Peeweecuddyhump. “The last livery stable in town closed up and went out of busi- ness last week, and now they haven’t any place to assemble and run the gov’ment.” Tummatuses Visitor—What a nice garden, What are these plants? Owner—Well, I ain't sure. One neighbor says they're tomat- toes, another calls ’em tomaatoes, and I bought ’em for tomatoes, but I guess they’re just big red vegetables. Easy To elevate the stage should not Cause any great surpri We know that every stage has got To have its wings, and flics. In Havana “Let us advertis links near Havana.” “People don’t come here to play golf.” “But they will, Nothing like a good excuse. Those golf links will soon become world famous,” some golf