Judge, 1921-04-09 · page 2 of 32
Judge — April 9, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This 1920s cartoon by Don Herold satirizes "Judge," the magazine itself. A woman complains that circus zebras are fed only corn and hay, threatening to write Judge about this animal welfare issue. A man responds that Judge won't get upset about such matters. The humor plays on Judge magazine's reputation for being deliberately unbothered by complaints and controversies. The accompanying text reinforces this: Judge prides itself on remaining pleasant and avoiding taking offense at anything, even when readers submit grievances. The zebra represents an absurdly trivial complaint—the joke being that Judge's philosophy is to maintain cheerful indifference toward virtually all criticism or social problems, no matter how earnestly presented.
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Oh my heart cries out. Pa nay rer but Qh, you cant get Jud e mad ¢ about that aa Judge isn’t mad about anything! _ Of course, there are a lot of the world, and there were 25,670- things that get on Judge’s nerves. 424,231 of them. Then Judge For instance, there is the hard studied all the available statistics tend me Jedge life that circus zebras are made to live. A lady once called our atten- tion to it. They have to get up early in the morning, march in the parade, stand up and emphasize their stripes at two performances daily, travel all night on a train without any sleep and do the same thing all over again the next day. ‘That makes Judge’s blood boil. And jimpson weeds! Oh, how Judge hates jimpson weeds— secretly. vod 8 Onctime Judgemade alist be. hecarenttae, |S of the provoking things in . pers in all. Lenclose on the possible production of white paper, and thought, “What’s the use to try to reform the world with so little white paper at hand?” Judge decided it would be much rarer just to try to be as pleasant as possible. Though that is a high mark to set. There are so few things left to be intelligently * pleasant about. Send a dollar for 10 trial weeks of Judge, and Judge will make only one condition. It has just got to make adverse mention now and then of—well, you know. comicbooks.com