Judge, 1923-02-17 · page 7 of 36
Judge — February 17, 1923 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two distinct pieces: **Top Section - "Off Pollock Rip"**: A brief humorous naval anecdote about destroyer captains operating in fog near Nantucket Shoals. The USS *Smith* orders other ships to anchor at "Pollock Rip Slue," but the USS *Lamson* reports it's anchored 200 yards away from the lightship. The *Smith* replies the lightship was reported adrift last week—a deadpan punchline about navigation confusion caused by fog and faulty landmarks. **Middle Section - Canfield Card Game**: A philosophical debate between personified "Good" and "Evil" about whether cheating at solitaire is satisfying. Evil argues crime pays; Good counters that honest work feels better. The satire suggests people actually *prefer* cheating because it requires cunning and makes victory feel earned, whereas honest gameplay relies on mere luck. **Bottom - "Baker and Barber" Comic**: A brief joke where Baker asks the barber to cheer up a man facing alimony payments. The punchline: "She might be collecting your life insurance"—dark humor suggesting the wife benefits from his death. All pieces are morality-focused satire typical of Judge's style.
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Snes = counts. It may all end up with your robbing a bank and stealing millions of dollars.” At this point Evil laughs delightedly. The prospect pleases him and Good realizes that he must take another tack. He becomes plaintive. “Why don’t you begin all over again. The next time it At Canfield’s, where you paid $55 for a deck. so much more satisfactory for you really to work it out rather than cheating and putting that buried ace out in the middle of the board.” B THs TIME Evil has generally had all the fun he can stand out of torturing Good, He has about outsneered himself. nd, our own, shoots out and turns or and with the aid of just this edness we have no trouble a 1 running out the game. Of course, Good is wrong in his psy- chology. We find no pleasure working out Canfield honestly just a matter of luck. It is no triumph of personality over hardship. Cheating is quite another thing. When we suc- ceed at the ie by chicanery we f all puffed up. Then the victory come as the result of sheer enterp The Fates are fooled and free will is vindicated. “But, gee whiz, mister, I'll shovel coal for nothin’! No coaching from the side lines. ae Off Pollock Rip D)*s220¥8# sailors pride themselves on their navigation, which is more diffi- cult than navigation on a larger ship. A division operating off Nantucket Shoals had expected to assemb re nightfall, but fog had shut in, making navigation dangerous, The captain of the Smith, who was division commander, sent a signal by radio, “Anchor in Pollock Rip Slue.” The fog became so thick, however, that g dain anchored as soon as he . While feeling her the Lamson sighted the lightship and anchored nearby. The fog then lifted somewhat and visibility was in- ed to half a mile, but no other destroyer was in sight. The Lamson felt this fact should be recorded so a mes- i to the Smith: “We 200 yards north of Pollock ghtship, where ar ” Smith replied at once. chored where the Pollock Rip Shie light- ship should be. but the lightship) was reported adrift last week.” toe Baker—Could you cheer Manning be- se he has to pay his wife such a large alimony? Barleer—Ves, I said, “Brace up old boy! She might be collecting vour life insurance.”