Judge, 1924-01-05 · page 18 of 36
Judge — January 5, 1924 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page satirizes early automobile culture and the hassles of car ownership circa 1910s-1920s. Each absurd "accessory" mocks real driving problems: **The Morpheus Folding Cot**: Jabs at hand-cranking engines—exhausting work requiring rest breaks. **Phono-Klaxo**: Ridicules weak car horns by offering a button to amplify your voice instead. **Clean-Sweep Wiper**: Mocks baby-faced drivers (or perhaps their incompetence). **Fried Onions Aroma**: Dark humor about evading police—drop an onion when your engine smokes to fool cops into thinking you're cooking, not breaking down. **Rex Rearguard**: A pet mascot to distract officers during traffic stops. **Underslung Booby-Hatch**: The ultimate escape—a hidden trap door to literally disappear when cops approach with citations. The satire targets both car manufacturers' inadequate designs and drivers' desperation to avoid tickets and breakdowns—reflecting genuine frustrations with unreliable, difficult-to-operate early automobiles.
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