Judge, 1924-05-03 · page 5 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains a humorous essay titled "Random Reflections" by Corey Ford about encountering one's own reflection in mirrors and storefront windows while moving through the city. The accompanying cartoons illustrate the awkward moments of self-recognition. The top cartoon shows a moving van with children playing underneath a maypole-like structure, captioned "How to Take the Curse Off Moving-Day." The bottom cartoon depicts a man removing a reflector from his car in what appears to be a clothing store or tailor shop, captioned about detaching the reflector before eating without worrying about losing his coat. The humor relies on self-deprecating observations about vanity and the mishaps of urban life—there's no identifiable political content or caricature on this page. It's primarily social satire about everyday human behavior.
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RANDOM REFLECTIONS Soue ONE hurled a loose fire hy- ‘D drant yesterday through the large mirror in the window of the Emporium Millinery Establishment; ad they arrested me for it. They were perfectly right. Not only did TI hurl the hydrant through the mirror, but emp- r into the shattered remains, and jumped up and down and shouted things in front of them until T was led away chatter- ing Morning after morning 1 have passed that mirror on my way to the office. Morning after morning (in the order named) [have stolen glances at the reflection of the passing crowd in the glass, and have tried to dis- tinguish myself from that mass of hurrying humafity. One morning I had myself practi- cally picked out for being the dapper young man with the gray hat that I saw in the mirror. I was not posi- tive where I had gotten the little black mustache, but the bold for- ward stride was very plainly mine. It HOW TO TAKE THE CURSE OFF MOVING-DA was at this point that T walked into a aies zi Eee Combine it with the appropriate Maypole festivities an ash can, while the dapper young man strode boldly forward till he had passed the mirror and disappeared up the street. Another morning I had almost selected myself as the distinguished gentleman who looked something like a banker and had my firm, straight mouth and determined glance, down to a nicety, when I observed the re- flection blow his nose. A quick in- vestigation of my own nose was enough to show me which one was myself. Yesterday, I was rather prinking myself on the impression I was mak- ing, and T walked by the gl my head up. [confess Iv proud of the fine strapping fellow my reflection showed me to be; there was something about the broad shoulders of me, and the brisk ath- letic stride I had, that contrasted pleasantly with the craven, hang-dog slouch of the round-shouldered im- becile, just behind me. T could not help turning to smile at the fellow; which was how I discovered there was no one behind me. The fire hydrant just happened to be loose, and it was the first thing I Having detached the reflector from his auto, he eats without worrying could lay my hands on. : about losing his coat. Corry Forp. comicbooks.com