Judge, 1924-07-26 · page 33 of 36
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**Main Cartoon ("Ambition Achieved"):** This is a dark satirical story about an underdog named Amos who finally achieves recognition—but only through a traffic accident. After a lifetime of being pushed aside socially and professionally, Amos insists on his legal right-of-way at an intersection. He's hit by a truck. The joke's bitter irony: only when he's a severely injured accident victim being rushed through town in an ambulance do thousands defer to him and clear the streets. He finally has the "right of way"—achieved through near-death. It critiques how society ignores ordinary people's dignity but respects victims and crisis situations. **Secondary Content:** The page also includes advertising (Bermuda vacation tours, health books, novelty cigarette lighters) and a brief comic dialogue about identifying married couples by their cheapness. **Historical Context:** Judge magazine specialized in this kind of satirical social commentary about American class dynamics, ambition, and the frustrations of ordinary working life during the early 20th century.
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Signor Heypresto, the famous juggler, surmounts the difficulty of greeting a lady while carrying parcels in both arms. Ambition Achieved A wos had always had to stand back for others. At school and coll classmate invariably stepped in ahead of him to receive the prizes and high honors, and the prettiest girls. In games he was usually just a fraction of a second too late to make the spe the winning plays. Somebody else made them first. In his office he had to watch others get the encomiums and promo- tions he felt he should get. He did not lack brains or ambition; it was something he could not help. £ some acular, As a pedestrian he became. surfeited with having to stand back for motorists to whiz past, and bought a car of his own. Even then it seemed he could never get the right of way; he was on the wrong street, a bigger car nosed in ahead of him, or in some manner he always lost it. Approaching a corner one day he saw a truck speeding toward him on the cross street. All the city’s motoring ordi- tances allowed him the right of way, and Passing Show (London). he determined to take it. gained consciousness, he was being lifted out of a mass of unre able wreckage. A few minutes later he realized he was being taken through the busiest thorough- | fare in town. lance dashed through crossing patrolmen blew the traffic, the their whistles to halt the flow of life on the cross streets. | Great lumbering trucks, resplendent limousines. vehicles of all classes drew aside respectfully. Amos raised his head, ignoring the interne’s Literally thousands were being forced to stand to one side, and all for him! He smiled radiantly, protests, forgetting his pain. Atlast, he had the right of way! H. J. M. Sure Sign? First Waiter—How d'y’know they're married? Second Ditto—How do I know? Why, didn’t he pick up the quarter an’ leav the dime, with her lookin’ right at him? al When he re- | As the sereeching ambu- | Engraver’s Original Proofs “The Gift of Gifts” Drawn by Angus MacDonall illustration above tual dr al plates « the picture from th “Heavy Art >reserved A handsome and the horne Price Fifty Cents Judge Art Print Department 627 West 43d Street New York City ddeal SummerVacations pp. Only 2 Days fromNowYork 8 Day Tours $90 to a Quaint Foreign Land. SAILINGS TWICE WEEKLY Most Delightful Season In Bermuda Average Summer Temperat ex All Sports—Modern Hotels—No Pass 3. S. “FORT VICTORIA “FORT ST. GEORGE” nd for Spectal Tours Booklet BERMUDA LINE U 34 Whitehall Y., oF any Tourist Agt. Then of Cures By Doctor Who Never Used a Drug Read how Dr C_K_ Vliet, a former student of the Baltim: I College, a pract of long exp { receiving physic fadden arium, up drugs and r WITHOUT DRUGS famous for ineredible results by natural methods only gave ark of life it can be and _happiness—no ‘ou May be suffering from. ed. Astounding Book to recover health, Enclose 10e for Drugs and learn how youth and success postage Health Without Dept. C, Matawan, N. J EToneof these little beauties right now, and pros tect yourself against hold-u nt thesa Fette caso ever invented, Made exactly like the real thing! Just pull the trig ger, back flies the'lid showing a fall ‘package ‘of your cigarettes Lots of funscaring _Pat. Pending your friends and at the same time useful t protector. on metal finish, 4 3/4. tnches irder at once, Supply limited. Sosciatintreductary orice dou 75 each iV POSTMAN on de i price pus postage: Money back if not s: i cana COMPANY 34 Sixth Avenue ‘New York comicbooks.com