Judge, 1924-10-04 · page 3 of 37
Judge — October 4, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This October 1924 *Judge* page satirizes contemporary American social concerns through a series of rhetorical questions posed to an unnamed judge. The topics reflect 1920s anxieties: prohibition enforcement in Illinois, Christian attitudes toward neighbors, the Ku Klux Klan's activities, window displays of alcohol ("hip flasks and cocktail shakers"), and racial attitudes toward Chinese immigrants. The cartoon below depicts a domestic scene where Mrs. Hardscrabble interrupts her husband's hunting with complaints about shooting and noise—a domestic comedy rather than political commentary. The page's overall structure mocks the disconnect between judges' authority and their inability to address society's actual problems, from crime to hypocrisy around alcohol consumption during the Prohibition era.
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‘“‘LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"? JUDGE JUST what one has to do in Illinois to get hung. tae WHAT the Statue of Liberty is thinking about these days. sae IF Dempsey belongs to the Klan because he seems to avoid colored people. i): WANTS TO KNOW WHAT John S. Sumner thinks of the Bible. ttt WHAT good Christian Klansmen think “Love thy neighbor as thy- self” means. tt WHY the window displays of hip flasks and cocktail shakers are in- creasing. ste IF there is such a thing as a civil traffic cop. Mrs. HarpscrasBLE—O-oh! A shooting star! “Yeh? WHY it’s such an honor to be a 100 per cent. American. sae WHAT makes people simple minded enough to paste bathing girls on the windows of their cars. sae WHAT all the shootin’s for i China. Now don’t let me hear you say agin you don’t git any amusement around here!” comicbooks.com