Judge, 1924-12-06 · page 6 of 36
Judge — December 6, 1924 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("Puzzle Picture"):** Shows a glamorous woman in a nightclub setting. The caption asks "Who is going to be fired Saturday?" This appears to be a social satire about workplace romance or scandal in the Jazz Age—likely suggesting someone will face consequences for improper conduct. **"Even Then" Story:** References Nero and Rome burning, comparing it to a modern insurance sales pitch about fire damage in Rome. The humor lies in the absurdity of selling fire insurance during catastrophe—a satire on aggressive salesmanship and commercialism. **"Essay on Radio":** Praises radio as a wonderful invention while criticizing a loud speaker in the next room, satirizing how technology creates new annoyances. **"Funnybones" Cartoon:** Shows domestic chaos—a humorous domestic scene satirizing family life and accidents, with the caption suggesting a clock fell from a window.
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PUZZLE PICTURE Who is going to be fired Saturday? Essay on Radio Ts is, indeed, as has frequently Scienbne Lot ike oi Se pe ie Serenty-fire per cent. of the girls been remarked before, the age of are working girls—the other tienty= invention. How fortunate we are to ‘five per cent. are working men. be alive during these times! Consider radio, for example. With- out doubt it’s the most wonderful thing that has happened in a good while. The possibilities of the thing are unlimited. It’s wonderful. It’s marvelous. As I was saying, radio is certainly wonderful. Yes, it is. There’s no doubt about it. Radio is wonderful. (I think I've said that before.) It’sno use. I was going to write a great piece about radio, but thar darned loudspeaker in the next room is making so much noise I can’t think Tuadge mill pay 85 or cach ane printed R.C.0. Soe Anyone who thinks prohibition is a — Even Then Neve had just finished fiddling the thirty-second chorus) of “It Ain't Gonna Reign no More,” while Rome burned furiously. A dapper young Roman in a blue- serge, double-breasted toga had been hovering about the background for some time. Nero had piped him, but couldn't afford to lose his immortality by ng fiddle Finally, the aggressive young man hed Nero and tapped ‘igorously on the shoulder, come to see you on a vital ssion,” he began, “do you know that $5,000,000 worth of uninsured property goes up in smoke every year in Rome? Now, I have a fire insur- ance policy here issued by the Pompeii people, which for $18 a year protects your—" X marks the spot where the body was found. A. L. L. Pas Automobile — ac common, but who ever heard of a clock figuring in an accident? Yet only the other day we read whe ‘nts are quite san apparently harmless old grandfather's clock that some workmen were hoist- ing up to a third story window sud- denly fell and struck eleven. not being enforced in this country Missus—Emma, don’t stare me blandly in the face and tell me that was an should take a squint at the payroll. accident ! comicbooks.com