Judge, 1925-06-06 · page 7 of 36
Judge — June 6, 1925 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page The top cartoon depicts "Hercules, by request, takes on the job of enforcing Prohibition in America." Hercules—the mythological strongman—lies exhausted on the ground surrounded by a chaotic crowd, suggesting that even superhuman effort cannot enforce Prohibition effectively. This satirizes the widespread difficulty and social disruption caused by alcohol prohibition enforcement in 1920s America. The lower cartoon, "That Homecoming Feeling," shows a family returning home by ship after an ocean voyage, with luggage being unloaded. This appears to be humorous domestic commentary rather than political satire. The "Bon Voyage" article discusses European travel, mentioning visits to France, Germany, and the British Isles via steamship, reflecting 1920s leisure travel culture.
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Ap rewCath Hercules, by request, takes on the job of enforcing Prohibition in America. Bon Voyage We WERE to run over to Europe this summer, but there really isn't much sense in going now. T answered a few advertisements in the travel section of the newspapers and last night we t going ired. Europe so thoroughly that [ve decided to stay home. ‘inating Flashes of France,” was a beautiful, finely bound volume and from pages one to four we started at Paris, visited the battlefields and wound up at Bordeaux. ‘Then I opened our copy of “Jovial Jaunts THAT HOMECOMING FEELING Through Germ lightful time sailing down the bean- tiful Rhine, visiti the castles. The Black Forest w nificent, though we did not s so well. and had a de- ancient Ss mag Berlin It seems that the type was a little blurred on the Berlin 1 Later, we ambled leisurely through Italy with the help of “Ttalian Inter- esting Spots” and thoroughly saw Scotland and Ireland from to fifteen in “Happy Smiles in the British Isles.” pub- lished by The Excello Steamship Line. pages one A After the family’s first ocean royage. Returning on the splendid S. S. Ritzy, we occupied the best suite on page five and dined in the beautiful dining-hall, on page cight. We played games on page ten and I got seasick and had to leave the when T saw the big waves on cleven. By midnight: we esl, after one of the were in most glorious summers we've ever had. Next fall Mrica. We are getting all excited about the ide Tn fact, I'm start- ing to send away for bookletsalready. we’ ing to tour Arthur L. Lippmann comicbooks.com