Judge, 1925-10-17 · page 4 of 42
Judge — October 17, 1925 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This satirical cartoon critiques sensationalist newspaper journalism. The top illustration shows "Drama" and "Newspapers" as two figures poisoning a well labeled "Poison," with the caption "So's your old man!" — suggesting newspapers and drama are corrupting public discourse through inflammatory reporting. Below, "Wonder What a Man Thinks About When He's Reading the Daily News?" presents an empty grid, implying readers absorb nothing substantive. The "Recipe for a Newspaper" by Hugh Wood mocks how papers combine scandal headlines (infidelity, crime, divorce) with trivial weather reports to create entertainment rather than inform. The piece satirizes early 20th-century yellow journalism — the sensationalist, scandal-focused reporting style that prioritized drama over facts, reducing newspapers to vehicles for gossip and scandal rather than serious news.
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“So’s your old man!’? Wonder What a Man Thinks About Recipe for a Newspaper When He’s Reading the Daily News? “Hyes2anp beats his wife severely,” “Tennis tilt is done,” “Rainy spell this week is merely Absence of the sun.” “Wife stabs husband in the attic,” “Steel goes up three points,” “Rockefeller quite rheumatic,” “Cops raid opium joints.” * “Wife elopes with handsome,shofer,” “Husband buys a horse.” “Judge grants matrimonial loafer Thirty-third divorce.” Put these headlines all together, Skillfully displayed, Add a line about the weather And your paper’s made! Hugh Wood FAS The greatest comic strip of the Newspapers—PRIVACY. comicbooks.com