Judge, 1926-01-30 · page 33 of 36
Judge — January 30, 1926 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines two unrelated elements: a cartoon contest winner and advertisements. **Top Section - "Draw Your Own Conclusions" Contest:** Four sequential cartoon panels by W.D. Crooks depict a domestic scenario where a woman appears to be daydreaming or fantasizing (shown in thought bubbles). The humor suggests she's imagining romantic or adventurous scenarios while performing mundane household tasks. This represents typical early-20th-century magazine humor playing on the contrast between women's domestic reality and their imagined desires. **Right Side - Advertisements:** The page is dominated by three vocational correspondence-course ads typical of the era: drafting lessons, saxophone instruction, and implied music training. These ads promise quick mastery ("learn in a week") and appeal to working-class readers seeking self-improvement or new skills. **Bottom Section - "Close Seconds":** Additional cartoon panels showing failed contest entries, representing humor submissions that didn't win the competition. The page reflects interwar American culture: women's limited social roles, the popularity of mail-order education, and the accessibility of Judge magazine to middle and working-class audiences seeking both entertainment and practical opportunity.
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Winner of Draw Your Own Conclusions Contest No. 23 —to prove you can learn at home—in spare time! We have invented a new, simplified way to teach Drafting—the first real improvement in Draftinghome-instructionin history. We want you to see it, try it—without one penny cost or obligation to you. We want to show you how (we get away from the copying methods used in the past. See how we make you think, solve problems, do actual drafting jobs from the first lesson. Draftsmen Wanted — Win Success Thru 70,000 fine jobs adver- tised this year, Get read! (Drafting to fill one. Make some- Drafting is easy, fasci- tl nating wor! short hours, BIG pay. And the Drafts- man is always in line for even if you know nothing Promotion for executive CBee zeu ROW RORNE Positions.” This tal tomake youarealDrafts- Complete, It includes man of land your high-school subjects (if Money, Special surprise yourced them) and all tho Eee PagkeeGerrenseeg Engincering and Mathe- ». ‘Coussa matics requi of te ube fog experts. Coupon Brings 3 Lessons FREE Get them, est your it own ability tolearn Draft- 3 ing and get ready for a fine job and big pay. sder- Coupon brings surp: 85 offer and full information. . Mail it TODAY. Chief Drafting Engineer AMERICAN SCHOOL, Dept.0-154 Drexel Ave. & 58th Street, Chicago W. D. Crooks, 336 West Thirtieth street, Indianapolis, Ind, CLOSE SECON atoo| SEAT LADY! ‘Engit AMERICAN SCHOOL, Dept. 0-164 surprise, offer, complete tnforma- antes ete., to prove { cas becomes Feal Drafts. Time, 3LC€ssons es ‘You can play the scale in an hour and play Jazz in a week on the Buescher Saxophone We give 3 free lessons with each new instrument. They start you. ‘Teach yoursell, Its great fun practicing because you leara so quickly. Even though you have failed with some otber instrument, you can learn the Buescher Saxophone. And it 2 you the mort “gy fopsiat perion in your wt. 6 da = ow _ wn home, any instrument. No obligation. Easy texms Glenn E. Doyle, Minoa, N. ¥. Herschel Boden, Belcher, William H. Fletcher, Indianap- if'you decide to buy. Send now for beautiful fre It: olin, Ind ceature. A postal brings iberal propontion. Adsress Buescher Band Instrument Co. =” 1165 Boescher Block comicbooks.com