Judge, 1926-02-06 · page 7 of 36
Judge — February 6, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon:** A crowded apartment scene depicts young women dealing with rising rent. The landlady announces another increase, forcing them to advertise for a roommate. This satirizes the housing crisis affecting working-class renters, particularly young women seeking affordable urban accommodation—a recurring social complaint in early 20th-century American cities. **"Sleep" Poem:** A humorous verse by R.C. O'Brien describing various sleeping arrangements, contrasting comfortable options (feather beds) with desperate ones (upper berths, fits and starts). **"When a Man Bites a Dog":** A newspaper editor dismisses a collision story as uninteresting unless it's sensational. The final cartoon shows a woman under a table ("collector for an installment on the gin"), satirizing Prohibition-era debt and illegal alcohol consumption.
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me Sleep Sove folks sleep in pyjamas, The color of old rose, Some people sleep in nightshirts, Some people sleep in clothes. Some people sleep in feather beds, Some people sleep in carts, But those who sleep in upper berths, They sleep in fits and starts. R. C. O'Brien When a Man Bites a Dog The cub reporter had concluded the account of a collision between two flivvers by stating that the oc- cupants of both cars received a severe shaking up. The city editor became furious. “Nobody’s interested in what hap- pened before the accident!” he fumed, tearing the copy to bits. “Who is it, Frieda?” “Comes a collector for a installment on the gin.” comicbooks.com