Judge, 1926-05-08 · page 20 of 36
Judge — May 8, 1926 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **product advertisement**, not political satire, though it uses humor to promote "Watsup Snubilators." The cartoon shows a sleeping police officer in a vehicle marked "P.D." (Police Department), with "Z-Z-Z" indicating deep sleep. The joke is satirical: the ad claims Snubilators help vehicles from Police, Fire, and Street Cleaning departments stay "equipped" for relaxation—implying these officials are sleeping on the job rather than working. The humor intensifies by listing Congress seats, opera house chairs, and train seats as also having Snubilators, sarcastically suggesting that politicians, wealthy opera-goers, and train passengers all sleep excessively. This is **mock advertising**—the product doesn't actually exist. The satire targets public officials' laziness and the wealthy's leisure, using exaggeration as social commentary on 1920s-era civic negligence and class privilege. The signature "TOUSEZ" indicates the cartoonist.
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NaTure’s greatest gift is the power to relax. Amid the strenu- ous activities of this modern life, moments of relaxation are all too few. Police Department, Fire Depart- ment, Street Cleaning Depart- ment vehicles in nearly all the THE SATURDAY EVENING POST NUMBER OF JUDGE big cities are equipped with Wats- up Snubilators. Also the Seats in Congress, the Metropolitan Opera House chairs and the seats on the New York, New Haven and Hartford trains. There’s a Watsup dealer near you. SNUBILATORS comicbooks.com