Judge, 1926-05-22 · page 12 of 36
Judge — May 22, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This page contains two distinct satirical cartoons: **Top cartoon**: A domestic humor piece mocking young courting couples. A mother asks her daughter to invite the boyfriend to supper, but the daughter reveals they're in a silent quarrel—poking fun at the dramatic, overwrought nature of romantic disputes. **Bottom cartoon**: Labor satire targeting union wage negotiations. A spokesman demands a wage increase to sixty cents per hour, but his complaint reveals the absurdity of labor demands: they've worked only one hour and one minute, yet already claim to be "stuck" despite having already earned nearly their requested rate. The cartoon mocks worker demands as unreasonable and mathematically nonsensical, reflecting Judge magazine's anti-labor sentiment typical of early 20th-century satirical publications aimed at middle and upper-class readers.
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“Luella, ask your young man if he won't stay to supper.” “Hush, ma—we’ve quarreled and aren’t speaking.” SpokesMAN—Boss, we've got to have sixty cents a hour. We've worked a hour an’ one minute at fifty-seven and one half cents a hour an’ we're stuck! 10 comicbooks.com