Judge, 1926-06-12 · page 3 of 36
Judge — June 12, 1926 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains brief satirical items rather than a coherent cartoon sequence. The main illustration depicts two figures riding a large fish, with one saying "He—I wish there was some way I could show you how brave I am." The text items mock various contemporary subjects: - A Long Island millionaire keeping 26 servants year-round - Maria Jeritza (opera singer) winning a lawsuit against a cigar manufacturer who named a product after her - China being the only country never going dry (Prohibition reference) - Japanese adopting Western customs like removing shoes indoors - President Coolidge's profile as a memorial design - A psychoanalyst's views on marriage - Insurance risks and tobacco prohibition efforts The fish-riding illustration appears to be generic humor about exaggeration or boasting, unrelated to the surrounding text items. The page exemplifies Judge's format of mixed satirical commentary on 1920s American society and current events.
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JUN-9'26 © cl B702506 “*LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT JUDG Lone Istanp millionaire is said to keép twenty-six servants the year round. It is not known how. I" is claimed that China is the one country that could never go dry. One reason may be the hazards of reading a prescription written by a Chinese doctor. DRESIDENT CooLinGe’s profile is to be used as a design for the Sesqui-Centennial Memorial j This should of the adage that “ Mises deurrzs has decisively won * her suit against the cigar manu- facturer who named a new cigar after her. It is just possible that the manufacturer presented a few of the cigars to the judge shortly before the trial. eer LTHOUGH the Japanese are rapidly +% adopting the garb of the West, they continue their custom of re- moving the shoes before entering the house. In America this custom is popular only after 2 a.m. OF HAPPINESS’? A Psvcuo-as aLysT claims that no 4% nan should be allowed to marry until his sanity has been. satisfac- torily tested. Evidently the pro: fessor does not believe in matrimony. cd {®: Wayne B. WHEELER says he * will live to see the day when the Volstead act is rigidly enforced. Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler is an excel- lent insurance risk. sae HE Anti-Tobacco League is now starting a drive to prohibit all tobaceo growing. Should this drive 1, of course, con- tinue smoking the stuff that is put in cigarettes. be successful we ¢ comicbooks.com