Judge, 1926-07-17 · page 16 of 36
Judge — July 17, 1926 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page combines satirical cartoons with humorous commentary. The top cartoon mocks a "reform administration" by showing it has catalogued "red-hot mammas" (attractive women) with "safeguards"—suggesting reformers are hypocritically regulating vice while being distracted by women themselves. The middle cartoon jokes about a new "canoe model roadster" car that's easy to capsize, satirizing automobile design trends that prioritize novelty over safety for young drivers. The "O'Brien Outloud" column offers brief satirical quips: comparing infants' tantrums to adults complaining when cars break down; mocking lawyers who "swallow their words"; warning that reformers won't reach heaven (since there's nothing to reform there); and a pun about removing a cigar from a box to make it "lighter." The overall theme targets reform movements and modern consumer culture, suggesting reformers are self-righteous while society embraces frivolous, unsafe trends.
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The new efficient reform administration has all the red-hot mammas listed and provided with proper safeguards. The new canoe model roadster furnishes thrills to the younger generation —it’s so easy to capsize. tt ‘Obrien Gutloud” INTER, summer, Spring and fall, This July we've Had them all. ce} Infants kick and yell and utter sentences of two or three mono- syllabic words and make general nuisances of themselves for a long time before they start to walk. So do adults when the car in which they're being driven breaks down. ce) A lawyer has to be careful not to swallow his words. If he ever did they'd choke him. fo) Short Sermon After all, it is in serving others that people get a real kick out of life. Real joy, peace and contentment is known only to those who are in the habit of performing little acts of kindness for others. Those who serve others find happiness in the knowledge that they have been of service. That is their reward. And they receive it, not in dollars and cents, but in satisfaction. It is my ambition to make people as happy as possible. I know that genuine happiness can only come through service. There is more fun in giving than taking; there is more real joy connected with performing a service than receiving one. That is why I always am willing to let people serve me. Oo Some detectives are so dumb they'd freeze a bowl of soup jyst to see if they could find any thumb- prints in it. fe) We're afraid reformers don’t go to heaven. What the heck would they need them for up there? oO No Foolin’ How to make a cigar box a cigar lighter: Take a cigar out of the box, then it will be a cigar lighter. R. C. O'Brien comicbooks.com