Judge, 1926-08-14 · page 3 of 36
Judge — August 14, 1926 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine, August 14, 1926: Analysis This page contains brief satirical items rather than a political cartoon. The "Cols Fly Auto's" section mocks a compact European-style automobile being manufactured domestically, noting that traffic cops have already begun "agitation against them"—likely joking that such small cars will become nuisance targets for enforcement. The two technical drawings below illustrate a humorous piece about a town being transported via large vehicle convoy, with an "X" marking a car's relative position on Friday versus Sunday. The caption suggests the vehicle shifts location during the weekend trip, appearing to satirize the chaotic or unpredictable nature of weekend automobile travel in the 1920s. The remaining items are brief humor notes about laundry and photography techniques—typical filler content for the satirical weekly.
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AUG11'26 © 01870755 LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS JUDGE WEATHER FORECAST (For Week-ends) ALL WET THE WORLD'S WITTIEST WEEKLY SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1926 EXPERT FLAYS BEARDS Accorbine to a laundry expert the causes of ruined collars are stiff pointed collar buttons, and neckties. Another cause, not mentioned by the expert, is laundries, A Japanese scientist has invented a method of ing photographs under water. This is just the thing for vacationists who spend the week- end on house boats. A REMARKABLE new slot machine now on the market is said to be so built that when a coin is inserted in the proper slot something comes out. FRENCH FLAY PACT Tue French have been holding street demonstrations to show their American debt pact. It seems, how- , that it isn’t the terms they ob- ject to. It’s the principal of the thing. COTS FLAY AUTO’S A very tiny two-seated automo- bile, designed after the European small cars, is to be manufactured in this country. A determined agita- tion against them has already been started by bowlegged traffic cops. SURGEON FLAYS SURGEON A New York specialist’ and a California specialist each claim the honor of having fixed Mr. Dempsey's nose. We predict that on Septem- ber 16, Mr. Tunney will settle the argument by fixing it himself. A CHINEsE student, who has en- rolled in this year’s Freshman cl arvard, has a wife and five chil- It is hoped that he will re- ceive no further hazing. Tue cream of American society is said to go to Paris at least twice every year. Paris, of course, is where it gets separated. X marks relative position of same car Sunday evening. comicbooks.com