Judge, 1926-08-21 · page 3 of 36
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# Judge Magazine, August 21, 1926 - Analysis The main cartoon, captioned "How to get a little room in the water," satirizes overcrowded public beaches in summer 1926. It depicts beachgoers in various comedic predicaments with sea creatures—people cramped together, some being chased by what appears to be an alligator or sea serpent, others tangled with fish and marine life. The humor derives from the contrast between the idyllic seaside vacation and the chaotic reality: beaches were packed with visitors, offering little personal space. The cartoonist uses exaggeration and the intrusion of dangerous wildlife to mock the impossibility of finding solitude or comfort at popular swimming destinations during this era of growing leisure and automobile travel enabling beach access.
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AUGI7'26 “Oa87 LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS JUDG WEATHER FORECAST (For France) RAIN OF TOURISTS AND COOL RECEP- TIONS THE WORLD'S WITTIEST WEEKLY SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1926 PLEADS INSANITY Tue president of The Royal Col lege of Physicians of Edinburg says there are twice as many insane bachelors as insane married men. Several benedicts have written in to suggest the bachelors are crazy as they may appear. not as Mussouint has put Italy on a war diet. Pity the poor Italian, with nothing to drink but beer, vermouth, chianti, gin, champagne, cognac and burgundy. Tue latest invention for golfers is a device for measuring the bounce of golf balls. There is some talk of attaching the thing to automobile bumpers to determine the relative quality of pedestrians. ENGLAND INCENSED Tne English press has become very incensed over an American movie which they claim shows a “We Won the War” attitude on the part of this country. Just now the question isn’t who won it, but who is going to pay for it. How to get a little room in the water. BROKEN BY WHISKY A TRADE journal says the best method of breaking in a briar pipe is to fill the bowl with an equal mix- ture of whisky and brown sugar. For the benefit of those who don’t know where to get the brown sugar we suggest any grocery store. One stunt of a conjurer now play- ing on Broadway is turning a handful of colored rags into a new evening gown. It is not known why he uses a whole handful. comicbooks.com