Judge, 1926-08-28 · page 7 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page The top cartoon depicts someone exclaiming "Leggo that arm! It's sunburned!" — apparently a visual gag about sunburned skin being mistaken for something else or someone else's arm. The main article, "Funny Thing, Fortune," is a humorous commentary on wealthy individuals whose fortunes seem unearned or poorly managed. It specifically profiles "Hi Walters," a man who started a soda fountain but has since become wealthy through unclear means. The satire mocks his transformation from unsuccessful farmer and businessman to affluent socialite with multiple properties and automobiles. The accompanying "Laocoon" statue illustration appears to reinforce themes of fortune's capriciousness and human folly. The piece is fundamentally satirizing how American wealth accumulation often defies logic or merit.
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JUDGE Funny Thing, Fortune 4wnny thing, fortune is. Some folks don’t seem to get along ever and others just fall into money. Sometimes it seems t “s only a question of how many things a fellow tries and how long he can stick it out. Take Hi Walters, for instance. Hi wasn’t good for nothin’ as a kid— folks used to say they thought his pop and ma was the worst yet, till Hi come along. Only important thing Hi ever done was settin’ his old man’s barn afire, which ought to been tore down twenty years be- fore. Hi started a sody fountain when he growed up, but it seems like he was the only one could drink any of own concoctions without gettin’ sick, so he done the buyin’ as well as the sellin’ and the place closed up inside o’ three month, Well, he weren't no good as a farmer neither, what with plantin’ the beans upside down, choppin’ down the trees and trimmin’ the at, so finally Hi lit out for the Guess he didn’t have too easy a time in New York either for a while. “Leggo that arm!” It’s sunburned!” FUNNYBOVES/~) Sesqui—(not that we can’t spell it, but at isn’t finished yet.) ~ ‘udge pays 95 for each one printed Serpents aside—It seems to be sunburn, Seems like he just got a invention for a new fangled drinkin’ fountain that wouldn't jump up at a fellah and wash his whole face, when along comes prohibition and knocks water drinkin’ all to hell, especially in public. ‘Tim Jeffers seen him once a couple years ago when he was in New York on one of his honeymoons and said Hi looked like he ain't et since Thanksgivin’ like a danged scarecrow. and was wearin’ clothes That's all changed now, though, and it just goes to show what funny tricks fortune will play on a fellah. Hi's got a couple big houses and five or six automobiles now. And Huck Simpson showed me a picture of Hi the other day in the city paper where he was on some big boat settin’ off for Europe or somewheres on a visit. Seems hardly right a lazy bum like Hi Walters should of been dam fool enough to start a studio for paintin” sunburn on ladies’ backs when they didn’t get invited to the seashore. But that’s just one of the funny things about fortune. Richard S. Wallace J comicbooks.com