Judge, 1926-10-30 · page 3 of 36
Judge — October 30, 1926 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine, October 30, 1926 The main cartoon, captioned "The statistician puts the triplets to bed," depicts a woman (appearing to be a statistician or academic) struggling to arrange three babies in a bed while consulting notes or data. The joke satirizes the growing American fascination with statistical analysis and scientific management during the 1920s—suggesting that even basic parenting tasks were being subjected to mathematical quantification and "scientific" methods rather than intuition or common sense. The surrounding articles mock contemporary issues: air-housing conditions (heat/ventilation problems), ready-to-wear clothing marketing, and the flood of industrial alcohol in New York City. Overall, the page ridicules 1920s modernization, statistics-obsession, and commercialism.
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LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS NEW YORK ACCORDING FLOODED to an unoft esti- mate there are twenty million gallons of industrial alcohol in New York City. In spite of the approaching holidays it begins to look as though some of this surplus will have to be used up by manufacturers. Iv a message broadcast over the recently Southern “nothing but lo This must have been great news to the listeners- famous srted that » lasts forever.” air oa in who had purchased their radios on the installment plan. SBINWwoon JUDGE THE WEATHER FORECAST (For Election Day) ALL WET WORLD'S WITTIEST WEEKLY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926 firm advertises ladies’ fur coats of Japanese seal. \ Fieri avenue re made in rabbits and sold in America to the Armenians and the Greeks. These coats, it appears, France from Australia AIRS HOUSING CONDITIONS A TRADE journal points out that in the last five years steam heat has antiquated hot air. Landlords, how- ever, are still telling their tenants about the improvements they are ng to make. \ sin recently noticed in a large department store window _ reads. “Ladies Ready-to-Wear Clothing.” Well. it’s about time. The statistician puts the triplets to bed. CONGRESSIONAL PROBE \ Western Congressman told reporters of his home town that Congress gets so noisy at times a person can’t hear himself think Even if conditions were otherwise it is doubtful if any of the members would avail themselves of the oppor- tunity. A COMBINATION pocket piece now on the market contains a pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, corkscrew, knife, twee- zers, buttonhook and nail file. The pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, knife, buttonhook and nail file chable and may be thrown comicbooks.com