Judge, 1926-11-27 · page 4 of 36
Judge — November 27, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several satirical pieces from Judge magazine: **"Arbitrarily Motorized"** by Marion E. Burns critiques the rapid, indiscriminate adoption of motorized transportation. The accompanying sketch shows people being thrown about by a wildly driven vehicle, illustrating the chaos of the "motor age." Burns sarcastically notes that while fire departments and police have modernized, the real problem is pedestrians being "painlessly motorized to death"—a dark joke about traffic fatalities. **"Those Who Lose Sleep"** explores insomnia's causes: worry, pain, cold feet, and overactive minds. The poem by R.C. O'Brien humorously notes some simply refuse bedtime. **"The Thanksgiving Guest"** depicts a humorous domestic scene where a hostess urges her guest to eat well, suggesting he needs "stuffing" (filling out) since he has "all the gravy he needs"—implying he's thin or impoverished. The page satirizes early 20th-century American life: motorization anxiety, modern ailments, and class-conscious hospitality humor.
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JUDGE Arbitrarily Motorized Tis is a speedy age in which we live—an age of motorization Everything has been, or is rapidly being, motorized. They've motor- ized the fire departments until it's no fun seeing the fire engines go past, and they've motorized the police departments until it’s no fun being a crimi The farm, the circus and the flapper have all been mod- ernly motorized. Most wonderful, however, of all the transformations wrought by the motor is the way they are motorizing the pedestrian Pedestrians who persist in their re- fusal to become motorists are pain- lessly motorized to death and then pleasantly motorized to the ceme- tety. It's a terribly speedy age. Marion E. Burns Those Who Lose Sleep (And Why) Gore folks lose sleep from worry, "And some, at times, from pains: And others lase it from cold feet, Or overactive brains And there are those who lose it Because of heavy cares: While some lose sleep from dancing Done by the folks upstairs. Yes, there are many reasons Why sleep is lost, ‘tis But many lose it just be They will not go to bed. \ RoC. O'Brien \ ‘ v le@Snwroo>? FrieND (to rescuer)—Ye gods! Alfred, I'd hate to have your cold, and maybe die—who knows. On the Run “Whatchagotna packidge?” “Saboo “Wassanaimubitt?” “Sadickshunery. Fullinaims. Wife’s gonna gettaplecedog angottagetta- naimferim.” sae Editor Super: We are earnestly and patiently waiting for Mussolini to change the “< ae ss musical scale in Italy to: THE THANKSGIVING GUEST Do, re, mi, fa-scis, ti, do. ss—Gire him some stuffing, pa, he has all the gravy he needs. comicbooks.com