Judge, 1926-12-25 · page 7 of 38
Judge — December 25, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis The top cartoon titled "THEOBALD" mocks the emerging automotive era by showing a chaotic traffic accident. The humor targets early cars' unpredictability and danger—the caption jokes that tabloids are useful while driving because you can read them during inevitable crashes. This satirizes both the novelty of automobiles and sensationalist journalism. Below, "A Man's Memory" features a conversation between Ben Sheldon and Mahoney about the International Gadget Corporation's sales statistics. The dialogue humorously illustrates how memory is unreliable and self-serving—numbers constantly shift depending on who's recounting them, suggesting business exaggeration and the gap between claimed and actual performance. The middle section shows an unrelated anecdote about "Old Si Hoskins" purchasing milk, which is disconnected advertising content.
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JUDGE hanes A ENR I Turopatp—What I like about the tabloids is that you can read em while you're driving! A Man’s Memory se ELL, well, Mahoney! Glad you dropped in,” exclaimed Ben Sheldon, general statistician of the International Gadget Corpora- tion, “how are things down your way?” “Cotton Mahoney. “Yes, ”* mused Sheldon, “the average price per ton of coal here is sixteen and two-thirds per cent. higher than it was in nineteen twen- ty-four. We shipped thirty-three million gadgets last year, of which twenty-six million went to the ex- port trade. This may mean some- thing and then again, it may not. “Yes and no,” said Mahoney. “Furthermore,” continued Shel- don, “‘in this country there are three hundred and forty-eight thousand gadget salesrooms, exactly thirty- three and a third per cent. more than we had in nineteen hundred and ten, “Well, well,” said = Maho “Can you take dinner with me?” crop’s too big,” said OCEAN WAVE WILLY-NILLY Old “Si” Hoskins—by heck!—was approached by a flighty young female from the city, who desired to buy some milk from him. “Wa'l,” drawled the good peasant, “I’m fifteen quarts short this mornin’. The young calf got in the barn last night and drunk ’em up!” “Oh, Mr. Hoskins!” exclaimed Miss Lovejoy, “how did it ever get the tops off the bottles?” Can you picture honest Si’s amusement question mark. “Sure!” shouted Sheldon, “got to ring up the little woman first and ask to be excused. Let me see. What’s my ‘phone number? Im- perial three two six one or six three two one? Wonder if my exchange is Imperial or Billings? Funny, I can’t remember that.” He walked to the outer office, deep in thought. “Oh, Miss Lane,” he called, “look up my telephone number in the directory and tell Mrs. Sheldon I won’t be home to dinner.” “Ready,” said Mahoney. “Sure,” answered Sheldon, “now there are about three hundred and thirty-eight different types of gad- gets and of these only two hundred and sixty in... .” Hugh Wood nal There’s only one thing a wife will admit she doesn’t know and that’s why she married her husband. a comicbooks.com