Judge, 1927-01-15 · page 3 of 36
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# Judge Magazine, January 15, 1927 The main cartoon depicts a massive traffic jam with cars piled haphazardly on top of each other and people milling about in chaos. The caption credits "Officer Finnerly, who owns a harmonica" with finding "a simple way to make a traffic jam endurable to everybody." The joke is that Finnerly plays his harmonica to entertain stuck motorists during congestion—transforming an annoying urban problem into entertainment. This satirizes both 1920s traffic congestion in major cities and the era's somewhat naive faith that simple solutions or distractions could solve modern problems. The cartoonist treats this impossible gridlock with dark humor typical of Judge's satirical style, suggesting traffic management had become absurd.
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©cls 738496 LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS JAN13’27 JU WEATHER FORECAST For the water wagon HEAVY FALL THE WORLD'S WITTIEST WEEKLY SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1927 ARCH CRIMINAL CAUGHT A may who was wanted by the New York police for an alleged stock swindle has been found in Los Angeles writing scenarios. These are grave charges. A Monsen laundry that is said to be the largest in the world is nearing completion in Chicago. We under- stand. the officials of the company have invited President Coolidge to yank off the first button. A TexNesske woman has had five children born to her in a year’s time. Some people might think this ex- cessive. N. Y. FACES HARD TIMES New York now has hundreds of small business places known as “cider stubes.” A correspondent writes in to say that the popularity of the places is really stubefying. DR. CATCHES ENZYME Doctor Sumner, of the Cornell Medical College, is said to have suc ceeded in isolating an enzyme. The poor little thing is probably very lonesome. ‘CORDING to a dispatch from ashington, Government chemists are working on a formula that will make grain alcohol smell and taste exceedingly bad. ‘This is what our boatleggers have been doing for years, yowes \ aCe Om.) ~Y by Leslie-Judge ary: William Morris Hought For advertising rates ad 1 w York: 25 Vanderbilt Avenue, Chicago: comicbooks.com