Judge, 1927-02-19 · page 9 of 36
Judge — February 19, 1927 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two satirical pieces mocking social contradictions and pretension: **"Anti-Climax"** (by Blaise C. Bigler) lists absurd examples of accomplished people displaying enthusiasm wildly disproportionate to trivial situations—a big-game hunter excited by a rabbit, a marathon runner tired from carrying a baby. The humor culminates in the "prize boob": a man married six times who still chases young women (flappers), suggesting his romantic desperation never matured despite repeated failures. **"A Strange Anomaly"** satirizes a capitalist manufacturer who claims passionate support for working-class laborers in overalls while being "one of the country's largest manufacturers of overalls"—profiting from their labor. The irony is that his self-proclaimed sympathy for workers is revealed as pure commercial interest; he loves workers only insofar as they buy his product. The lower cartoon shows a grandmother interrupting a young couple's romantic moment, scolding them for wasting the evening on "necking" (kissing).
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JUDGE Anti-Climax I ave seen a big game hunter who had risked his life in his quest for game in all parts of the | world get excited and show all the enthusiasm of a boy when a rabbit jumped up in front of him, I once saw a big league star throw his hat in the air and cheer loudly at a game between two gangs of kids. One time I saw performer who sere lady trapeze med that she was going to fall when she climbed a five-rail fen A noted Marathon runner com- plained of getting tired before he had carried the baby ten times across the room, An Arctic explorer of my ac- quaintance raises most of the : trouble about the lack of heat in our rooming house. I once saw a professional hu- morist laugh over the antics of Mutt and Jeff. But the prize boob of the lot is a friend of mine who has been mar- ried six times and still ogles the flappers. Biaine C. Bieter S28 “Do you know what [ heard?” “Noy what?” “T herd sheep.” “Any previous newspaper experience?” “No, but I was Editor of my college paper.” “Oh, I'm so sorry, we've got an editor.” A Strange Anomaly [ 2% 4 capitalist and yet, Tam heart and soul for the working man, I am staunchly in favor of the overall-clad sons of toil, who labor day in and out, with hands so calloused and horny that they would be unequal to the finesse necessary to the fastening on of a white collar. Nothing fills my heart with so | much satisfaction as to watch a denim-clothed group of laborers going actively about their work of | production. | First, last and all the time, Iam | for the men who wear overalls. | Tam one of the country’s largest A (breaking the silence)—Well, good land, do you manufacturers of overalls. / think I’ve got all evening to waste in here? Go on—neck! —Manion E. Berws comicbooks.com