Judge, 1927-03-12 · page 13 of 36
Judge — March 12, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains three humorous inventions mocking impractical solutions to everyday problems: 1. **"Restaurant for Feathered Folk"**: A mock DIY bird feeder made from discarded cigar boxes and broom handles. The satire lies in the absurdly overwrought instructions for creating something trivially simple, and the darkly comic ending—trapping the bird under a lid so it "never bothers you again." 2. **"Device for People Suffering from Strabismus"** (cross-eyedness): A ridiculous contraption featuring a head device with multiple eyeglasses that can be "thrown away." The joke mocks both the condition and the absurdity of such a "solution." 3. **"Novel Automotive Vehicle"**: A car equipped with mechanisms that bandage accident victims and eject them from the rear with a crutch. This satirizes over-engineered solutions to problems—here, the dark humor comes from treating car accidents as inevitable rather than preventable. The page exemplifies Judge's style: gadget-obsessed 1920s-era humor mocking American consumer culture's faith in mechanical solutions to human problems.
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POPULAR MECHANICS NUMBER OF JUDGE NOVEL INVENTION “RESTAURANT FOR DEVICE FOR PEOPLE FEATHERED FOLK” SUFFERING FROM No end of pleasure can be derived from STRABISMUS feeding sparrows and thi The popu- larity of the bird cafeteria is gradually forg- ing to the front, because of the genuine amusement the outdoor restaurant owner enjoys. The simplest kind of feed- 4 ing station is an inexpensive bs suet holder. Lamb chops =} and roast beef make excel- t lent dishes for insect eating birds. You can make a suet holder at home out of almost nothing—just a few old gadgets. Go to your father’s humidor and open a box of Corona Coronas—dump the cigars out. It is well to give one to the gardener so you can borrow a saw and some nails. A rod can be made for almost nothing by separating the business end of a broom from the handle. Bore a hole in the cigar box at the point marked “A,” and shove the broom handle into the opening “A.” Then stick the other end of the handle marked “B,” into the ground—"O, K.”, after you have dug a hole, marked “B,” which can be done with a spade for a few cents. Now, the cafeteria is almost complete. A coat of Duco will make the feeding station look the berries. } Now place a nice hot lamb chop in the ‘ suet holder and nail down the cover. Our Combination helmet _and Another of those crying feathered friends will get so darn sore when goggles for cross-eyed people needs of humanity—the i. : 7 ‘i . . —showing handle on top, by Adjustable Umbrella they find the lid down, they'll never bother which contraption may be you again. Jack Ciuerr thrown away NOVEL AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE Humanitarian machine. Bandages and discharges victims from rear; providing crutch if necessary n comicbooks.com