Judge, 1927-03-12 · page 17 of 36
Judge — March 12, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page satirizes automotive culture and Irish-American stereotypes circa the 1920s-30s. **Top cartoon**: A car equipped with a phonograph plays "Celtic airs" to appease an Irish motorcycle policeman during a traffic stop. The joke exploits the ethnic stereotype that Irish cops could be emotionally manipulated through sentimental Irish music—a crude but common characterization of the era. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows an auto hood converted into a fireplace with kindling, meant humorously to warm cold engines on frosty mornings. This is impractical satire of motorists' winter struggles. **"Do You Know That" section**: Lists absurdist "facts" (the Leviathan ship, cigarette lengths, ocean salt) culminating in a self-aware jab: readers wasting time on frivolous content must have little else to do. This reflects the magazine's lighthearted, time-wasting purpose. The page exemplifies Judge's blend of automotive humor, ethnic comedy, and self-deprecating wit.
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POPULAR MECHANICS NUMBER OF JUDGE NOVEL DEVICE FOR MOTORISTS This portable graphovictrola plays Celtic airs at critical moments and touches the heart of the presumably Irish motorcycle cop Do You Know Thst— NOVEL INVENTION Tf the Leviathan was stood on end be- side the Woolworth Building a lot of sidewalk would be ruined? Tf all the cigarettes smoked in one year were laid end to end that a large per- cent of them would be ruined by be- ing trampled on? That there is enough water in the At- lantic Ocean to furnish salt-water taffy manufacturers with this neces- sary ingredient for over one million years? That if all of the used razor blades were placed beside the pyramids of t. some explorer would probably cut his foot? That if all of the carbon monoxide dis- charged from gasoline engines in one year was put in one giant balloon it ‘ could be ignited with one match? A & hana That you must not have much to do to wang } be reading this stuff? Auto hood with fireplace and handy kindling for getting the engine —J. D. Rapctirre heated on frosty mornings comicbooks.com