Judge, 1927-03-12 · page 6 of 36
Judge — March 12, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# "Novelties of the Month" - Judge Magazine This page presents humorous novelty inventions as satirical commentary on consumer culture. The featured items include: 1. **Radiator cap ornaments** - A jab at automotive ostentation, suggesting wealthy car owners are making their vehicles increasingly ornate. 2. **A device for testing liquor** - The figure appears drunk, satirizing Prohibition-era concerns about alcohol quality and the absurdity of testing spirits. 3. **The Pedestrian Catcher** - A mechanical device for cars, mocking both reckless driving and the era's growing traffic dangers. 4. **Anti-tipsy cocktail glass** - Invented by "Guy Hoff," this non-spillable glass sardonically addresses drunkenness as a design problem rather than a behavioral one. The overall tone ridicules both technological "solutions" to social problems and consumer excess during the early automotive age.
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POPULAR MECHANICS NUMBER OF Radiator cap ornaments are getting more ornate and larger, and several famous sculptors are turning their energies in this direction THE PEDESTRIAN CATCHER This handy little device, easily attached to any make of car, shoots out and catches the pedestrian in case you miss him A NEW DEVICE For testing Scotch, rye, gin, bourbon, or what have you JUDGE NOVELTIES OF THE MONTH A noiseless soup plate, invented by R. Briggs Fuller, of Leonia, N. J. Mr. Fuller claims this to be the only plate of its kind that is really noiseless ANTI-TIPSY A new non-tippable cocktail glass, invented by Guy Hoff, the well- known artist and man about town comicbooks.com