Judge, 1927-03-12 · page 7 of 36
Judge — March 12, 1927 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct features: 1. **Kitchen Door Contraption** (top): A satirical illustration of an overly complex mechanical system for opening a kitchen door, mocking elaborate "labor-saving" devices of the era. The joke is that the contraption is absurdly complicated for a simple task. 2. **"The Origin of Swinging Doors"** (left): A humorous origin story crediting Charles Tippler (circa 1776) with inventing swinging doors. The narrative claims he wanted to avoid coming in/out of bathrooms—a lighthearted fabrication typical of Judge's satirical humor pieces. 3. **"Novel Air-Pump Device for Autoists"** (right): An advertisement-style cartoon showing a "Bungstarter" attachment for car tire pumps. The satire suggests it automatically warns motorists when tire pressure is wrong, presented with mock-seriousness. All pieces exemplify early 20th-century American humor about emerging technology and modern conveniences.
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POPULAR MECHANICS NUMBER OF JUDGE A simple home contrivance for opening the kitchen door—it does away with the awkward and cumbersome doorknob THE ORIGIN OF SWINGING DOORS The swinging doors shown below were designed by Mr. Charles Tippler, about 1776, in the interest of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Mr. Tippler takes little credit for this clever invention, claiming that it was wholly luck. He says that with the old type of door he could always tell whether he was entering a barroom or leaving one. Then one day he noticed his mother’s teakettle boiling and began thinking about it. If I could only harness that power, he thought, | would make so much money I would never have to come out of a barroom @ So he thought and thought, but he couldn’t remember what a steam engine looked like, so finally he gave it up and invented the swinging door instead. And ever since, as he once told a reporter for The Horld, he hasn't known whether he was coming or going and doesn't care either. NOVEL AIR-PUMP DEVICE FOR AUTOISTS Novel Bungstarter attachment on air-pump. When the tire is overinflated, the Bung- starter misbehaves — thus automatically warning the motorist that everything is all wrong comicbooks.com