Judge, 1927-05-21 · page 5 of 36
Judge — May 21, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"To-morrow"** (text by Parke Cummings): A tired man fantasizes about tomorrow's rest, only to catalog the endless obligations awaiting him—golfing, arguing about trivial matters, domestic chores, and Sunday newspaper reading. The satire mocks middle-class male exhaustion and the false promise of weekend leisure. **"Horrors of the Puritan Sabbath"**: This cartoon depicts a contraption forcing righteousness examination, satirizing strict Sabbath observance and religious hypocrisy. **"Sunday Statistics"** (by Norphilack): Humorous conditional statements about Sundays—if all cars lined up end-to-end, if all ministers broadcast simultaneously, etc. This absurdist humor pokes fun at American excess and Sunday culture's contradictions. The overall theme critiques modern Sunday life: exhaustion, religious strictness, and society's chaotic relationship with leisure.
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JUDGE To-morrow I’m tired. Good Lord, but I am tired. However, tomorrow every- thing will be all right. Then I can rest. Yes, sir, life is hard on us moderns. It wouldn’t be en- durable if there weren't a day in which we can recover. Just think of all I’ve been through today—right up to din- ner-time. On the go from the drop of the hat. People that be talked to. Endless di Papers that have to be read fret and bustle. Worry whether or not I’m going to delay dinner at home. | Squabbling, bickering people near me arguing incessantly about trivial things. Men—oh, man, but I’m tired. But won't the rest tomorrow seem good after today, with its struggle with the Sunday paper, the eighteen holes of golf, the work in the garden, the argument with the wife about the new sereens, the tiring ride in Sunday traffic with blowouts and back seat drivers to add to the misery, the dishes to wash on account of it being the maid’s day out and the comics that will h to be read and explained to the kids. Hot dog! Tomorrow will be Mon- day and I can go down to the office for a good rest! —Parke Cummines Horrors of the Puritan Sabbath. “Seven Ways for Sunday” Golf, Motoring, Tennis, Hik- ing, Swimming, Fis Boating, and then, of course, there’s chureh, Ance.ic Loup-SpeaKer For Sunday Radio Programs. Sunday Statistics If all the autos in the world laid end to end, it would be Sunday afternoon. If all the Sunday newspapers were put in one pile we'd touch a match to them, If all the Sunday Blue Laws in America were laid end to end no one would pay any attention to them. Tf all the ministers in the world talked over the radio at the same time we wouldn't tune in. If all the people in the United States stayed home on Sunday we'd go automobile riding. If all the Sunday picnickers in the world should gather in one spot it would rain. If all the hot dogs consumed on Sunday were laid end to end it would be a lot of bologna. —Norpuinack comicbooks.com