Judge, 1927-05-28 · page 16 of 36
Judge — May 28, 1927 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces about early 1900s New York City. **"Judge" (top cartoon):** A photographer uses a telescopic setup pointing at a fort to make passport photos "recognizable"—satirizing how difficult it was to capture recognizable likenesses in passport photography of that era. **"Adorable Dora on the New Subway":** The main article mocks a stereotypically dim-witted female character ("Dora") who makes absurd observations about New York City's subway construction. Her malapropisms (lisped speech), naive questions about how workers know where to dig, and ridiculous comparisons (the excavation resembles the Grand Canyon) drive the humor. The piece satirizes both the chaos of major urban construction and contemporary attitudes toward women's intelligence. References to patriotic workers setting off "firecrackers" and fallen workers underscore the danger and disruption of subway building. The bottom quips continue the comedic tone with period-appropriate observations about modern life.
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JUDGE Ingenious photographer Jones hits upon a method of making passport photos recognizable. Adorable Dora on the New Subway Dora, the adorable, though dumb and dizzy, damosel, was talking about the latest digging up the stree new subway. “What I'd like to know,” she lithped, “ith how they know jutht where to dig to find the trackth.” She’s so dumb she thinks all they have to do is unearth a new subway—stations and all, even to the booths and money changers. She says the last named always look petrified anyway. (To her way of thinking the late lamented village of Pompeii must have been all subway.) We peered down into the ex- cavation. Dora said she never thought avenues could be so deep. It reminded her of the Grand Canyon in Colorado, or wherever the Grand Canyon is, sh id. I explained the difference ‘ ing that the Grand C natural, “But,” she replied, “ithn’t it natural that New York mutht have thubwayth?” Gentleman starts to empty his pockets of a few papers he does not need. She thinks the men who make the subways are very patriotic. They’re always shooting off giant firecrackers down there and the men on the street level are always waving flags. A man fell into the excavation, and Dora said isn’t it terrible how much hurry New Yorkers are till a subw in a It won’t be for a couple of years yet before the subway’s open (at the entrances), but Dora says probably all the seats are taken already anyway. They always are. I asked her why they were bothering then to make a new subway, and she said the reason was obvious: they wanted to give some of the faithful guards a chance to look at some new scenery before they retired. —Tom Foorery SAS If a girl gave her boy friend a lock of her hair now she'd be bald-headed. 14 comicbooks.com