Judge, 1927-07-02 · page 13 of 36
Judge — July 2, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top cartoon**: A social scene where young men visit "Miss Frigidair" on a hot summer night. The joke plays on the surname as a pun—she literally provides coolness/air conditioning, a modern luxury. The humor is gentle social satire about courtship rituals and technological comfort. **Bottom section**: "The Supreme Thrill" is a humorous essay (not primarily a cartoon) listing various ego-gratifying experiences—winning contests, being invited to lunch by the boss, impressing golf spectators, being asked for directions, appearing in newspapers. The author builds to an anti-climactic punchline: his greatest thrill was being *paged in a hotel lobby*—the ultimate symbol of importance and social status in that era. The satire gently mocks how ordinary people measure personal significance through small social validations. The accompanying illustration of mountain-climbers suggests the effort required to achieve such modest recognition.
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JUDGE In order to keep cool on the hottest night of the summer, the boys call on Miss Frigidair. The Supreme Thrill I have gazed with pardonable pride at my name printed in a newspaper as the winner of a limerick contest. I have flushed with pleasure when the boss opened the door of the inner sanctum and loudly invited me to lunch. I have teed off before an admiring gallery of spectators who watched my golf with eyes that eloquently proclaimed their admiration and envy. Perfect — | strangers have time and time gain picked me out as the man | to ask how to get to such-and- — | such a street. [have been singled | out by Inquiring Reporters who wer nsious to get my wei opinions on matters concerni I have had head- cet me and in- } ters, aware of my presence at a banquet, have chosen me to say a few pithy words. But my gre: me last eve test thrill came to t six o'clock For the first time in my life I “Henry, I do find mountain-climbing so much easier and was paged in the lobby of a hotel! pleasanter when done to music—we must always have it.” —A. L. L. ii comicbooks.com