Judge, 1927-11-12 · page 35 of 36
Judge — November 12, 1927 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This is satirical commentary on 1920s-30s family life disguised as advertising for *Judge* magazine. The cartoon depicts a chaotic household where every family member is absorbed in competing activities: Father practicing golf indoors, Mother interrogating daughter Alice about her whereabouts, son Ronald sulking over gin (implied to be drinking alcohol during Prohibition), and Junior having sabotaged the radio. The satire targets the "restless age"—modern family breakdown where parents lose control and children pursue independent interests. The moral is tongue-in-cheek: subscribe to *Judge* personally so family members won't fight over who reads it. The social references include radio broadcasting ("Quarrelsome Quartet"), automobiles as symbols of youth independence, and alcohol consumption despite Prohibition. It's essentially satirizing how modern consumer culture and technology are fragmenting traditional family cohesion.
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HIDDEN CIRCULATION No. III: The Family Group witicHT, and the children’s hour, as it has come to be in this restless age. Little Alice, the family liabili resting at homg and she has picked up the new copy of Jupce that Papa brought in, which she will read until time to start for the evening scrimmage. Papa isn’t enjoying his putting practice at all, but it’s the only way he has of dominating the family just at this hour. He had intended to read Jupee him- self until time to tune in for the Quarrelsome Quartet, broadcasting at eight-thirty. As a matter of fact, the radio is not going to work because earlier in the day little Junior tried out a stunt he saw in the radio section and it worked great, except that it put the B batteries out of commission, and at Mother’s suggestion the little rascal is keeping a safe distance from Papa, who is not yet aware that he has a young Edison on his hands. Mother, who is terribly old-fashioned, has been trying to find out where Alice spent last week-end and at the same time keep Ronald, the family critic, from overhearing. Alice got the car last night and the new copy of Jupce tonight and Brother Ronald is terribly hurt. He is submerging his troubles in the family gin. God bless our homes. * * * There is a moral: Have your Jupce shipped to you personally to avoid any hurt feelings in the family. COUPON PaSeeseseS oS Sa Seeeeeea SG ; JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Ine. t 627 West 43d St., New York ! LT Send me Jence for ! 1 1 year. i] 21 weeks 1 2 years p Name V daress 1 1 ! 1 City State be ee ee eee ee comicbooks.com