Judge, 1927-12-31 · page 3 of 37
Judge — December 31, 1927 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# "Judging the News" - December 31, 1927 This satirical page mocks contemporary news stories through commentary and cartoons. **Top section ("Judging the News"):** Five judges in academic robes labeled J-U-D-G-E evaluate absurd news items: a restaurant owner paying $810,000 for a stock exchange seat, a $25,000/year German government job, an English heiress swindled by an American actor, automobile advertisements, and a claim about airplane altitude records. **Bottom cartoon:** Depicts two men on a couch with small animals. The bachelor dismisses keeping "these two animals for the purpose of testing my liquor"—a joke about prohibition-era drinking. The cartoon satirizes both illegal alcohol consumption and the absurdity of using pets as a cover story for maintaining a liquor supply during the dry era (1920-1933).
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JUDGING THE NEWS A New York restaurant owner has bought a seat on the Stock Exchange for 10.000. Now he knows how it feels to pay a cover charge. A $25,000 a year job is said to be open in the German Gov ernment for want of a suitable man. In this country we'd never let a little thing like that worry us. Bacuezor—No, I’m not especially fond of pets, I keep these to animals According to a recent news re port, an English heiress has been swindled out of $60,000 by an unknown American actor. The touch of a vanished ham! New York department stores are now featuring sheets and pil in pastel shades. In all probability these will be snatched up by the Grand Dragons of the K. K. kK. low case for the purpose of testing my liquor. + NLY. and Great Brita k, N.Y. Par Entered as Second-Class 5.00 1 in Anthony i to re ‘of Section 3 of the 1 A current advertisement points out that if it :utomobile weren't for the American farmers wouldn’t be where they are. And neither would a lot of pedes- ! trians. According to a writer in Popu- lar Mechanics Magazine, man cannot go up in the air more than 814 miles. Don’t forget your in- come tax on March 15th. j | —Jack Suvrrreworri under act of March 3. New York, N.Y. Joseph T. Cooney, cted under the provisions i Si comicbooks.com