Judge, 1928-01-14 · page 7 of 36
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# "The Bibulous Coupé" - Judge Magazine Satire This satirical piece mocks a car owner's irresponsible drinking habit. The cartoon depicts a man examining his damaged automobile after an accident, surrounded by scattered car parts. The accompanying article, by Arthur L. Lippmann, tells how "Jenny"—a 1924 model coupe—became damaged through the owner's alcoholism. The owner repeatedly filled the radiator with alcohol instead of proper coolant, causing the car to freeze and malfunction across seasons. The satire critiques Prohibition-era drinking culture, suggesting that desperate drinkers used any available liquid—even automotive fluids—to obtain alcohol. The title's pun ("Coupé" as both car-type and drinking companion) emphasizes how the car became an unwilling participant in the owner's alcoholic excess.
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JUDGE “My word, what an accident! The Bibulous Coupé little 1924 coupé—presents a prob lem with the approach of freez Jenny—she's our model ing weather, 1 suppose the fault is mine and T should have stayed my hand on that fateful day two when I introduced her to the magie of John Barley corn, But winters ago regrets, like hair- restorers, ure futile. On the cember, froze up. front of the third Sunday in’ De- 1925, our little Jenny She was standing in movies and when we came out she just wouldn't turn T had her towed home and the next morning poured a quart of alcohol into the radiator, She never never ran few hours performance and she froze up again. I exam- ined the radiator and found the alcohol all had evaporated. — In went another quart and Jenny responded like a thoroughbred. But I, alas, had started a horrible habit! over. results were amazing. ran sweeter! She Followed perfeet smoother! of nearly In short, Jenny became a diyy somaniac. At first two quarts of alcohol daily were sufficient. As her appetite increased we found that she needed three quarts, and at the end of last winter a x 1 day was required to keep her happy and contented. to write it, but nny, dear little Jenny, had become a drunk ord. Ton I shudder Last Spring we ha time with her. We de aleohol in gradual doses and by the end of the sumr had lost her dissipated look and was herself again. But it’s easy to see that Jenny knows that winter is here, She freezes up on the warmest days. Yesterday it was sixty degrees in’ the record for the winter. trians shed their overcoats. rows chirped in’ the pillars. The air had Spring-like quality. But a‘slave to ber froze up! shade. a Pedes- tonic, Jenny. ghastly habit. to do. I And I work. She I don't know wh: can't afford a need Jenny in my new VU bet T look a fright!” freezes up tighter than ; It] mean ohol a day to start on glycerine. gallon of a with, and though the expense will he great, Pi more worried al the dam to her character. Poor little Jenny! So gay. girlish and debonair, Yet under delectable the perverted pistons of a hard neath her ened toper! Antien T.. Lippaaxse Statistic Tf all the whiskers used by character Hollywood piled together they actors in were would stuff enough mattresses for half the movie fans to sleep on. Tenant—But it it would be awfully Prospectiz seems to mi cold here in winter. Landlady But just think how mueh better you could shake up cocktails! (enthusiastically) comicbooks.com