Judge, 1928-01-21 · page 13 of 36
Judge — January 21, 1928 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Content Analysis This 1928 Judge Jr. article satirizes Colonel Lindbergh's famous 1927 transatlantic flight "The Spirit of St. Louis" by imagining a parody tour. The piece mockingly describes "The Spirit of Pol Roget"—a deliberately misspelled reference—as a specially-designed aircraft for a cross-country journey. The satire targets the era's aviation enthusiasm and celebrity culture surrounding Lindbergh. The detailed cutaway diagram shows an absurdly over-equipped interior, played for comedic effect. The narrative joke centers on the plane being so loaded with champagne that it cannot take off, requiring the crew to drink their cargo to lighten the load—mocking both Prohibition-era hypocrisy and the frivolous excess of wealthy aviation enthusiasts. The humor relies on readers' familiarity with Lindbergh's actual achievement and contemporary debates about alcohol during Prohibition (which ended 1933).
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JUDGE IMIG: Note. — Judge Jr. Eprron’s Colonel Lindbergh's tour of good will that he has decided to take off himself on an acroplane trip around the United States. In his trusty plane “The Spirit of Pol Roge he artist pal “Mac are going to visit all the principal will sions and adventures, and his cities, of the their impres- They have spent months on their specially country and recount designed plane and below will find a showing the different equipment and patented compartments, They are at present at Roosevelt field waiting for favorable weather to make the big hop. you diagram drawing JUDGE JR. READY BIG HOP “The Spirit of Pol Roget” in Readiness Waiting for the Weather By Jupar Jn. FOR Jeper, Copyright, 19) in the United States and C a and all Points wet. Written exclusively for Roosevelt Field, January 21st. —After working feverishly all night in preparation for our take- off at dawn we were again dis- appointed and compelled to post- Upon receiving i oreport from Yonkers that the weather conditions ible Mae and 1 aned our flying ‘togs (courtesy of Brooks Bros and rolleds “The Spirit of Pol Roget” out on the rumway. An were favor we CPRT_CF RL POET" A CROPS-SECTON NS DAWVAG immense crowd was on hand and the jeers were deafening as we climbed into the coekeyed pit. I had tuned up the motor so that it was playing “Thou Swell” with a steady hum and with a wave to the crowd we started on our fight. But thing was wrong, for the “Spirit of Pol Roget” refused to leave the ground. We taxied back to the hangover and discovered that our load of four hundred gallon of champagne and other wines was too heavy for the machine. “Well, there's only one thing to do,” cried Mac, jumping out of cross-country some- the cockeyed pit, “we — must lighten the load!" and so saying he grabbed one of the bottles out of the boozelage and we started in. Within an hour we had de- creased the load considerably but couldn't decide which plane to take and a heated argument en sued. Mac was for taking the (Continued on page 26) MAKE 4 NATON- WIDE tur SEP Vie DR comicbooks.com