Judge, 1928-01-21 · page 20 of 36
Judge — January 21, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"How to Make Money"** mocks get-rich-quick schemes. It presents a fraudulent plan: inventing candy bar names and slogans allegedly earning thousands weekly. The fake testimonials (Claude Gunn, Bill Duckwitz, Wade Carney) parody typical scam advertising. The "samples" like "Grandma's Rheumatism" and "Hopeless Invalid" are deliberately absurd product names, satirizing both the implausibility of easy wealth and the ridiculous marketing of actual products. **"Structural Iron Boss"** is a brief visual gag about a worker losing his grip on a girder—workplace humor. **"They Have to Be"** uses a nursery rhyme structure to joke that chorus girls are made of "sugar and spice," while the men who date them must be made of "mazuma" (slang for money)—mocking male materialism and transactional dating. **"Tragedy"** darkly jokes about a superintendent found dead in the basement after ten days, with the punchline questioning why nobody noticed his absence.
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JUDGE How to Make Money thing few short weeks, and make 000 a year, but this re- quire: those who wish to increase their spare time earnings without — capital or stud any sort, here is a new plan, It’s amazingly easy. There's no magic, no myster trick about it. You start right in the first day. Claude Gunn, Missouri, made $8,000 the first week! Bill Duckwitz, New York, made 10 in four days! Wade Carn Michigan, would thousands, but he never heard of the plan! Here's the seeret—think up names and slogans for new candy bars! See the possibilities? It's an uncrowded and — unlimited field! Here ere samples that have brought their originators fame, fortune, popularity, —in- creased earnings, and softening of the brain GRANDMA RHEUMATISM “You Can Get It in Any Old ISS INVALID “Couldn't Be Better” BARTENDER'S MEMORIES “Every Bar Good for Lunch” Start today! Don’t delay! Mz big moncy! Straucturat Irox Boss—Hey! Where are you takin’ that girder? —Gunsxev Wintians, Jr. They Have to Be What are little chorus girls made out Sugar and spice and every- thing nice— That's what little chorus girls are made out of. But what are the guys who take them out made out of? Mazuma, Sure, they must be. Tragedy The superintendent of — the apartment—the fellow who tends the furnaces—was found dead in the basement. Police said he had been dead ten days. It's . ~ funny nobody knew—or is it? Newryweo—How about this one, Genevieve? comicbooks.com