Judge, 1928-02-11 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 11, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two satirical cartoons about bridge (the card game): **"Bridge by Radio"** depicts a radio broadcast of bridge instruction. The cartoon mocks how listeners follow the game while physically separated—women skiing while listening to station BLAH broadcast bridge hands. The satire critiques the absurdity of playing cards while engaged in completely unrelated activities. **"Sold for Three No Trumps!"** shows an auctioneer at a bridge game table, with the caption suggesting bridge players are so obsessed they'd auction off their possessions during play. This satirizes the game's addictive nature among 1920s-30s society. The page also advertises a short story contest about bridge ("The Tragedy of the Bridge"). Overall, these cartoons mock the period's bridge mania among upper-class Americans.
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JUDGE Bridge by Radio As the Ladies Would Have folks; It this is “Good evening, station BLAH broadcasting the regular Thursday evening bridge hand. Mrs. Maud Blotz, will re- present the North; Mrs. Ty ) bury, the East; Mrs. Julia » the South; itie Mule, the West. cards ready. North look charming in wh caught up at the side pins; South and West are ing pink and green, respect trimmed with monkey fur buttons. North is shuffling, a it seems that Joe Wimple got a 3 raise and now Claire Wimple will never be the same, what with her and Mrs. wear- new car and all, because of course you know that Joe prom- ised her a car as soon as he got a raise. However, North passes, East scans her hand and she’s going to buy a dish-washing machine if it takes every cent of Homer's mone says » because her nails wouldn't look like that if she 4 didn't have to mess around in the sink three times a day. Oh, ants are all right in. their but they don’t stay any . East then passes. South knowsiof a wonderful new pl where you can get the sweete hats for almost nothing, and passes. West imeditates, and = Say we The luctioneer reverts to type in a Bridge game. played—and I never shall.” what is more, while she doesn’t approve of gossip in gene this is among close friends and she'd think Osear H y off the bum liquor for a - and wise up, and isn’t Mrs. Wilper getting dumpy looking; and she'll goby “Too bad, folks. Four passes and the hand is over. An an- alysis of hands show that North held all the spades; East, the hearts; South, the diamonds; and West, the ‘clubs, Better luck next week, folks, Station BLAH signing off. Goodnight.” jy SHORF srorics ai | | OF THE BRIDGE | Dini | Juvar wants short short, The shorter the better! above example, Contd anything be Jupar will pay $5 for each one printed, Ne guesses also. THE A stories Take the orter? over ten words long comicbooks.com