Judge, 1928-03-24 · page 10 of 36
Judge — March 24, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Lines to a Departing Lady"** (signed Pitt Rosa): A humorous poem about a man's relief at a woman's departure. The joke is cynical—he claims to miss the social gatherings but is secretly delighted to stop spending money on her entertainment (cocktails at Frank and Jack's, highballs at Joe's). He'll save his wages and reinvest the money in bonds, expecting her return in June. The satire mocks both male financial anxiety and the transactional nature of social relationships. **"Anastasié, will you please disconnect the television apparatus?"** (top cartoon): Shows someone asking to disconnect a TV. This appears to satirize early television technology, treating it as a novelty device that's become intrusive or annoying. **Bottom cartoon and "Success!" essay** (signed Hal Salisbury): Celebrates an advertising man's fortune from placing "car-cards" (advertisements) in subways and streetcars positioned at eye-level for commuters. The satire praises this seemingly simple but profitable idea, mocking how advertising exploitation of captive audiences generates wealth.
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Lines to a Departing Lady You have gone—and with sorrow T saw you depart And the prospect. is gloomy and sad, How Vil miss all the parties we used to enjoy— All the long happy evenings we had! But somehow, it seems, through a rift in the cioud There is just a suggestion of blue, For when it is pay-day, I'l put in the bank All the coin I've been spending on you. And there'll be no more cocktails at old Frank and Jack's And there'll be no more high- halls at Joe's. And Barney's and Olsen's will see me no more— Though I'll miss them a lot, Heaven knows! So the money will jingle, my debts will be paid And my bank balance grow very soon— And then I shall tie it all up in a bond —For you'll be returning next June. —Pir Rosa , Success! “Anastasié, will you please disconnect the television apparatus?” It seems hard to believe that a year ago I just another poor, obscure advert man. Today T have wealth beyond my wildest dreams, — Success—without the id, strange ay seem, of a correspondence course in Poly- . bassoon-playing, or per- onal magnetism. It was just the big Idea—the idea that re- sulted in such a stupendous in- crease in sales for so many con- cerns due to cat-cards placed judiciously where the eyes of all the men—the buying power of our great public—would inevi- tably be attracted. I am he, in sho} who acquired the adver- tising rights in the subway, cle- vated and strect-car lines to the “I won't stand fer any woman chasin’ me all over th’ house spaces directly under the seats. with @ rollin’=pin!” , Hat Sanisneny comicbooks.com