Judge, 1928-03-24 · page 20 of 36
Judge — March 24, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces from Judge magazine (appears to be 1920s-30s era based on style): **Top cartoon**: A cop at a car accident declares the lady is "in th' right"—satirizing police who reflexively blame women drivers, a common stereotype of the era. **"The Fox and the Grapes"**: A modernized Aesop's fable mocking Prohibition-era hypocrisy. The fox refuses to answer what grapes are for "on grounds that it might incriminate him," then rationalize buying ready-made wine from a "bootlegger" rather than making it himself. The satire targets people who publicly opposed Prohibition while secretly purchasing illegal alcohol. **"Broadway Is So Crowded"**: A brief anecdote about an absent-minded professor who walks from one end of a movie line to the other without noticing he's traveled from Fifteenth Street to Fourteenth Street—satirizing urban congestion and absent-mindedness. **Bottom cartoon**: A man claims to be "workin' me way through college" by sawing wood, but freshmen aren't allowed to. This likely mocks working-class college students or college hazing traditions.
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Cop (after the collision) —Ihy, anybody can see the lady is in th’ right. New Fables The Fox and the Grapes A fox, seeing some grapes, de- sired them. A bull, seeing him, wanted to know what he wanted them for. The fox, being foxy, refused to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate him. “I know what grapes are for,” said the bull, and that was no fooling, because he did know. The fox went away, saying: “They were probat r grapes anyway, and, besides, it’s much less trouble to buy it than to make it.” Moral: See your bootlegger. Broadway Is So Crowded The absent-minded professor got on the end of a line of people waiting to enter a movie house on Broadway in the Fifties. He kept moving along slowly, in that absent-minded way of his, and “Yes, I’m workin’ me way troo college, lady—but dey don’t when he finally noticed where he allow us Freshmen to saw wood.” was he was on Fourteenth Street. =I comicbooks.com