Judge, 1928-05-12 · page 13 of 36
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# Judge Magazine Satire: "Spirit of Pol Roger Crosses Ocean Thrice! Lands in Paris!" This is a humorous account of a transatlantic flight, likely referencing Charles Lindbergh's famous 1927 solo flight (the "Spirit of St. Louis"). The satire parodies the excessive celebration and chaos surrounding such aviation achievements. The joke centers on the pilots' comic misadventures: encountering terrible storms, flying blind, accidentally going underwater, forming ice on the wings which they repurpose as cocktail mix—all while forgetting their letters of introduction to Paris. The "Café de la Paix" cartoon below depicts the rowdy reception, with famous literary figures present (Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Gwen Le Gallienne are named). The humor mocks both the pilots' incompetence and the absurd celebrity circus surrounding aviation pioneers. The satire targets how the public glamorized dangerous aviation while the actual aviators were often unprepared or ridiculous. It's gentle mockery of the Jazz Age's obsession with daring-do adventure and celebrity culture.
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