Judge, 1928-06-02 · page 3 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - June 27, 1928 This satirical section mocks contemporary news stories. The main cartoon depicts a domestic scene: a man kicks a small figure (labeled "Father") out a door while holding a young woman, who protests "Maybe you ought to go soon—father is kicking you out!" and he replies "Alright, I'd girl, I know you wouldn't lie." The joke satirizes changing social mores in the 1920s—specifically young couples' unsupervised time together and a suitor's casual disregard for parental authority. The "father" being literally small and powerless emphasizes how traditional parental control had weakened during the Jazz Age. The text above references frivolous wealthy pastimes (London bottle parties), military expenses, golf trips, and a buried cement block—typical examples of news Judge ridiculed as absurd or wasteful.
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JUDGING THE NEWS We learn from the press that The North German Lloyd 1 Turpin has had his eves the latest v in Lone is Steamship Line has announced insured for $100,000.00 Well, bottle and pajama parties. fey umair cruise over Europe with all there's no sense in going off half- may be a lot of fun. but young expenses for $1,290.00. With cocked. fathers have never thougat so. these air cruises it isn’t the inal cost, it’s the upkeep. The ‘Texas horned toad that was buried for thirty-one years in According to Time Magazine, For the first time in thirty-nine a cement block has been sent te it is predicted in’ Berlin that years there have been no lynch- President Coolidge. Mr. Coolidge Secretary of State Kellogg will ings in the United States for a might reciprocate by — sending e© the Nobel Peace Prize for period of four months. The k some of his associates who In that event the com- gentlemen of the South must be © been buried for years in a mittee should get General San- going in for golf or Mah Jong, — farm bloc. dino to present it. or something. —Jack Sucrrreworrit “Maube you ought to go soon—father is k *Aweright, Vil girl, | know you wouldn't lie. and copyrighted New York. N.Y comicbooks.com