Judge, 1928-07-28 · page 3 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - July 24, 1928 The top cartoon depicts a beauty pageant judging scene, with signs identifying cities (appearing to show contestants from different American locations competing). The main cartoon below satirizes the social anxieties of the 1920s. It shows a fashionably dressed woman at a beach encountering a young man in a bathing suit. The caption reads: "Lovelorn Youth—Well, Mabel! Imagine running into you—so soon after our quarrel." The joke reflects contemporary concerns about changing morality and unchaperoned youth interaction. The "lovelorn" framing suggests romantic melodrama, while the beach setting (where modern bathing attire exposed more skin than previous generations) represents the sexual liberation anxieties of the Jazz Age. The coincidental "chance" meeting appears staged—satirizing both young romance and social propriety debates of the era.
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— JUL 24 1928 Ocisz9s5s1 JUDGE JUDGING THE NEWS With the aid of avia ern Arctic explorers hi ered everything but a back. tion, mod- discov- to get According to the press, there are nearly five million women in China without a stitch of clothing to their backs. Well, there's plenty of feminine attire in. this country that no one seems to be using. We have to give them credit. Some of New York's Street Clean- ing officials certainly did clean up! The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences is sending an expedition into Siam to procure some walk- ing fish. No doubt this, to being sponsored by Mr. C. C. Pyle. France may have returned to gold currency, but she doesn’t seem to be in any hurry about re- turning ours. Jovernor Smith’s honorary de- gree of Doctor of Laws came j in time. A great this country are darn sick. —Jack Suvrrrewortit Loverons Youtu—Well, Mabel! Imagine running into you—so soon after our quarrel. JUDGE, Volume 95/ No. 2436, 38, July 2A, 1879. Additional entry at Jai and copyrighted. Tae by it ia thet? New York, N.Y . 1928, “Entered ax Second-Clam Matter. October 21. 1881. at the Post OMee at New York City, N.Y. und $5.00 a year, lie a copy Published Weebly by Judge Publishing Co. Inc. 627 West Aird Miteet. ‘or “and Great hnitaln: Pred te Hagan, President: Norman asthe ony, Vice-President: Joseph T. Cooney, Secretar West 43rd St) Particular attention is called to the fact that every Article atid picture anpearing in JUDGE i protected under the provisicine Mf neetton dof the Copyright act of March 3, o ¥5, 1 comicbooks.com