Judge, 1928-08-25 · page 10 of 36
Judge — August 25, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes early 20th-century American social contradictions through verse and cartoons. **"Pity the Poor Working Girl"** mocks sympathy for female office workers (typewriter operators) by highlighting the gap between their supposed hardship and actual comfort: they work modest hours (10-5, with a lunch break), yet are "frequently féted and fed," wear Paris hats and pearl necklaces, and date important men's sons. The satire suggests working girls aren't truly suffering despite romantic portrayals as "sweet ingénues." **"The Tail-Spinner"** is a humorous aviation story-in-verse about a woman pilot in a nosedive who calmly shoots her gun twice into the air, allowing her to "float gracefully to earth"—absurdist logic mocking pulp fiction adventure tales. The bottom cartoons offer lighter domestic humor about children and animals. The overall tone suggests Judge's audience was wealthy enough to find the "plight" of well-dressed working girls amusing rather than genuinely sympathetic.
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JUDGE Pity the Poor Working Girl Pity the poor working girl (Chie Paris tam on her head) Caught in the Big City’s Whirl, (Frequently féted and fed) Working from 10 until 5, (Lunching from 12 until 1) slave for her bosses to drive, amping the president's son!) Pounding a keyboard all day, (Pounding 4 dance floor all night) ring the villains at Kee, Never surrendering (quite). Meekly displaying a few Diamonds and necklace of pearl, Tears for the sweet ingénue— Pity the poor working girl! —Antucr L, Liremann Model wash basin for the man who likes to splash and slop about. The Tail-Spinner The airplane went into a nose- div The carth was rushing toward her at ninety miles an hour. She reached in t oolbox and took out her gat. The gat that she al- ways carried for just such an emergency. It was loaded. She lifted it slowly toward her tem- ple She quickly fired two shots into the air like this — SHOOT! SHOOT! And taking this pair o’ shoots she floated gracefully to earth, —Nartr Coriier “There are also too many hip and rum drivers.” comicbooks.com