Judge, 1928-10-27 · page 3 of 36
Judge — October 27, 1928 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# "Judging the News" - Judge Magazine, October 27, 1928 This page contains political commentary and a cartoon satirizing artistic pretension. The top section mocks various political figures and issues: British war tanks, farming problems, and prohibition-era politics. It references "Bobby Jones" (likely golfer Bobby Jones), "Al Smith" (Democratic presidential candidate), and mentions Calvin Coolidge's inadequacy as president. The main cartoon depicts two painters: one sitting, one standing with arms raised, discussing a landscape painting. The artist claims he hasn't finished the grass yet—a joke about artistic incompleteness or pretension. The caption suggests one painter is critiquing the other's unfinished work, satirizing artists who over-explain or defend incomplete pieces. This appears to be general social satire rather than political commentary.
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JUDGING THE NEWS Recent tests made by the Brit- ish War Department show that the tank is now as obsolete as an old cast-iron battleship. Great Britain, of course, does not have Prohibition. Government statistics show that many United States farm- ers already solved their farm problems, They've moved to the city! Artist—Say! I haven't painted that geass yet! Perhaps Bobby Jones is sup- porting Al Smith because of all the Republican bunkers. According to an article in the New York Merald-Tribune, one of the disappointments in Hoover's life is that h to qualify as a humorist. Oh, well, Mr. Coolidge wasn’t so good him- self before he got in the White House. The Methodist ministers of In- diana, we hear, are going to spend November 4th praying for the de feat of Al Smith. “The Democrats wish they’d spend November 6th the same way. We are not exactly superstitious, but if prohibition isn’t an issue in this campaign it ought to be; we've had seven years of padlock. —Jack Sucrreeworrn “Tl save ye a blade, mister—all th’ dern things look alike!” —| comicbooks.com