Judge, 1929-01-05 · page 7 of 36
Judge — January 5, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of "Judge" Page - "Elmer" The main cartoon depicts two young boys at a house door confronting an adult man (the "Judge" figure), with the caption about arriving at the wrong address without a tool. This appears to be a visual setup for the accompanying story. The story "Elmer" by Curwood Anderson describes a taxi driver character who frequented Emoryville, observing life through a peephole in his door. The narrative seems mundane—noting Elmer's thoughts about men, women, and everyday observations like fire engines and telephone poles. The accompanying illustration shows animals (a giraffe and other creatures), seemingly unrelated to the main text, possibly a separate feature or unrelated illustration. The overall page lacks obvious political satire; it reads primarily as light character humor about urban working-class life and idle observations rather than political commentary.
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Sa Proempen—Well, here we are, and we haven't forgotten a tool. “Yeah? Well, you're at the wrong address.” Elmer By Curwood Anderson When Elmer got into a taxi cab they kept the vacant. sign’ up. That was the sort of a boy Elmer was. He was always writing rand back fences and things. That is, he was, until the probation. officer caught him. After that he just thought. He thought about men and women mostly. Mostly Life was fun and woman created He tus Once he met a girl named Sonya Hanks. Like an orchid’ in straitjacket, said Elmer. He was like that. Always saying things. That's why he went to bed with- out supper so often... . He liked the way the papers in his notebook clung together. Lovers, he bet. One hundred lovers for 45 cents. ... Some- times he wondered how little scratchpads came. Things like that made Elmer blush. He loved graveyards, too. “Man and woman cre! e them...” words on bits of p: “Yes, I know I look silly, but my mother got scared at a giraffe just before 1 was born.” There was something final about that. Every night Elmer went to Emoryville, There was a fat man who looked out of a little hole in the door. One night El- mer looked out of the little hole and saw Mrs. Astor leading a camel, He walked down the street and saned on a telephone pole. There was something nice about a telephone pole. It seemed to know things. Then the 1890 Emoryville Fire Engine came down’ the street. It always came down, That was so much easier. Steam, warm steam, came out of its funnel and the bell clanged. Elmer ran. He ran for blocks; sometimes up blocks and some- times down, He yelled. But the engine didn’t stop. Then he sat on the curb. “You can keep your old pea- nuts!" he hollered. There was something manly about that. He wondered were peanuts men and women under their shells? He wondered... . comicbooks.com