Judge, 1929-02-02 · page 2 of 36
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# Analysis of "Modern Fairy Tales" Cartoon This 1920s-era Judge cartoon satirizes diet fads and nutritional misinformation. A goblin-like figure (representing a "food faker") spouts contradictory diet advice to a credulous parent and child—telling them to both eat and avoid bread depending on trends ("if you don't eat it, it's bad! If you like it—it's banned!"). The man on the right holds a book titled "Trick Diets by A. Food Faker," explicitly identifying the source of such nonsense. The accompanying text warns against following unqualified dietary advice, urging readers to consult licensed doctors instead. This was a public-health message by Washburn Crosby Company (later General Mills), promoting their flour as part of proper nutrition. The cartoon ridicules the proliferation of pseudoscientific diet claims that contradicted each other—a consumer protection message.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
This cartoon is published in an effort to awaken the public to the danger of following the literature and advice of food faddists or fakers when they should depend on a licensed doctor or dietitian for correct diet information. & To anyone interested, we shall be glad to mail, without charge, a copy of “Facts About Bread and its Rightful Place in the Diet”—a booklet containing statements by the country’s most eminent nutritional authorities. “@ Address Dept. 314, Washburn Crosby Company, millers of Gold Medal Flour, Minneapolis, Minnesota. COPYR., 1929 GENERAL MIL! S, IC. comicbooks.com