Judge, 1929-02-02 · page 3 of 36
Judge — February 2, 1929 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Analysis — February 2, 1929 **Main Cartoon Caption:** "Say, Optician, I want these glasses changed!" **Context & Satire:** The cartoon depicts an optician's shop where a man demands his glasses be changed while wearing thick spectacles. The humor plays on the phrase "judging the news"—the page's title—suggesting people need corrective lenses to properly understand current events. The accompanying text satirizes contemporary news stories: Henry Ford's supposed habit of carrying a harp, a radio-shutoff invention, motorboats financed through regular companies, and a laundry mishap involving a woman named Dora. The cartoon's joke is that readers cannot properly "see" or understand the absurdity of these news items—they need their vision corrected, just as they need critical judgment corrected to evaluate the ridiculous stories being reported.
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“JAN 30 1929 ” JUDGING THE Grover trying to get a new As we go to Whalen is press ordinance passed providing a penalty for jay-walking. ‘The present penalty of thirty days in the hospital is apparently in- sufficient. President Coolidge’s term in the White House will be over in a little more than a month, so if he has anything to say he better say it soon. According to a news item, Henry Ford plays the Jew’s harp and always carries one in his pocket, This, if not a musical au- accomplishment, is at least at tiful gesture on Henry's part. A new invention is now on the market which will, it is claimed, shut off the radio when the listener shouts at it. But who wants to be sticking his head out the window and shouting all day? NEWS For the first time in the history of the industry, now being sold lar finance company. Down pay- presum ally revert to a sinking fund. ments, we This department can’t be held responsible for Dora, but, after all, she’s not so thinks a is something you get from the laundry. dumb. — She package motorboats are through a regu- will eventu- the yings of surprise J JUDGE, 1879, and éopyrial Secretary; $5.00 a year, ireat Britain: Pred Particular attenti in JUDGE ok City, N. ¥., under act ot Mareb 3, West 3 New York. N. Ys. Hates T ‘ Joseph T. bs protected under the pe comicbooks.com