Judge, 1929-02-09 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 9, 1929 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces: 1. **"Industrial Ditties"** (top left): A poem by Arthur L. Lippmann mocking a bored chairman who occupies himself with trivial activities while reading financial sheets—satirizing corporate executives disconnected from meaningful work. 2. **"A Scotchman goes to the six-day bicycle race"** (center): A cartoon showing what appears to be a Scottish man at a cycling event with a military figure, likely satirizing Scottish frugality or the incongruity of Scottish attendance at such events. 3. **"The gangster's sweetheart receives her Valentine"** (bottom): Shows a woman in a car receiving a Valentine, satirizing romantic gestures within criminal underworld culture—a topical reference to Prohibition-era organized crime and its social permeation. 4. **"Chills"** and **"The Balancing Act"** (right): Brief humorous verse pieces on unrelated topics.
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JUDGE Industrial Ditties The Chairman of the Bored His active life has run its course, But like a faithful fire horse Whose job is done but still has pride, The codger must keep occupied. He puffs a stogic, pounds (And plans a little winter travel). He blithely prates of stock and bonds (But ruminates on Ziegfeld’s blondes). While some one reads the Balance Sheet He views a flapper ‘cross the street, And, though his hair is white as snow, Still has an oat or two to sow! —Artuce L, Livemann Here's a thing which puzzles us, And we should like to know: How is it Lindbergh flies so high, Yet always flies solo? [STARTING LONIGHT SIN BAY KAGE The gangster’s sweetheart receives her Valentine. Chills Feed a cold and starve a fever, and we'd like to know why all the girls we go out with have colds instead of fevers. The Balancing Act I'm a bear at mathematics, I've a flair for hydrostatics And the theorems of Euclid make me scoff, I can talk in style be symmetry dynan the jamic about curves of pblers I've solved Einstein's parabolas, At problems four-dimensional I'm great. It’s apple pie to plot an’ use the square of the hypotenuse, But I'm darned if I can keep my check-book straight. —H. Kay Lynx acres. ee (OEE PPE NATE LOT DASA ETON HMR aE aOR comicbooks.com