Judge, 1929-05-18 · page 7 of 36
Judge — May 18, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge's early 20th-century style: **"What a Whale of a Difference"** presents a humorous observation about college expansion. The author revisits their alma mater and is shocked by enrollment growth—from about 100 to 22,000 students. The large cloud illustration shows a crowded lecture hall, satirizing how mass education has transformed intimate academic settings into impersonal institutions. **"Fog Hides 1200 Mexican Rebels in Bronx Dance Hall"** is a mock newspaper headline joke about a police blotter story, suggesting the absurdity of hiding 1,200 rebels in an urban dance venue. **Lower illustrations** depict a ship rescue, apparently referencing a Japanese flag mixup ("I thought it meant ice skating"). The page is primarily humor and light satire rather than hard political commentary.
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JUDGE | What a Whale of a Difference It was the first time I'd been back to the old colle; in’ five | years. In my day we had four | hundred students, two dormi- | | tories, and a football field. “It | will seem: stran | | thought. “Not face exeept a few of the professors.” It was a revelation. The two original dormitories were lost in a eity of living quarters, labora- tories, lecture halls, inasiums, | fraternity houses and } tion buildings. The place was alive with students. Then I noticed something even more be- wildering. Those faces. So many | of them familiar, Hundreds of | young men [ had seen before. I ministra- | could swear it. I hailed a passing stu “He yomen in the | now?” Lasked him, He reg | me coldly. “The university,” he | corrected. “Twenty-two thou | sand.” I walked away unable to | believe my ears. Still the | vaguely familiar faces kept pass ing by. The mystery—Suddenly it dawned on ine. Of course! All the young men who had tried to earn scholarships to college by | getting magazine subscriptions a MEXICAN | had succeeded! se nessinasasits In Bronx HIDES REBELS Dance Hall _Itisto Weep Quaff this sizzler right off the police blotter, for you, only yau. Oh, sad’s the lot of Georgie C As the shots died away, Patrolman Harrigan burst into the Who, though he is no fool, room and found the dame with the smoking pistol in her fist. | Got writer's cramp and flunked “Calm yourself, ma'am,” he implored the weeping mama. his class “Where's the corpse “Gone,” sobbed the dope. “He went | In Correspondence School ! through that xindow—I missed him!" Give them the banner “ALLL. type, Pat, I'M show that Hearst crowd how to edit a paper! Not So Much | Has the entertainment one gets at the movies changed so much in the last twenty years? Then a fellow stood in the sereen and sang sentimental songs, which were illustrated by slides. Now the fellow is on the ! screen, and his sentimental songs are illustrated by a photoplay. | } —R. C. O'Brien | xs in = The beauty of the antique sell- Sovse—Whazzat sign with the red ball on it? ing. (bus Tinond oF the, things = can Rescoee—The Japanese flag: ._. they’re manufactured. | ‘Gosh! I thought it meant skating! ; comicbooks.com