Judge, 1929-06-08 · page 7 of 36
Judge — June 8, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three unrelated humor pieces: 1. **"Convenient, Anyway"**: Satirizes hospital street signs telling pedestrians not to honk horns. The joke: while such signs reduce noise pollution, they're useless because drivers ignore them anyway—they honk regardless and end up in front of the hospital. 2. **"The hitch-hiker who wanted a lift"**: An illustration showing a convertible with occupants appearing to eject upward, suggesting reckless driving. 3. **"Looks Deceive"**: A brief comic exchange where a visitor mistakes an ashcan for a kitchen, and a doctor jokes it's "what I call a close call"—implying the apartment/kitchen is dangerously filthy or inadequate. The bottom panel shows a sequential comic depicting romantic/physical comedy between two figures, with escalating physical interaction.
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Convenient, Anyway In one way it’s a good idea, and in another way it isn’t. We mean this idea of having signs on hospital streets telling people to walk their horses and not make any unnecessary noises, Of course, there are no horses to he walked any more, but there are sutomobiles, And they shouldn't honk their horns. That's the bad part of it. It makes it harder for the pedestrian; he has no warn- ing. The good part of it, though, is that when he does get knocked down because the auto didn’t honk, he’s right there in front of a hospital. Temporarily, of Course Then there was the little boy in the orphan asylum who was given a dime by a kindly visitor re having seen one, the kid- dic didn’t know what to do with it so he swallowed it. The story into the newspapers and the thoriti at the asylum were much d. They were annoyed by chmen who called up wanting to know if they could adopt the yungst youngster, O'Brien —R. ¢ JUDGE The hiteh-hiker who wanted a lift, We have great admiration for fancy divers. They can dive twenty or thirty feet and splash less than we do opening a bottle of milk, If you belong to a book club and you don't like their choice, you can select another. If you don’t belong you can read any- you want to. Looks Deceive Visitor (inspecting newlyweds’ tiny apartment)—Is this an ash- tray? Young That's the Henny—Gosh, no! kitchen! “Well.” said the doctor as he left the Scotchman’s home, “that’s what I call a close eal.” ~ comicbooks.com