Judge, 1929-06-22 · page 3 of 40
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# "Judging the News" - Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This cartoon satirizes prohibition-era hypocrisy. The caption "Austin (nearsighted)—Well, Mary, diet and exercise have certainly worked wonders for you" appears to mock someone's obliviousness to obvious reality. The visual likely depicts a domestic scene where a husband ("Austin") fails to notice his wife's dramatic physical transformation—possibly weight gain or other changes—attributing it instead to diet and exercise. The satire targets willful blindness or self-deception. The accompanying text discusses unrelated topics: German submarine activity, a schooner carrying whiskey (flagrantly illegal during Prohibition), and farm sales. The overall page presents satirical "news commentary" typical of Judge's approach to contemporary American social and political absurdities of the 1920s era.
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Jack SuutrLewortn, Editor Georce Jean NATHAN Jack Crust, Associate Editor Ricnarp J. WALSH Contributing Editors Put Rosa, Art Editor Swney S, Lenz JUDGING THE NEWS We now learn that a German firm wanted to ship gorillas to the U. S. on the Graf Zeppelin. It appears, however, that there was plenty of monkey business going on aboard without them. A London paper expresses alarm over the report that Amer- ica produces a saxophone every forty seconds. Well, we gave them a chance to agree to a dis- armament program and_ they wouldn't, ) Mh i A two-masted schooner that sank with a cargo of whiskey in 1342 is to be raised by an or- ganization in North Carolina. That’s something for golfers to start worrying about. It’s get- ting so that even Davy Jones can't keep anything in his locker. And while we are on the sub- ject. They’re not running beer over the border any more. They're walking with it. I Auntie (nearsighted)—Well, Mary, diet and exercise have certainly worked wonders for you. Commander Byrd, in the Ant- arctic, has named his living quar- ters after a famous hotel. That will be one hotel in which no- body will ever have to ring twice for ice water. Marion Talley says she has re- ceived over a thousand letters from persons wanting to sell their farms and can’t understand why: they’re all for sale. Well, we understand. The owners want to go into grand opera. onesy) { ic ss ‘ iy ~ 3971 TYBCE_ Notume 96, No. 2486. June 23,1 and York, 1929. to the fact thet every and w of the U.S. 1 Poe eg mech oe oe eee in JUDGE is protected under the provisions comicbooks.com