Judge, 1929-07-06 · page 7 of 36
Judge — July 6, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon**: A judge examines fabric while a man with a baby carriage waits. The caption references Mr. Kornflower suggesting a "bolt from the blue," then humorously detailing a domestic dispute where a woman demands her husband call neighbors by first names. The punchline mocks bourgeois social pretension—the wife insists on informality while the couple lacks basic resources ("no bananas today"). This satirizes middle-class affectations and economic hardship. **"The Water Cooler" Section**: A poem celebrating the office water cooler as relief for overworked industrial workers. Two illustrations show workers at a water cooler and entering a building. The satire gently mocks workplace culture, portraying the water cooler as workers' only comfort during grueling labor. This reflects early 20th-century industrial working conditions and the modest pleasures available to laborers.
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