Judge, 1929-08-17 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 17, 1929 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers **Top Cartoon:** A man at an information booth asks a judge about heartburn relief—a pun on "heart-burn" (emotional distress). The judge sits in an elevated position of authority, suggesting the cartoon mocks people seeking legal or official guidance for personal problems. **Bottom Cartoon ("The Masterpiece"):** An architect pompously describes an extravagantly decorated bathroom to a wealthy woman, listing Byzantine, Ionic, cubistic, and Impressionist elements with platinum and gold fittings. The satire targets nouveau riche pretension—wealthy people displaying ostentatious taste by name-dropping artistic movements they don't understand. The caption "The collegiate tenderfoot brands his cattle" (bottom right) reinforces the joke: just as an inexperienced rancher crudely marks livestock, the pretentious wealthy clumsily apply high art to mundane objects like bathrooms to appear cultured.
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JUDGE “Could you tell me what's good for hearthurn?” The Masterpiece “Now here's a plan of the By- zantine style with marble and mosaic inerustations around the walls, You're right, I think that’s 1 bit ornate myself. I prefer this one in’ Ton rehitecture, It’s \ es, I'l ad mit that solid gold fittings are hourgevise, My own taste runs to platinum fittings. — But. here, much more stately. adame, is our masterpiece. The design is cubistie and the walls and ceiling have been painted by one of the more famous of the Impressionists. The art work, if you will notice, has just a toneh of symbolism in it. Yes. the plat inum would fit very well into its decorative scheme. Ah, [knew you would like it. Our men ean work on it in a few days. And let me tell you, madame, when it's completed you'll have a bathroom that will be the envy of ll vour friends.” Gronar S. MacManvs Bay Fiona The collegiate tenderfoot brands his cattle! POMicbooks.com