Judge, 1929-09-14 · page 6 of 36
Judge — September 14, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several short humor pieces and comic strips, not political cartoons: **"The Back-Seat Listener"** depicts a man giving increasingly exasperated driving directions to a passenger named John who refuses to follow them, satirizing the annoyance of backseat passengers. **"Paradox"** presents a one-liner joke about job dissatisfaction. **"Natural in Scotland"** is a brief dialogue joke about losing a golf ball, playing on Scottish stereotypes. **"Daylight-Saving Thought"** offers humorous observations about daylight saving time and various absurd situations. The large illustration shows a figure falling from a tree with the caption "Thank gosh I didn't cut down this tree!"—a play on the George Washington cherry tree legend. These are gentle domestic humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach to everyday American life, not focused on political commentary.
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JUDGE Daylight-Saving Thought Backward, turn backward, O Time in thy flight; Just for one hour—then clocks will be right. It's a pity no interviewer got to the whale in Jonah’s day sce how he felt about stowaways. Then there is the dumb fire chief who had unbreakable glass put in the fire alarm boxes. Sunday has become that dé which you either get scolde the preacher or the traffic cop. A low-brow is a person who thinks static is the worst thing that comes over the radio. The Back-Seat Listener Turn to the right, John! More to the right. ... Now le bit to the left! Too fa told you so... . Back—that’s right—back a little more . Turn it! John! Can't you hear what I'm saying? Do you want me to get out? Well, then, turn to the righ That's it.... No! Will you ever get I'm warning you—my patience will soon be exhausted. Gently. back in comfort. . . . Lea there, John... . I knew if I told you how to do it, you'd get sta- tion KOA. Paradox The more a sparring partner gets rapped up in his job, the more he dislikes it. It is being rumored that the race to get thin the grape- fruit route is now on its last spurt! Natural in Scotland “Did you hear the terrible news from the golf course? Day be- fore yesterday Sandy MacTavish lost his golf ball!” “Hoot, mon, what’s so terrible about a golf ball being lost ndy’s lost with it.” “Thank gosh I didn’t cut down this tr