Judge, 1929-09-21 · page 6 of 36
Judge — September 21, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon:** A chaotic office scene depicts a man being ejected violently by an angry figure, with papers flying. The caption asks "Listen, young man—I want to know if your intentions are serious?" This appears to satirize workplace or social encounters where intentions are questioned amid physical chaos—likely commenting on business disputes or romantic/social awkwardness during the period. **Text Sections:** "The Brazen Hussy" presents a husband's complaint about his wife becoming a mistress, expressing moral anxiety. "Reciprocity" jokes about boxing commission suspensions. "If the Joke-Makers Merge" humorously imagines traveling salesmen meeting a Scottish professor's mother-in-law. **Bottom Cartoon:** A man slips on a cloud while office workers react, captioned about a "big accident" requiring first aid and a cashier's check—satirizing insurance claims or workplace accidents. The page blends domestic satire with workplace humor typical of early 20th-century Judge content.
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The Brazen Hussy My God, to think should become someone's mistress. Was it for that that I have slaved and struggled these many ? I gave her all the love a tion in the world. I was her servant to do with as she wished. And now, a mistress. But what can I do? I love her. Perhaps it is really my fault. What will the neighbors say when they dis- cover that my wife, the mother of my boy, is a mistress? Suicide would not solve the problem or I would take my life, snuff it out with my own hands as I would pinch the flame of a candle. We should have gone to church every ay. Would that have pre- ‘c from becoming a Who can answer me? stress, she hired a cook my mistress? —Avex Evetove We know one thing about this Russian-Chinese railroad in Man- churia: they'll never get us to read one of their timetables. JUDGE “Listen, young man—I want to know if your intentions are serious?” Reciprocity has suspended Jack d it’s about time the Boxing Commission suspended some of these movie heroes who re always knocking out the vil- lains in the pictures. If the Joke-Makers Merge Two traveling salesmen, Pat and Mike, overtaken by nightfall in a dark woods, came upon the modernistic farmhouse of an absent-minded professor's Scoteh mother-in-law and got the job. “Quick! Big accident! We need some first aid!” “Get your check from the cashier, please.” LAAN R ARNE OR EP SADE RENN NAR eaten a thee