Judge, 1929-09-28 · page 7 of 36
Judge — September 28, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The page contains two main elements: **"The Solution" Comic Strip**: A humorous dialogue about wedding gift amounts. A man asks his friend Bill how much to give at a wedding. The friend suggests giving "a couple of drops" of expensive ale instead of money—a joke playing on stinginess disguised as cleverness. The strip's visual gag shows increasingly absurd attempts to execute this "solution." **"The Street Cleaner" Illustration**: Shows a street cleaner helping his wife clean their house, captioned "The street cleaner helps his wife clean house." This is satirical social commentary on working-class domesticity and labor, likely commenting on the divide between public and private work spheres. The "Scotch Patriotic Song" and other brief items are minor filler content typical of Judge's format.
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The Solution “How much should I give the minister, dear?” ly don’t know, ou give me some sort of an ide: I want to do the right thing, you know.” Yes, of course, you want to do nt thing. "But I don't know what to tell you. You see, this is the first time that I ever——" “Yes, yes, 1 know all about that. How much did your brother give him when he got married?” “IT don't remember.” “Well, how much do people usually give him?” “Different amounts, I) guess. Every one uses his own judg- ment.” “IT don't want him to think I'm tight.” “Heavens, no! Why don’t vou play safe, Bill? Give him just a couple of drops and fill up the rest of the s with ginger ale.” _— sick Brapiry Dolly Dimple thinks that the reason we seldom read about Tong killings today is be they have installed electric refrig- crators in so many houses. In Scotland a dead-end street is a street with a toll bridge at the end of it. Scotch Patriotic Song The Campbells are coming, so we'll be out; The Campbells are coming: some bunch! The Campbells are coming, and they are Scotch; So they must be coming to lunch. eS S| —R. C. O'Brien = Then there was the india-rubber man who decided to improve self and enrolled for an E sion course at Columbia Univer- sity. Statistics prove that the big- gest turnover in the automobile The street cleaner helps his wife clean house. business is on Sundays.