Judge, 1929-10-26 · page 9 of 36
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# "The Comb Situation" - Judge Magazine Satire This article satirizes the petty inefficiencies and absurd bureaucracy of country clubs during the Jazz Age. The author humorously proposes that clubs establish a formal "Comb Committee" (alongside existing committees for grounds, houses, and finances) to manage the perpetual problem of destroyed combs in locker rooms. The satire works on multiple levels: members absent-mindedly sit on combs, use them to scrape golf clubs, and chronically steal them. The proposed "solution"—filing formal applications through committees before replacing worn combs—mocks how country clubs handle minor issues through excessive administrative procedure. The accompanying cartoons illustrate specific comedic scenarios: a woman driver (labeled a "Hallowe'en motorist") looking over her shoulder, and a Prohibition-era joke about removing a speakeasy door as a prank. The piece pokes fun at both country club pretension and the absurdity of over-organizing trivial matters.
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The Comb Situation I you're a member of a country club you've probably had. oc- casion to use the locker room. and, if your club is well equipped. like ours, it) has — shower baths, washstands, soap, towels, a quartet, and a big, black comb with 13 teeth missing, kept at the bottom of the towel hamper for convenience. Perhaps it's not fair to the steward to say that it’s always kept at the bot- tom of the towel hampe there are times when will sit on it, while discussing that close putt on the 7th, after which he will ss “Oh, the comb! By George, I guess I'm sitting on it. W about that!” The comb presents a real prob- Jem in country club - efficiency, and I, for one, am strongly in favor of forming a Comb Com- mittee, along with the Greens Committe House Committee and Finance Committee, for the express purpose of seeing that at least one comb is kept some- wl on the club property throughout the season, When the comb gets down to three teeth or less, as every club comb. will after it has been used to serape the clay off your irons for a few weeks, it shall be the duty of be do you know JUDGE The Hallowe'en motorist looks over her left shoulder. the Chairman to file an applica tion with the Finance Committee for a new comb, After the ap plication has been duly author- ized and passed on, the Chair man shall instruct some member of his committee to purel a brand new comb, break all the fine teeth out with a hammer and fill the remaining with a se “Just a little Hallowe'en prank, O ficer—ice've taken the door from Mulligan’s speak-easy.” mixture of coarse sand and hair. A nice effect can be gotten by dipping the instrument in ¢ running it over that moth d that Charlie nad ing into a steaming moose hi shot in Cs whole she hot shower, Don't ever place a new comb on the table until it’s been care fully mutilated, because if you do, it will be stolen outright, and the Comb Committee will have to hegi ain. Oddly eno club members have a consuming passion for s\ combs. I once knew a man who in his locker every night until all the members had dressed and gone home; then he quictly tiptoed out, slipped the comb his hip pocket and stole home. few years later he died, would you believe it—his ¢ utors found 134 new locked up in his wall safe. One club had their comb chained to the washstand but members found little difficulty in filing it off and, when bigger and) stronger chains were in- stalled, they carted off the comb and washstand together. It's just no use. A comb won't last the day out unless it’s hidden in the bottom of a golf bag. But nd throw all over a new combs (Continued on page 29) Comicbooks.com