Judge, 1929-11-02 · page 7 of 36
Judge — November 2, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humorous pieces rather than unified political cartoons: 1. **"When Truckmen Take the Air"**: A cartoon showing an airplane dropping cargo/packages, satirizing early aviation and commercial transport logistics—likely referencing the novelty of air freight. 2. **"Helping Hands"**: A satirical dialogue by Stanley Jones about endorsing a friend's loan application. The humor concerns chronic borrowers and the social obligation/danger of financial entanglement with friends. The conclusion—"say to yourself, 'Now, can I still live more or less the same if I never see this money again?'"—mocks the risk of lending to unreliable people. 3. **"Little-Known Occupations"**: A small illustration of an artist in a type foundry designing letterforms, depicting an obscure profession. The page emphasizes social satire over politics, targeting everyday behavioral follies.
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Defeated Candidates Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “TIE run again.” | Dumb Dora thinks home brew is something good to drink. All Through the Night | 1) | Nitt—I couldn't get to sleep last night, so TE counted sheep. | Witt—How many did you count? | “Fourteen.” | “That isn't so many.” | | “No? Well, Twas. counting Ny, only black ones.” Helping Hands Just after you have endorsed a note for a friend, “You may get out of it all right, but I'd say you were smok- ing a pipe in a barn full of fire- works.” “Sure, of course he said he was good for it within the time limit. But if he was, he wouldn't have had to ask you in the first place, to my mind.” ‘Ss “It's all right to be a good fel- low, and all that, but when you bring money into a friendship, friendship ceases.” yy “Trouble is, he'll be after you to do it again and in now. And each time it'll be harder for you to refuse. Look at the way that bird Morey gypped Ed Mader! Say, that was a crime—he ought to have been thrown into jail!” f “Of course, I don’t know this man, but you want to remember that there are chronic borrowers, just as there are chronic pool- players and chronic sufferers from strawberry rash. They can’t seem to help it, even if they wanted to.” momen: “Honest, the only way to look at it is this: say to yourself, “Now, can I still live more or less the same if I never sce this money again?” If the answer is ‘Yes’, be | I'd do it. Otherwise, I'd refuse al Hy my own father—it's: bad busi- _ a | ness.” Littie-KNown Occupations | | 5 —Srasuey Jones Artist in type foundry designing periods. | | comicbooks.com