Judge, 1929-11-09 · page 6 of 36
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# "The Agreeable Motorist" and Related Content **Top Comic:** A motorist caught parking illegally offers the officer a bribe—a ticket to a "Policeman's Benefit Ball"—rather than accept a fine. The joke satirizes motorists' expectation that they can buy their way out of traffic violations through charm and small gifts. **Middle Cartoon:** Depicts a broken-down car and a woman saying "Anything wrong?" with the response "No—no—I'm just retiring for the night." This appears to mock mechanical failures in early automobiles. **"Give Him a Chance":** An editorial piece criticizing large bootlegging syndicates and advocating protection for small-scale illegal alcohol producers—satirizing Prohibition-era enforcement disparities and the competitive disadvantage faced by independent bootleggers against organized crime operations.
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JUDGE | = } | The Agreeable Motorist | “Yes, officer, you're absolutely | right; I've had my car parked | here fifteen minutes longer than the legal amount of time. I am quite willing to take a ticket. Yes, I know that I ought to go before | the judge and be punished. I agree with you that I business in testifying against me. I re- at I'm perfectly willing to take a ticket. Just hand it here, and much obliged to you. There | should be more men like you on | the foree. ... Well, good day, | offic nd thanks once again for i} | giving me the opportunity to buy Mi | this ticket to the Policeman's a | Benefit Ball.” i: | —Ornonpo Rossins | | | Give Him a Chance | | | It’s a good thing, this break- } | ing up of the big bootlegging com- | bines. | Think of how insidious it is to have a gigantic rum ring doing | | business on such a large s A | | ring with its own radio station, | ' i} its own fleet, its own ree ns and officers. Such a condition should not, and could not, be tolerated for long in this country! It’s un-American to have a thing in our midst. It’s thing it’s been wiped out. Why should there be such a q syndicate for dealing in ving ich the little bootlegger to compete with such an octopus? This is the land of opportunity, j and the little bootlegger should be | protected against the competition of a trust like this. Short Story The football team of dear old Whatsis College was in a bad way until Marvin joined it. What a ball carrier he was. Down the field and through the opposition he raced ¢ time. How could they stop him? They couldn't— “Anything wrong?” nobody cared to meet Marvin, “No—no—I'm just retiring for the night.” —R. C. O'Brien comicbooks.com