Judge, 1929-11-16 · page 7 of 36
Judge — November 16, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple satirical pieces and cartoons typical of Judge's humor: **Top Cartoon ("Broadway Meets Broadway"):** Shows a couple reuniting with dialogue capturing post-WWI slang and Broadway theater culture. The husband asks about "the Babe"—likely Babe Ruth, indicating the celebrity obsession of the 1920s era. **Middle Content:** Short humor pieces mock contemporary targets: drug stores serving lunches without prescriptions, college football players seeking higher pay, and the importance of elevator music in urban life. **Bottom Cartoon (by John Reckill):** Depicts a "Music Publishers" building being bombarded with noise complaints about jazz music—likely referring to the "Jazz Age" and the generational conflict over this new musical form that older Americans considered loud and objectionable. The overall tone satirizes 1920s American culture: commercialism, celebrity, sports economics, and the cultural anxiety surrounding jazz.
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JUDGE Hvuspann—Good Lord, does Walter Winchell know about this? If It’s That Kind of Prescription Some drug stores are special- iz so in serving luncheons that y an't get a prescription filled. But then there are lots of res- taurants in which you can get a prescription filled, and, what's more, you don’t even need the prescription. About the only new thing the report on colle football seems to show is that some of these good players ought to hold out for more money, Anybody who thinks the ele- ment of time isn’t extremely im- portant in. the lives of people never tied up traffic for twenty or thirty seconds. Again A New York tabloid is giving prizes to those holding lucky tele- phone numbers. We called up and asked if we'd won and they said: “Nope; wrong number.” Everybody Loses Them Down There And just think of the business a fellow could do if he opened a haberdashery in) Wall Street. Think of the shirts he could sell. R. C. O'Brtex Broadway Meets Broadway been away?” “You been around?” “Yeah.” “With the Babe?” “Well, so-long.” —Davio S. Leusan Tet Reekil|. Sono-Wriren—Say! Cut out that noise, willya?