Judge, 1929-11-30 · page 3 of 36
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* (November 30, 1929) contains satirical commentary and a cartoon. The text discusses several contemporary issues: an English archaeologist's translation of Persian law; stock market speculation fooling the public; football stadium seating solutions; and upcoming mayoral elections in New York City, referencing both Republican and Democratic candidates for 1932. The cartoon depicts a diner scene where a server offers "homemade noodle soup" to a customer who declines, preferring "old southern ham and waffles." The satire likely mocks Depression-era economic hardship—the irony being that "homemade noodle soup" represents affordable but unappetizing necessity, while the customer clings to fancier Southern foods as a status symbol despite economic constraints. The joke highlights Americans' reluctance to accept economic reality during the early Great Depression.
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“aeowssee® Grorce Jean NATHAN According to the press, an English archaeologist. has finally translated the ancient law of the Medes and the Persians. We figured it out long ago: “One Man's Mede is Another Man's Per: , The stock market can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but the rest of the time the people haven't anything left to be fooled out of. Jack Suurtewortu, Editor Ricnarp J. Wats And the people who played Wall Street should have done their Christ- mas shopping even earlier! The Princeton Alumni Weekly re- cently suggested that a solution to scating football spectators could be obtained by building revolving sta- diums. And a correspondent writes in that if liquor prices keep going up it might save the public some money at that. Siwxey S. Lenz, Contributing Editors Most naval experts, while perhaps agrecing that charity should begin at home, believe that parity should be- gin somewhere else. And now that the elections are over, the Republicans are looking for a didate for Mayor of New York City to be defeated in 1933, while the Democrats are looking for a presi- dential candidate to be defeated in 1932. PINEAPPLE SURPRICE 1S i | “Will you try our homemade noodle soup today “No thanks, I’ll have some old southern ham and waffles.” JUDGE, Volume 97, No. 2509, November 30, 1929. Entered Aad 1. NLY secre tn t., New York, N.Y. Pi wieN UY. a 3e be U.S. and Great Britain: Fred ticular . Published Weekly by Jud ieannannes, secenay py dope attent the fact that every article and picture appearing ip ‘visions Dower ‘the US. etrpaba! en nd -Class Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post Office Publishing C Preside New Vork City, N.Y. under act of Mareb scr, 18 aoe 4 Veneeys ent: the pro> books.com