Judge, 1930-01-11 · page 5 of 36
Judge — January 11, 1930 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct pieces of humor: **"See what the bags in the back room will have!"** (top cartoon): A boss sits at his desk pointing at papers while a secretary stands nearby. The joke appears to reference office gossip or workplace rumors—the boss is sarcastically suggesting scandalous items will be discovered in storage, likely mocking how office workers exaggerate or fabricate stories about workplace drama. **"How We Taught Our Goldfish to Sing Baritone"** (article with comic strip): A humorous account claiming to document training a goldfish to sing. The accompanying sequential comic strip shows absurd training methods—the fish eventually sings along with a radio baritone, then causes chaotic scenes (fire, car crash). The satire mocks pseudoscientific pet-training claims popular in the era while celebrating the absurd results.
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JUDGE Read *em Cowboy | Did you hear about the Scotchman | who wrote to at that if they didn't stop printir es. he was going to read som zine hoy the next time he went to the library? Mike says that ever sinee he sat upon a r-old chair his wife brought home, he doesn’t care for antic furniture. “One bad turn deserves another.” cried the motorist. as he erashed into the pole on the second curve. Lots of people live forty-five min “See what the boys in the back room will have!” utes from Broadway, but it would be . only ten minutes if they walked in- stead of tuking a taxi. How We Taught Our Goldfish _ Geren - to Sing Baritone Agen We could tell that Cuthbert was 4 1 horn singer by the way he turned his eyes upward and opened his mouth as he swam around. All he lacked. we decided, was encouragement and prac- tic “Cuthbert, old fellow,” I reat thinkers often say th fish is a better pet than cause a canary must be taught to sing, gold ry, be- c but you never have to te: fish t Now, Cuthbert, it would be marvelous if ‘d learn to sing, ry ever has been ch a gold swin for I'm sure no ca taught to swim.” Oh, he was furious at first. Swam around the bowl in a rage, lash the water into a whirlpool with fins and tail. ‘Then he gave in. We started with “Asleep in the Deep,” for we thought that would be n priate for Cuthbert to sir at the bottom of his bow We gave him twenty d-appro- gas he lay ven intensive lessons, Sometimes we became so en- thusiastic that we sang with him. Then, at last, we were ready for the test. How were we to tell if Cuthbert really could warble? If he really was the world’s — first ng goldfish? Comparison seemed the only w: So we tuned in a radio baritone. We listened closely to every note. Then we turned off the radio and heamed at each other. Absolutely no question about it any longer. ... If that baritone could sing, so could Cuthbert. —Cuer Jounxson Twisted Tessie has the idea that a brothel is a little soup kitchen, feet ce comicbooks.com