Judge, 1930-01-11 · page 9 of 36
Judge — January 11, 1930 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three distinct satirical pieces from Judge magazine: **"Worse Annoyance"** mocks a bridge/card player who is near-sighted, with a quip about toll bridge officials needing to search rumble seats for stowaways during Prohibition (implied by the reference to concealed passengers). **The shipwreck cartoon** illustrates an ironic caption: "The man who originated the eighteen-day diet gets shipwrecked"—mocking fad diet trends by showing the originator literally wrecked at sea. **"The Broadway Try-Out"** is the main piece, satirizing taxi driver instruction. Written by Chet Johnson, it humorously depicts an instructor lecturing a new cabbie on contradictory rules: be polite to pedestrians, follow signals, yet also be aggressive and competitive. The joke is the impossibility of the task—after exhaustively listing what *not* to do, the instructor asks the driver to "show" his taxi skills in just two blocks. It's satire on New York City traffic chaos and unreasonable expectations. All pieces reflect 1920s urban American humor and social commentary.
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