Judge, 1930-01-18 · page 3 of 36
Judge — January 18, 1930 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (January 15, 1930) The page's main cartoon depicts a "Movie Aspirant" asking a surgeon: "And are you the surgeon that's going to change the shape of my nose?" This satirizes 1930s Hollywood culture, where aspiring actresses pursued cosmetic surgery to achieve fashionable looks—reflecting both the industry's appearance obsession and the emerging cosmetic surgery industry. The upper section, titled "Judging the News," contains brief editorial commentaries mocking various current events: disarmament speeches, merchant pricing on Sixth Avenue, Richard Byrd's Antarctic expedition, long skirts returning to fashion, and proposed public works projects like a mooring mast for airships near the Empire State Building. The magazine lampoons contemporary news and cultural trends through satirical humor.
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Jack Suutriewortn, Editor JUDGING THE NEWS Disarmament speeches are like hoop-boop-a-doop. They sound as if they should mean something, but they don’t. A newspaper headline says that merchants on Sixth Avenue in New ¥ Secking figures on razing It is our experience it can't he done in New York for less than $50 an evening. hs f AANA : ~ | \\4 Movie Asrin JUDGE, Volume 98, No. 2516, Janu tad copyrighted 1550, by ii in tbe co 4 Beerevary. 18 Past 48th St., New, Vork, Ne ¥. Grorce Jean Natuay / anal Particular attention Richarp J. Warsi The newspapers say Richard Byrd is the only man besides Robert E. Peary to jump from Commander to Rear Admiral. But Byrd didn’t jump, he pole-vaulted. And the most serious problem caused by the return of long skirts is what the tabloids will substitute for legs on their front-page pictures. Stoney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors Now that the Government has made the glue on postage stamps taste bet- ter, we've received more circular let- ters than ever. Anyhow, we think that ex-Gov. Smith’s idea for a mooring mast for dirigibles atop the new Empire State Bank Building is a swell one. We were scared to death it would be an- other flagpole-sitting affair. ~ fawes Ir¢ @ :t—And are you the surgeon that’s going to change the shape of my nose? “Yes, madame.” ¥ Judy Lenz, called virlons of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. S. 1 ee 3 ice President; Vernal W. Bates, Tre to the fact that every article and picture appearing in JUUGE te protected under the comicbooks.com