Judge, 1930-04-12 · page 8 of 36
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# "Gun Girl Sobs Story" — Judge Magazine This page presents a first-person narrative by "Becky Sharp," a 19-year-old woman imprisoned in the city jail, reflecting on her life choices. The accompanying illustrations satirize her situation: one shows a dentist (labeled "The vain dentist"), another depicts a tropical island welcome sign with shipwrecked figures. Becky's account reveals she had a relationship with "Uncle Tom" at "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (a brothel), describing him as the only man she loved. She mentions drinking, other couples present, and Tom's mysterious, questioning nature that troubled her. The satire critiques urban vice, moral corruption of youth, and likely contemporary social anxieties about prostitution and criminality. The "Gun Girl" reference suggests she may have committed armed crime. The story employs sentimental confession to mock sensationalism around fallen women.
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JUDGE Gun Girl Sobs Story a. Prete little Becky Sharp, sitting in the women's division of the city prison, was not. smilin; porter approached her. ill morning for the photos nd now she was tired. smilir phers “Tell them,” she cried, “tell then that I do not regret what I have done!" When one sees the unshed tears in the bright eves of this nineteen-year old slayer, one cannot help thinkin, that civilization had net done all that it should do. “Life.” mused Becky, “has been cruel to me!” “And the policemen"—hatred flared in Becky's eyes — “the policemen hunted me down like an animal, yes, 1 | The vain dentist, an animal!” Your reporter bowed his head. | | | ma ih “Did you love him?” was the fol- | | ql lowing query. | it nf in| | “Oh, Lord.” commented Becky, | “how I loved him.” “There were no other men?” que- ried your reporter. “Other men? Other men?” “Yes, other men.” Becky burst into tears. Sobbing she told that there were no other me ly house was kr Here liquor was to be 5 “= = had for the asking, according to this —= ; ee mes = innocent child, caught in the web that ] j | — is Manhattan. His treatment of her at first ierlike. But then, on that fa night. ... But) here is Becky's own story ‘d out to your | reporter in the y walls of a prison, “My head was gi There didn’t seem to count, ing cach other with They nd Tom and I were also to fa © table was ble of fate—of ¢ Tom | leered at me. His sleek head shone with bled... rer anticipation, I trem- | om was like a stranger. A man who has revealed himself for the first time. It was as though I had never scen this T There was a question in his eye. The question that spelled my doom. He was wondering what to do to I know he was! I couldn't stand it! He should have known that I doubled for information . . .” A member of the Chamber of Commerce is shipwrecked. —Davin S. Lenstan comicbooks.com