Judge, 1930-05-24 · page 4 of 36
Judge — May 24, 1930 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains humor columns and two cartoons satirizing early 20th-century American life. The top cartoon depicts a policeman mediating a dispute between two people at a bridge entrance, likely satirizing disputes over toll bridge vs. free bridge access—a real public issue of the era. The bottom cartoon shows a frustrated man (possibly a landlord or employer) ejecting a tenant or worker, with the caption "For gosh sake—turn him over—I can't work with that racket!" The humor derives from the sleeping figure creating noise disturbances. The "Free Slogan" and "Optimists of the Season" sections contain witty observations about contemporary life: laundry mishaps, naive expectations about home maintenance, and unrealistic vacation planning among middle-class families. These pieces reflect period concerns about domestic life, class anxieties, and urban inconveniences rather than partisan politics.
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JUDGE Surprise Laundries used to send back shirts and other things with the buttons miss- ing. But they don’t do th ny more. The buttons are all there. They pop off while you're putting the shirt Some day we're going to wake up and find prohibition repealed—that is, those of us who do wake up. u come to a long string of cars at a br entrance it isn’t ssarily an open drawbridge; it may be a toll bridge with a couple of Scotchmen in the first car trying to outfumble cach other. Believe it or not, we asked a friend on the street the other day what he was doing and he said he was waiting for a street car, and believe it or not he didn’t say h ve it or not. And what we now want to know is what happens to all the old razor blade sharpeners. Poriceman—Now can't you boys settle this thing out of court? —R. C. O'Briks Free Slogan Join the dry navy and seize the world! Probably the originator of flagpole sitting was the teur painter who started at the bottom of the flagpole and worked up. “Mrs, Jones?” said the pretty see- retary over the phone, “I’m speaking for your husband.” “You can have him for a plugged nickel,” answered the weary wife. Optimists of the Season The suburbanite who expects that last year's porch sereens will still be in good condition. All families that go to summer hotels that their friends recommend. The 3,987,472 roadside refreshment stand owners who put up signs that read: “Home Cooking.” The family that expects the spring rise in their motor stocks to pay for their summer vacation. The man who buys $75 worth of tackle after reading “good fishing” in a summer hotel brochure. All wives who plan to leave their husbands alone in the city during the summer, —Antuce L, Lipeaaxy “For gosh sake—turn him over—I can't work with that racket!” comicbooks.com