Judge, 1930-05-24 · page 5 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical commentary: 1. **"Another Success Story"** mocks a timid college student whose dinner speech on various subjects ("Art! Literature! Science!") impresses listeners—until he reveals it cost him $12, undermining his credibility. 2. **"Time to Call a Halt"** (by R.C. O'Brien) criticizes violent crime and urban lawlessness—"racketeers," gang violence, witness intimidation—arguing society has tolerated such behavior too long in entertainment and real life. 3. **"Castaway"** shows a shipwrecked man on an island, quipping he won't get excited since he's just "a Fuller Brush Man"—a joke about door-to-door salesmen's reputation for persistence. The cartoons reflect 1920s-30s concerns: educational pretension, Prohibition-era gangsterism, and commercial culture.
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JUDGE Another Success Story Jour Besse was speaking. Every: body craned their necks to listen. His eyes sparkled. His voice thun- dered. Spellbound, we stared. Here was the timid soul whose dinner speech i two weeks before had fizzled hope- t lessly. It was unbelievable. Art! Litera- ture! Science! History! Politics! Business! There was no stopping him. Most of us, to be sure, had read the advertisements, but, even so, we mar- «© blurted, when he oncluded, didn’t know you rollege man.” “Dm not,” he retorted, modestly. “But this four-hour speech, on so many subjects— chuckled, “the credit ald you Boys,” really isn't mine. Any of you « talk like I’ve talked tonight were willing to pay the price “But how?" we chorused, “Tell us! What price?” “Twelve dollars,” he finally hie- cuped. “Simply call Lombardy 7936 and ask for Edd Dev Ksiaur Time to Call a Halt Curses on you, Racketeer, With your warfare over beer, Giving rides to rival thugs, Filling them with leaden sl Gus the Goof, and Red the Rat Scarface, Dopey, names like that, Getting in and out of jams, Shooting those on witness stands, We've had too much of your stuff, Now’s the time to call: Enough We have seen you night and day In most every picture ” “I told ya that rung was missing! Sick Leave When the suffering clerk Stays home from his work or Wednesday or Mon- boss who must stick To his job—he gets sick Nine times out of ten on a Sunday! Prohibition agents recently posed as old grads to get evidence to the York Fraternities Club. And the impersonations were perfect—even to being posted for non-payment of house charges. One thing about these college presi- Castaway—There’s no use of my getting excited—it’s probably only dents is that they'll never get athlete's a Fuller Brush Man! foot from kicking out football players. comicbooks.com