Judge, 1930-05-31 · page 12 of 36
Judge — May 31, 1930 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains humor reflecting Prohibition-era America (likely 1920s-early 1930s). **"Battle of the Dx's"** mocks the debate between "drys" (Prohibition supporters) and "wets" (opponents). References to bars in Hoboken, Canadian drinking trips, and the consolation that "light wines and beer talk" has decreased suggest anxieties about alcohol enforcement and underground drinking culture. **The cartoon "Joe Humphries talks back to a traffic cop"** shows a car crash at a "Safety Zone," depicting Joe arguing with law enforcement—typical Judge satire about traffic safety and authority. **"Situation Wanted"** is comedic domestic dialogue: Mrs. Simpkins worries her newly unemployed husband Joe will cause trouble, yet paradoxically hopes to avoid giving up luxuries. The punchline—Joe has been elected Board chairman, making him *still* unemployed in terms of actual work—satirizes corporate board positions as sinecures requiring no real labor. The humor relies on period anxieties: Prohibition enforcement, traffic safety modernization, and corporate inefficiency.
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JUDGE Battle of the Dx’s The next war will be f t in the air, say experts. Jud; x from our i. neighborhood — radios, it’s already started. The biggest bar in the country is said to be in Hoboken, There could probably be dat one end and the people "drink t the other end wouldn't even know it. And one bridge prize we'd like to win would be a reprieve from the next five bridge parties. Surix—By Allah, what a welcome sight that oasis was until they made f Then there was the party a ——— water hole of it. ia. Yorkers who started out for Canada | } to do some fancy drinking and only If it’s any comfort to the drys, He laughed when I sat down to | 4 : Lighty-sixth Street. there's less light-wines-and-beer talk but he quit when I trumped his Wau | —R. C. O'Bries than there used to be, Yan } i | Situation Wanted en Mrs. Simpkins gazed sadly out of } the window, a worried look on her Hae fs | Wt m worried about Joe.” she said i to her neighbor, Mrs. Jones, who had HY dropped in for a glass of iced tea, t “Why, he looks the picture of a health,” exclaimed Mrs. Jone te | prise. By “Oh, he's strong enough, knock 1h ." said Mrs. Simpkins, suiting fl r action to the word, “but he’s out of employment now. He's got noth- ing to de Mrs. Jones was surprised. “Too bad,” she murmured. “Yes, it's. pretty bad,” said Mrs. Simpkins. “Will y dear ave to give up much, -d Mrs. Jones. .” said Mrs. fact, we should be able extra luxuries now that Joe’s out of work. But I don't know how he'll spend his time, At his a ily gets into mischief, as he, er, asked to leave or did sked Mrs. Jones. sighed Mrs, Simpkins. “Sometimes I wish they had forced him out so he could ge and keep himself occupied.” sewhere don’t understand you,” said od “He wasn’t discharged, n’t resigned, and yet he’s out of | ctly,” said) Mrs. Simpkins. Hi : me “Joe's just been elected chairman of | i 10 y i} } i j the Board of Directors.” \ Joe Humphries talks back to a traffic cop. —Hvan Woon comicbooks.com